Lot 113. 1977 OAL Ball with 4 Yankees Signatures: Hunter, Jackson, Berra and Munson. Interesting – and challenging – baseball. Each signature occupies the upper part of its own panel on a MacPhail baseball. A uniformly applied and barely visible Krylon veil preserves this beautiful ex-m orb and your investment! The autographs are mint 9s. Kevin Keating has authenticated the signatures of Jim Catfish Hunter, Yogi Berra (a coach in 1977) and Reggie Jackson. He believes the Thurman Munson to be a clubhouse application, although he concedes that it may possibly be a ‘hurried’ example of a genuine Munson. We may never know, but one thing is certain: These four Yankee greats are represented nicely on this unique ball that displays well in four different positions!
Winning Bid $134.
Lot 114. Bobby Brown Mint Signature on the South Panel of a Mint OAL Bobby Brown Baseball! Brown played third base for the Yankees from 1946-52 and in 1954, appeared in four World Series, and served as president of the American League from 1984-94. He is an M.D. who also was a vice president of the Texas Rangers. Authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Winning Bid $75.
Lot 115. 10 Single-Signed Baseballs – Boggs, Eckersley, Fisk, Clark, Santo, Wills, Etc. Mint 9 or gem mint 10 autographs on the sweet spots of nm-m or better ONL or OAL baseballs unless otherwise noted: Albert Belle (added a Biblical reference), Wade Boggs (HoF; 1987 All-Star Game official ball, off-white, slightly uneven, several small spots), Ed Brinkman, Jack Clark, Dennis Eckersley (HoF), Carlton Fisk, Fred Lynn (ex MacPhail ball, light brown spots to the left and right of Lynn’s signature and elsewhere), Sudden Sam McDowell (nm ball), Ron Santo (cream-colored ball, slightly uneven, ex-m), Maury Wills. Authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Winning Bid $204.
Lot 116. 11 Single-Signed Baseballs – Bell, Killebrew, Niekro, Howard, Bo Jackson, Stanky, Etc. Unless otherwise noted, mint 9 or gem mint 10 autographs on the sweet spots of nm-m or better ONL or OAL baseballs: Harold Baines, Cool Papa Bell (HoF; post-stroke signature), Bob Cerv, Frank Howard (added “A.L. HR ‘Champ’ 1968-44 1970-44”), Bo Jackson, Harmon Killebrew (HoF), Phil Niekro (HoF; uneven toning behind “Phil” and elsewhere on ball), Alex Ochoa, Pedro Ramos, Fred Sanford (nm-m 8 to mint 9, added “1950 – N.Y. Yankees World Champions”) and Eddie Stanky (added “Brooklyn ‘Dodger’ 1944-47”). Authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Winning Bid $138.
Lot 117. 11 Single-Signed Baseballs – Winfield, Perez, Herzog, Oliva, Murphy, Carter, Etc. Mint 9 or gem mint 10 autographs on the sweet spots of nm-m or better ONL or OAL baseballs unless otherwise noted: Joe Carter (1991 Official All-Star Game ball), Darrell Evans, Julio Franco (1990 Official All-Star Game ball), Mark Grace (ex unevently toned ball), Orel Hersheiser (1988 Official All-Star Game ball), Whitey Herzog (HoF; 1988 All-Star Game ball), Dale Murphy, Tony Oliva (nm ball, light, uneven toning), Tony Perez (HoF; off-white ball), Bill Russell (small stain) and Dave Winfield (HoF). Authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Winning Bid $138.
Lot 118. 11 Single-Signed Baseballs – Banks, Bench, Irvin, Canseco, Vaughn, Vizquel, Etc. Unless otherwise noted, mint 9 or gem mint 10 autographs on the sweet spots of nm-m or better ONL or OAL baseballs: Ernie Banks (HoF), Johnny Bench (HoF; light stain to the left of Bench’s signature), Jose Canseco, Monte Irvin (HoF), Don Lock, Al Milnar, Brett Saberhagen, Tim Salmon (added “Cleveland Indians” and “I gave up Joe DiMaggio’s final hit in his 56th game at League Park 7-16-41”), Mo Vaughn, Omar Vizquel and Walt Weiss Authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Winning Bid $125.
