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Lot # 824: Negro Leagues Single-Signed Baseball Archive (81)

Starting Bid: $500.00

Bids: 17 (Bid History)

Time Left: Auction closed
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Item was in Auction "Late Fall Classic 2021",
which ran from 11/14/2021 7:00 PM to
12/11/2021 10:00 PM



Collection of 81 baseballs, each individually signed by a former Negro League player, including seven different Hall of Famers. All the balls are either official National or American League balls (1980s or later) and , have been signed in a variety of inks (averaging 7/10"). With just two exceptions (Willie Patterson and Bobby Robinson), all the signatures appear on the sweet spot. Included in the collection, some more than once (noted in parenthesis), are Larry Doby, Cool Papa Bell, Judy Johnson, Ray Dandridge (2), Buck Leonard (2), Leon Day, Monte Irvin, Buck O'Neill (3), Barney Serrell (2), Minnie Minoso, Josh Gibson Jr. (2), Double Duty Radcliffe (2), Wild Bill Wright, Nap Gulley, Wilmer Fields (2), Lyman Bostock Sr., Sam Jethroe (4), Charles L. Rivera, Slick Surratt, Lester Lockett (3), Col. Jimmie Crutchfield, "Piper" Davis, Millito Navaro (2), Edsall Walker (2), Artie Wilson, Earl Taborn, Henry Kimbro (2), George Giles, Jim Zapp, Jim Cohen, Lou Dials, Superman Pennington (2), Willie Pope, Stanley Glenn, Josh Johnson, and Max Manning (2). Many of the balls display varying degrees of age toning and are otherwise in Excellent to Mint condition overall.

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