Holiday Auction Closing December 3
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/4/2016
Offered is this circa 1953-1958 era Reach Official American League William Harridge baseball that has been signed by 12 members of the Hall of Fame. Tris Speaker and Jimmie Foxx signed their names in bold blue pen across the sweet spot of this toned baseball. The panel below the sweet spot signatures has the autographs of Paul Waner, Ray Shalk and Carl Hubbell, all in blue pen. The panel with the “CUSHIONED CORK CENTER” stamp has the signature of Lefty Grove in blue pen. The panel above the sweet spot signatures has the blue pen autographs of Joe Cronin, Mickey Cochrane, Ty Cobb and Wahoo Sam Crawford. The last panel has the two blue pen signatures of Charles Gehrigner (signed Chas Gehringer) and Frank Baker. Handwritten in blue pen on the commissioner’s stamp is “HALL OF FAME 1957”. The baseball is toned with a light coating of shellack and the signatures are clear. This early Hall of Fame baseball comes with a full LOA from PSA/DNA (Y03304) and a LOA from JSA (Y80182).