Lot 119. 11 Single-Signed Baseballs – Fingers, Lasorda, Schmidt, Williams, Black, 4 Yankees. Mint 9 or gem mint 10 autographs on the sweet spots of nm-m or better ONL or OAL baseballs unless otherwise noted: Joe Black, Rollie Fingers, Johnny Hopp (added B.A. .296” plus numerous additions related to the Cards and Yankees championship teams he played for), Tom Lasorda, Jim Lonborg (added “A.L. 1967 C.Y. 22-9”), Gus Niarhos (died 2004; signed a side panel and added “N.Y. Yankees World Champs 1949-50”), Joe Ostrowski (d. 2003; added “N.Y. Yanks World Champs 1950-52”), Hank Sauer (added “N.L. MVP 1952”), Mike Schmidt, Dick Williams (added “Mgr. 1972/73 A’s World Champs” and “1967 Red Sox A.L. Champs, 1984 Padres N.L. Champs” and Hank Workman.(added “1950 World Champ. NY Yankees”). Authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Winning Bid $204.
Lot 120. 12 Single-Signed Baseballs – Delgado, Drabowsky, Tosca, Bert Sugar, Etc. Unless otherwise noted, mint 9 or gem mint 10 autographs on the sweet spots of nm-m or better ONL, OAL or OML baseballs: Kurt Ainsworth, Carlos Delgado, Moe Drabowsky (died 2006), Onan Masaoka, Frank Menechino (side panel), Denis Menke, Damian Rolls, Fred Stanley, International Boxing Hall of Fame writer Bert Sugar (side panel, vg to vg-ex ball, used), former Blue Jays manager Carlos Toska, Eric Young and one unidentified. Authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Winning Bid $20.
Lot 121. Eclectic Baseball Collection with 9 HoF Autographs Plus Thomson and Branca. The autographs are on six baseballs. Signatures of “Shot Heard ‘Round the World” antagonists Bobby Thomson and Ralph Branca occupy the north panel of a Wilson baseball that has Tony Perez’s autograph on the sweet spot and George Foster’s on the south panel. Thomson passed away last year. Mint 9 and gem mint 10 signatures, mint ball. Orlando Cepeda placed a bold gem mint 10 autograph on the south panel of an OAL Bobby Brown ball that has Tom Henrich on the sweet spot, Dick Allen on the west panel and Andy Seminick and Foster on the north. The ball shows toning that is slightly uneven. The other autographs: Dave Winfield, mint 9 to gem mint 10 on a 1994 Negro Baseball Baseball League Awards Celebration nm-m ball that has Max Manning on another panel. Ozzie Smith and future HoFer Randy Johnson, nm-m 8 signatures on a 2000 All-Star Game Selig ball with Ritz Cracker advertising; also, Harmon Killebrew and Rollie Fingers on one panel and Fergie Jenkins and Lou Brock on another of a similar ball. The baseballs are nm-m, as are the autographs of Killebrew, Jenkins and Brock; the Fingers signature grades ex-m 6. Finally, a 1995 All-Star Game Fotoball with signatures of Gaylord Perry, Fingers, Todd Cruz, Joe Rudi, Ellis Valentine and Frank Thomas (1950s player). Nm-m ball with nm autographs. From the Wilmer Fields autograph collection. Authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Winning Bid $83.
Lot 122. 12 Single-Signed Baseballs – 2 Rookies of the Year, Tony Oliva, Umpire Ed Vargo, Etc. Unless otherwise noted, mint 9 or gem mint 10 signatures on the sweet spots of nm-m or better ONL, OAL or OML baseballs by Danny Bautista (nm 7 to nm-m 8 signature) , Joe Charboneau (1980 A.L. Roy), Nelson Figueroa, Ben Grieve, Geoff Jenkins (signed side panel), Tony Oliva, Phil Plantier (7-8 signature), John Riedling, Juan Rodriguez (Red Sox prospect, signed side panel), Tim Salmon (1993 RoY), Ed Vargo (side panel, nm-m 8 siganture) and Jake Westbrook. Authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Winning Bid $55.
