This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/8/2018
Presented here is a collection of 20 hardcover books signed by baseball legends and Hall of Famers. The first book, Star Southpaw, has been signed in blue pen and inscribed “To Lee / God Bless You Always / HOF 94” by Steve Carlton. The second book, Stealing Is My Game, has been signed in blue pen and inscribed “Best Regards” by Lou Brock. The third book, Slick: My Life In and Around Baseball, has been signed by Whitey Ford and Phil Pepe, the co-author, in black and blue marker, respectively. The next book, Al Kaline and the Detroit Tigers, has been signed by Kaline and inscribed “To Whitey / Best Wishes Always”. The next book, Carew, has been signed and inscribed “To Dick I Hope You Enjoy My Book. My Very Best To You” by Rod Carew in black marker.
Up next is Second to None: The Roberto Alomar Story, signed in black marker by Alomar and the co-author, Stephen Brunt. The next book, Knuckle Balls, has been signed by Phil Niekro and Tom Bird in black marker. Niekro inscribed “6-10-86” in addition to his signature. The next book, The Gamer, has been signed in blue pen by Gary Carter. Up next is Joe Morgan: A Life in Baseball, signed in black pen and inscribed “#8” by the Hall of Fame second baseman. The tenth book is Baby Bull, by Orlando Cepeda and Herb Fagen. Cepeda has signed this book in black pen and inscribed “4/7/97 To Elmer Cowley” above his signature. The following book, Kiner’s Korner, has been signed by Kiner in black pen and inscribed “Hope you enjoy the book” by the former Pirate. The next book, Hello Everybody, I’m George Kell, has been signed by the Hall of Famer in black pen. Kell inscribed “Best Wishes”. The next book, Hawk, has been signed by Andre Dawson in blue pen.
The next book, George Brett: Last of a Breed, has been signed in gold marker by Brett. The following book is The Art of Hitting signed in bold black marker by Tony Gwynn. The next book, Yogi Berra, has been signed by Berra in blue pen. The next book, Catch Every Ball, has been signed by Johnny Bench and his co-author Paul Daugherty in black marker. Next is Once a Bum, Always a Dodger signed in blue pen by Don Drysdale. The next book, Covering All the Bases by Lou Boudreau and Russell Schneider, has been signed in black pen by Boudreau and Bob Feller. This book is a limited edition 106 of 500. Finally, Baseball and Beyond, has been signed in black marker by Jim Bunning. Bunning has inscribed “To Ken / My Best Personal Regards”. Each book in this lot comes with a LOA from PSA/DNA (AF01509, AF02458, AF02459, AF02460, AF02461, AF02462, AF02463, AF02464, AF02465, AF02466, AF02467, AF02468, AF02469, AF02471, AF02472, AF02473, AF02474, AF02475, AF02476, AF02477).