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Lot # 1137: 1968 Detroit Tigers World Series Trophy (12")

Category: Baseball Awards

Starting Bid: $1,500.00

Bids: 1 (Bid History)

Time Left: Auction closed

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Item was in Auction "December 2003",
which ran from 11/5/2003 12:00 AM to
12/4/2003 9:00 PM



Offered is the 1968 Detroit Tigers personal World Championship trophy presented to player, Gates Brown. This is the first one ever to be offered at public sale. After rallying back from a 3-1 deficit and winning Game 7, the Tigers brought home the championship crown to Detroit for the first time since 1945. Trophy is adorned with 20 team pennants surrounding the crown and baseball sculpture with Tigers & Cardinals World Series press pins in front on black podium. Surrounding gold band engraved, “World Champions Detroit Tigers, 1968.” Excellent. LOA from Brown.

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