Lot 123. 10 Baseballs Single-Signed by Braves, Phils and Cubs – Boone, Pendleton, Grace, Etc. Unless otherwise noted, mint 9 or gem mint 10 signatures on the sweet spots of nm-m or better ONL, OAL or OML baseballs by Mike Adams, Dick Bartell (d. 1995, ex-m 6 signature and ball), Bob Boone (four-time All-Star, seven time Gold Glove Award winner), Gary Gaetti, Oscar Gamble, Tom “Flash” Gordon (added “98 Rookie of Year”), Mark Grace (three-time All-Star, .303 career batter), Mike Hampton, Corey Patterson and Terry Pendleton (added (“91 NL MVP,” nm 7 to nm-m 8 signature). Authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Winning Bid $92.
Lot 124. 10 Single-Signed Baseballs – Crawford, Guillen, Brian Roberts, Etc. Unless otherwise noted, mint 9 or gem mint 10 signatures on the sweet spots of nm-m or better ONL, OAL or OML baseballs by Carl Crawford (four time All-Star, .307 career batter), Mike Gallo, Jose Guillen, Scott Hairston, Lynn Jones (signed side panel, off-white ball), Troy Percival, Brad Radke, Tim Redding (side panel), Brian Roberts (two-time All-Star, led AL in doubles in 2009) and Jose Valverde (side panel). Authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Winning Bid $68.
Lot 125. Autographs of 7 1965 Twins’ Players on Single-Signed Baseballs. The signatures are mint 9 or gem mint 10 on the sweet spots of nm-m OAL or OML baseballs unless otherwise noted. Jim Kaat, Tony Oliva and Johnny Klippstein (died 2003) all placed large, bold signatures on mint Bobby Brown baseballs. The other signatures are by: Jim Hall, 7-8 signature on a side panel, displays as single-signed, but faded or removed signatures can be seen on this unofficial ball. Jim Perry, OAL Budig vg-ex to ex ball (uneven toning). Camilo Pasqual, OAL MacPhail ball, ex (uneven toning). And Jerry Kindall, who added ”Minn Twins 1965” to an OML Selig ball. A nice group with some great players! Authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Winning Bid $102.
Lot 126. 12 Single-Signed Baseballs Including Banks, Blefary, Rivera, Etc. Mint 9 or gem mint 10 autographs on the sweet spots of nm-m or better ONL, OAL or OML single-signed baseballs unless otherwise noted: Hank Aaron (ex-m 6 autograph and ball), Sandy Alomar, George Bell (nm ball), Wade Blasingame (nm ball), Frank Bolling (added “1961-1966 Braves”), Bob Boone (ex-m ball), Neil Chrisley, Gino Cimoli (nm to nm-m ball), Jack Clark (side panel, ex 5 to ex-m 6 signature), Tony Cloninger (vg+ to ex ball, added “2 Grand Slams 7-3-66), Vice Coleman (side panel, nm 7 signature) and Eric Davis (ex signature). Authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Winning Bid $83.
Lot 127. Baseballs Autographed by Two National League MVPs: Dolph Camilli and Hank Sauer. Camilli received the award while playing for the Dodgers received the award in 1941, and Sauer, for the Cubs, in 1992. Both baseballs have a thin coat of Krylon applied. Sauer’s autograph is a 10 on the sweet spot of a MacGregor Official 97C League ball that has strong pre-printed areas and shows no signs of flaking. Camilli’s personalized signature is strong on the sweet spot of a Wilson Official Gulf Coast League ball. Flaking affects the “C” on “Camilli; the letter is fully present but light. Authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Minimum Bid $50.
