2020 Late December Auction Closing January 3
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/3/2021
No one before Mariano Rivera and quite possibly no one since will achieve the 100% perfect Hall of Fame voting score that Rivera achieved in 2019 when inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Rivera was the best closer in baseball, leading the Yankees to five World Series titles during his legendary career in the Bronx. Offered here are two Mariano Rivera single-signed baseballs. The first ball is an Official Robert D. Manfred, Jr. stamped baseball that Rivera has signed in blue pen across the sweet spot and inscribed “HOF 19”. This ball comes with a COA from JSA (GG53978). The second baseball is an OFFICIAL BALL 2001 WORLD SERIES Allan H. Selig gold-stamped baseball with the “2001 WORLD SERIES” logo in gold on the panel below that Rivera signed in blue pen below that 2001 World Series logo on the side panel. This comes with a STICKER ONLY from Steiner Sports.