Offered is a Bill Dickey Collection, with his personal scrapbook, a total of 79 Type 1 photographs, 1 World Series ticket stub and a World Series program. This collection comes with a Letter of Provenance from family of New York Yankees collector Charlie Bergeron. Dickey played for the New York Yankees from 1928 through 1943. After serving in the United States Navy during World War II, Dickey returned to the Yankees in 1946 as a player and manager. He retired after the 1946 season, but returned in 1949 as a coach, where he taught Yogi Berra the finer points of catching. During Dickey's playing career, the Yankees went to the World Series nine times, winning eight championships. He was named to 11 All-Star Games. As a manager and coach, the Yankees won another six World Series titles. Dickey was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1954. The first item in this collection is a 9 x 12 ½ -inch scrapbook, titled “Baseball Whirligig or – Why I’m Such a Zerbe Hero! By Billfoofskey Dickeywitz” in black pasted-on letters on the front page. The front cover is loose from the binding. The 51 interior pages include two pages with magazine articles pasted in, a total of 47 Original Photos, Hand Drawn cartoons, and articles pasted on with captions inscribed by Dickey, and 47 pages of black & white photographs of Dickey and his Yankees teammates with hand-written captions by the former New York catcher. The back cover is missing.

The second item in this collection is a group of 32 Original Type I-grade newspaper and wire service black & white photographs of Dickey and his Yankees teammates in action, including newspaper captions pasted on the back or side of the photo. There are 13 8 x 10-inch photos, including one with Dickey’s inscriptions across the front in black pen describing the action in the photos. There is one 4 x 6-inch photo and 16 8 x 11-inch photos in this collection. The third item in this collection is an “Official Program” for the 1949 World Series, between the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers. This is a program from Ebbets Field, with four-color front and back covers and black and white interior pages. The fourth item in this collection is a ticket stub from Game 5 of the 1949 World Series at Ebbets Field. The Yankees took the 1949 World Series four games to one. Please note: Beckett Authentication was unable to confirm the handwriting as Bill Dickey's however it is written in the first person and provenance supports that this may have been done artistically by Dickey and not in his normal handwriting style.

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