This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/7/2019
Presented is a lot of two multi-signed commemorative baseball bats by members of the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Brooklyn Dodgers, including Hall of Famers Duke Snider, Don Drysdale, Tom Lasorda, Eddie Murray, Billy Herman, Hoyt Wilhelm and Leo Durocher. The first item in this lot is a Louisville Slugger baseball bat commemorating the former home of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Ebbets Field. The bat is engraved in black on the barrel, “Ebbets Field Home of the Dodgers 1913-1957.” Among the 45 signatures on this bat, all in blue marker, are Duke Snider, actor/athlete Chuck Connors, Elmer Valo, Sandy Amoros, George “Shotgun” Shuba, Cookie Lavagetto, Carl Erskine, Al Gionfriddo, Mickey Owen, Johnny Podres, Andy Pafko, Harry Taylor, Ralph Branca, Dolph Camilli, Leo Durocher, Billy Herman, Don Drysdale, Don Newcombe, and Dick Williams.
The second item in this lot is a Rawlings Adirondack baseball bat commemorating the Centennial of the Dodgers franchise. The bat is engraved in black with a 100th Anniversary Dodgers logo and the legend “Dodgers Centennial (1890-1990) Six-Time World Champions 1955, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1981, 1988 21 National League Pennants Brooklyn, New York (1890-1957) Los Angeles, California (1958-Present).” Among the signatures on this bat, all in black marker, are Maury Wills, Reggie Smith, Wes Parker, Ron Fairly, Don Newcombe, Jerry Reuss, Burt Hooten, Rick Dempsey, Claude Osteen, Eddie Murray, Chuck Connors, Orel Hershiser, Ralph Branca (in blue marker), Steve Garvey, Davey Lopes, Tom Lasorda, Dusty Baker, Bill Sharman, Hoyt Wilhelm, Billy Loes, Elmer Valo, Andy Pafko, Charlie Hough and Al Gionfriddo, among others. This entire lot has been pre-certified by Beckett Authentication.