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Lot # 470: 1948 Brooklyn Dodgers Team Signed Baseball

Category: Dodgers

Starting Bid: $500.00

Bids: 1 (Bid History)

Time Left: Auction closed

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Item was in Auction "Winter 2006 Catalog",
which ran from 11/11/2006 12:00 AM to
12/15/2006 9:00 PM



An astounding thirty-three fountain pen signatures cover the entire cream colored surface of this Official Dodgers (Branch Rickey) baseball compliments of 'Dem Bums from Brooklyn. Highlighted by Jackie Robinson's sophomore example (7.5/10), the list goes on to include: Furillo, Van Cuyk, Roe, Minner, Hatten, Hodges, Whitman, Reese, Branca, Haugstad, Palica, Ramsdell, Durocher, Hermanski, Blades, Banta, Taylor, Sanders, Lavagetto, Pitler, Casey, Jergensen, Ramazzotti, Edwards, Barney, Abrams, Brown, the "Old Red Head" Red Barber (announcer) and more. Collectively the autographs grade an "8" out of possible "10", while the lightly and evenly toned ball, with two darkened spots, is EX.

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