Offered is a lot of seven baseballs, including five Hall of Famer single-signed baseballs featuring Hank Aaron, Yogi Berra, Jack Brickhouse, Ken Griffey Jr. and Mickey Mantle, and two unsigned Charles O. Finley orange baseballs. The first item in this lot is a Ken Griffey Jr. signature in blue pen above the sweet spot of an Official American League Gene A. Budig baseball. The second item in this lot is a Hank Aaron signature and inscription on an Official National League William D. White baseball. The Hall of Fame slugger has signed his name in black pen on the sweet spot and inscribed “#755” below his signature. The third item in this lot is a Jack Brickhouse signature and inscription on an Official National League Leonard S. Coleman Jr. baseball. The Hall of Fame voice of the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox has signed his name in blue pen on the sweet spot and inscribed “Hey! Hey!” below his signature.

The fourth item in this lot is a Mickey Mantle signature in blue pen on the sweet spot of an Official American League Bobby Brown baseball. The fifth item in this lot is a Yogi Berra signature and inscription on an OAL Brown baseball. The Hall of Fame catcher has signed his name in blue pen on the sweet spot and inscribed “N.Y. Yankees” below his signature. The sixth item in this lot is a Charles O. Finley orange baseball. The late Oakland Athletics owner introduced the use of an orange baseball in a few exhibition baseball games in 1975, but hitters found it was too hard to pick up the spin. The week of August 18, 1975, Finley was on the cover of Time magazine and his orange baseballs were featured in the article. This item shows some use with brown dirt stains on the orange leather. The seventh item in this lot is “The Official Charles O. Finley Baseball”, as stamped in black on the sweet spot. Below the sweet spot is stamped “Approved and Recommended by Charles O. Finley.” The orange leather baseball has dark red stitching. This lot has been pre-certified by Beckett Authentication.

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