This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/7/2019
Offered is a lot of four baseballs signed by Baseball Hall of Famers, including a signed and inscribed baseball from Duke Snider, an Al Lopez signature, a Lee MacPhail signature, and a multi-signed baseball featuring Lou Brock, Brooks Robinson, Warren Spahn and other notables. The first item in this lot is an Official National League Leonard S. Coleman baseball signed and inscribed by Duke Snider. Snider has signed his name in blue pen on the sweet spot and inscribed “HOF 80” below his signature. In addition, he has inscribed “5 Straight 40+ Home Run Seasons 407 Home Runs” to the left of the sweet spot and “11 W.S. Home Runs 26 W.S. RBI’s” to the right. Below the sweet spot, Snider has inscribed “Duke of Flatbush 358 Doubles 85 Triples .295 Career Avg.”, while above the sweet spot he has inscribed “2143 Games 7161 At Bats 1259 Runs 2116 Hits 1333 RBI’s 7 All Star Games”. This item comes with a COA from PSA/DNA (P88984).
The second item in this lot is an Official Major League Allan H. Selig baseball with the National Baseball Hall of Fame stamp, signed Hall of Fame baseball executive Lee MacPhail. MacPhail has signed his name in blue pen on the sweet spot and inscribed “HOF ‘98” below his signature. MacPhail was a baseball executive for 45 years, serving as the director of player personnel for the New York Yankees, the president and general manager of the Baltimore Orioles, chief aide to Commissioner of Baseball William Eckert, executive vice president and general manager of the Yankees, and president of the American League. This item comes with a COA from Beckett Authentication (Q26148).
The third item in this lot is the signature of Hall of Fame catcher and manager Al Lopez on an Official National League William D. White baseball. He has signed his name “Alfonso Ramon Lopez” in blue pen on the sweet spot. As a player, Lopez was a two-time All-Star known for his defensive skills, leadership, and durability, as he established a major league record for career games played at catcher (1,918) that stood for decades. As a manager, his .584 career winning percentage ranks fourth best in MLB history among managers of at least 2,000 games. His 1954 Cleveland Indians and 1959 Chicago White Sox teams were the only squads to interrupt the New York Yankees' string of American League pennants from 1949 to 1964. This item comes with a COA from Beckett Authentication (Q26149).
The fourth item in this lot is a multi-signed Official American League Bobby Brown baseball with 32 signatures in blue pen of Baseball Hall of Famers, including Early Wynn, Billy Williams, Duke Snider, Gaylord Perry, Pee Wee Reese, Willie McCovey, Stan Musial, Ralph Kiner, Harmon Killebrew, Warren Spahn, Brooks Robinson, Bob Lemon, Bobby Doerr, Al Barlick, Hal Newhouser, Bob Feller, Monte Irvin, Luis Aparicio, George Kell, Rick Ferrell, Al Lopez, Willie Stargell, Lou Brock, Red Schoendienst and Jim Catfish Hunter. This entire lot has been pre-certified by Beckett Authentication.