2020 Late December Auction Closing January 3
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/3/2021
Offered here is a pristine white Rawlings “Official League” souvenir ball contains a full color close-up portrait of the great DiMaggio and signed “Joe DiMaggio ‘Yankees Clipper’ “on the sweet spot in blue ballpoint pen. DiMaggio’s portrait, a close-up bust with Yankees cap appears under the seams in the panel below his signature and inscription. A side panel has printed in black “JOE DIMAGGIO Heralded as one of the greatest baseball players of all-time. He led the Yankees to nine World Series victories in thirteen years, and hit safely for fifty-six consecutive games in 1941. DiMaggio was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1955.” A blue Joe DiMaggio Yankee Clipper Enterprises sticker is on the panel below the Rawlings logo trademark. Additionally, there is a LOA from Beckett Authentication.