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3 Bats – One 1921-31 Side Written – Featuring 39 Autographs of Negro Leaguers.
Lot 437. 3 Bats – One 1921-31 Side Written – Featuring 39 Autographs of Negro Leaguers. The side written 35” Hillerich & Bradsby 125 bat has the autographs of Stanley Glenn, “Butch” McCord, R. Vargas, Mahlon Duckett and Tommy Sampson. It comes with a limited Letter of Authenticity from PSA-DNA. The company that produces Louisville Slugger bats used side signing from the early 1900s into the early 1940s. This model likely was returned to the company to be used as a template for the production of additional bats. The signatures are mint 9s and gem mint 10s. The largest number of autographs - 26 – is on an nm-m 34” Adirondack 302 bat engraved with “Negro Leagues Baseball Players Assoc. 1920-1950.” It holds the autographs of Hall of Famer Buck Leonard, who was the Lou Gehrig of the Negro Leagues, Same Jethroe, the top rookie in the N.L. in 1950, and Wilmer Fields, ace of the Homestead Grays and one of the better pitchers not in the Hall of Fame. The bat is signed also by Sammie Harris, Russell Awkard, Cowan “Bubba” Hyde, Josh Gibson Jr., Armando Vazquez, Emilio Navarro, Jose Figueroa, Curly Williams, Mahlon Duckett, Gene Benson, Max Manning, Sherwood Brewer, Elbert Isreal, Jim Cohen, Bill (Ready) Cash, Stanley Glenn, Wilmer Harris, Gordon “Hoppy” Hopkins, Rudy Fernandez, Al Wilmore and Larry Kimbrough. The signatures are almost all 9s and 10s. Eight more autographs are on a 33” Negro League Baseball Players Association bat by the Young Bat Co.: Glenn, Cash, Manning, Harris, Duckett, Harold Gould, Monte Irvin and Fields. These signatures are large, bold 9s or 10s. From the Wilmer Fields autograph collection. Authentication by Kevin Keating.
Winning Bid $366.
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