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Lyman Bostock Sr., Homemade Baseball Bat Signed by 27 Negro League Players.
Lot 153. Lyman Bostock Sr., Homemade Baseball Bat Signed by 27 Negro League Players. Wonderful 30” bat inscribed “Made by Lyman Bostock Sr., Negro League Legend.” Bostock signed the bat, along with Armando Vazquez, Red Moore, Wilmer Fields, Wm Bobby Robinson, Pee Wee Jenkins, Cecil Kaiser, Art “Superman” Pennington, Gene Benson, Mahlon Duckett, Larry Doby, Jim Wilkes, Joe B. Scott, Felix Delgado, Willie Pope, Warren Peace, Jim Fireball Cohen, Jose G. Santiago, Josh Gibson Jr., Wilmer Harris, Stanley Glenn, Ernest Burke, Andy Porter, Jim Zapp, Bill (Ready) Cash, Max Manning and Leroy Toots Ferrell. This is the first item we have had signed by Pope, who helped the Homestead Grays to win the 1948 Negro World Series. The bat is somewhat irregular and has been shellacked. The signatures are bold, mint 9s and gem mint 10s. Bostock became an artist after his retirement, and this bat qualifies as a one-of-a-kind piece of folk art! Authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Winning Bid $354.
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