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Autographed Baseball Books and Programs
5 Lots
 Lot 156. Sandy Koufax Autographed Copy of His Autobiography, Koufax. The lefty that many consider to be the best in the history of the game signed the flyleaf with a mint 9 to gem mint 10 signature. The 1966 hardback, an apparent first edition, is ex missing a dust jacket. Written with Ed Linn. Authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Winning Bid $240.
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 Lot 157. Ted Williams and Dom DiMaggio Autographed Copy of Real Grass, Real Heroes. Written by DiMaggio and Bill Gilbert, the book provides a history of the 1941 baseball season. Among the highlights were Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak and Williams’ .406 batting average. Williams wrote the introduction to the book. He and DiMaggio played next to each other for nine seasons in Boston’s outfield. The book, a 1990 stated first printing, is nm in an ex-m dust jacket. DiMaggio, Williams and Gilbert all signed the first title page. Their signatures are 10s. Authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Winning Bid $102.
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 Lot 158. 1955 Dodgers Program Covers Signed by Mantle, Koufax, DiMaggio, Other HoFers. The autograph of Mickey Mantle stands out boldly on the back cover, and it could be separated, matted and displayed. The cover has a vertical tear that bisects the “l” and has been reinforced on the back. It does little to detract from an otherwise 10 signature. Other signatures on the back cover are by Casey Stengel, Elston Howard, Frank Frisch and Paul Kerr, president of the Hall of Fame Museum. The front cover has a note concerning the strikeout record set by Sandy Koufax on Aug. 27, 1955. Koufax has signed the cover, along with Emil Dutch Leonard, W. D. Eckert, former baseball commissioner, Pee Wee Reese, Mickey Owen, John Schulte, Ford Frick, Lefty Gomez, Bill Dickey, Duke Snider, Whitt Wyatt, Joe DiMaggio, Joe McCarthy, Don Drysdale and Vin Scully. ALSO, JERRY COLEMAN, KEN KELTNER AND PETE COSCARART. The program has 24 autographs, including 13 by Hall of Fame members. Authenticated by Kevin Keating. Proceeds from the sale of this lot will benefit the Society for American Baseball Research, a non-profit membership organization open to all that fosters the research, preservation, and dissemination of the history and record of baseball.
Winning Bid $332.
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 Lot 159. 1967 Program Cover Signed by 36 Including 21 Baseball Hall of Fame Members. The autographs are on the front and back covers of the seating arrangement for the 1967 dinner of the New York Chapter of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Signatures of HoFers, many of them now deceased, are everywhere: Jackie Robinson, Joe DiMaggio, Dizzy Dean, Pie Traynor, Leo Durocher, Sam Rice, Luke Appling, Zack Wheat, Goose Goslin, Hank Greenberg, Larry MacPhail, Edd Roush, Joe Cronin, Frank Robinson, Lefty Grove, Robin Roberts, Yogi Berra (signed twice), Ford Frick, Ted Lyons, Enos Slaughter, Frank Frisch and Bob Feller. Other signers are Bill Virdon, Al Schacht, Vinegar B. Mizell, Harry Walker, Bobby Brown, Ralph Branca, W. D. Eckert, Allie Reynolds and Paul Kerr, HoF Museum president. ALSO, GIL MCDOUGALD AND MICHAEL BURK, YANKEES PRESIDENT FOM 1966-73. The signatures are generally strong, most nm and better and written atop printed portions of the seating chart-program. Excellent display and conversation piece! Authenticated by Kevin Keating. Proceeds from the sale of this lot will benefit the Society for American Baseball Research, a non-profit membership organization open to all that fosters the research, preservation, and dissemination of the history and record of baseball.
Winning Bid $429.
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