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Autographed Baseball Lithographs
8 Lots
 Lot 131. Roger Craig, Johnny Podres, Clem Labine Signed “The Boys of Summer” 16” x 20” Print. Artwork by Murray Tinkelman depicts Ebbets Field and the pitchers who won the games that made the Brooklyn Dodgers World Champions. The signatures, with the dates of their victories added, are 10s. Labine passed away in 2007, and Podres, in 2008. The print, #69 of 1,000, is nm-m. Autographs authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Winning Bid $35.
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 Lot 132. “Bronx Memories” Print Signed by Guidry, Nettles, White, Slaughter, Sain, Shantz, Blomberg. The 16” x 20” print was signed at the 1993 Hall of Fame induction weekend at Cooperstown. It contains the mint 9 or gem mint 10 autographs of Ron Guidry (“Cy Young 78”), Graig Nettles (“77-78 W.S. Champs”), Roy White (“1977-78 WS Champs”), Ron Blomberg (“1st D.H. 4/6/73”), Johnny Sain (“4 x 20 Game Winner”), Enos Slaughter (“HOF 85”) and Bobby Shantz (“1952 A.L. M.V.P.”). The print has edge creases; the image area is nm-m. Autographs authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Winning Bid $40.
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 Lot 133. Scarce Mississippi State Print Signed by Will Clark, Thigpen, Palmeiro, Grammas, 11 More. With artwork by Dennis Huey and titled “Mississippi State University Baseball Legends – 100 Years of Championship Baseball,” this 21 ½” x 27 ¼” print is signed by Will Clark, Bobby Thigpen, Del Unser, Ken Tatum, Frank Montgomery, Phil Still, Rafael Palmeiro, Alex Grammas, Jimmy Bragan, Jack Lazorko, Jeff Brantley, Boo Ferriss, Lefty Brandon and coaches Ron Polk and Paul Gregory. The autographs are 10s. The print has unsigned images of Buddy Meyer, Hugh Critz and Willie Mitchell. All but Bragan, Montgomery, Still and the two coaches played in the majors. Bragan was a major league base coach, coached Mississippi State in 1975 and served as president of the Southern League from 1981-94. Nm-m print. Autographs authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Winning Bid $50.
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 Lot 134. LeRoy Neiman Poster Autographed by Tony LaRussa and Dennis Eckersley. The 22 ½” x 34” poster issued in 1993 honors LaRussa as “Manager of the Year.” Neiman depicts LaRussa in the foreground as manager of the Oakland A’s, and Eckersley in the background. The manager and his relief pitcher each placed a gem mint 10 signature at the bottom of the poster. Eckersley entered the Hall 2004, and LaRussa seems destined to join him there. The poster has some light surface creases. Authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Minimum Bid $40.
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 Lot 135. 2001 “Legends Game” Poster Signed by 17 Major Leaguers. Attractive nm 18 ¾” x 24 ¾” poster from the Joe DiMaggio Legends game in Ft. Lauderdale for the benefit of the Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Foundation. The signatures are bold 10s, with a silver Jim “Mudcat” Grant autograph heading the list. The other signers are by Luis Tiant, Al Dark, Von Hayes, Elliott Maddox, Ron Swoboda, Bert Campaneris, Willie Horton, Clyde King, Orests Destrade, Wayne Garrett, Warren Cromartie, Art Shamsky, Ed Kranepool, Elrod Hendricks, Ron Taylor and Dick Nye. Great-looking poster printed on quality paper stock.
Minimum Bid $25.
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 Lot 136. 1992 19 ¾” x 30 ¼” Poster Signed by Brett, Gwynn, Boggs, Ford and Feller. The National Biscuit Co. produced the poster, titled “America’s Favorites – Then and Now, Second Edition – 1992,” from artwork by F. Accornero. The poster is vg, and the signatures, gem mint 10s. The poster has various facsimile autographs. The signatures of George Brett, Tony Gwynn, Wade Boggs, Whitey Ford and Bob Feller are actual signatures authenticated by Kevin Keating. Autographs authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Winning Bid $35.
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 Lot 137. Texas Rangers Hall of Fame Pitchers” Litho Signed by Ryan, Perry and Jenkins. Featuring the artwork of Robert Hurst, this 18” x 27” lithograph boldly presents the autographs of Nolan Ryan, Gaylord Perry and Fergie Jenkins. Each added the year he was inducted into the Hall of Fame. The signatures are gem mint 10s; there is a tiny tear in the paper inside the bottom loop of the “R” in “Ryan.” The print, #190 of 500, is professionally double-matted and framed without glass to 23 ¼” x 31 ¾”. Reports are that Ryan and Perry autographed only a limited number of these prints. Authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Winning Bid $45.
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