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Lot # 598: Heads of State & Major Political Figures Signed Baseballs From The Legendary Kaplan Collection (78)

Starting Bid: $1,000.00

Bids: 4 (Bid History)

Time Left: Auction closed
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This lot is closed. Bidding is not allowed.

Item was in Auction "Leland's Classic",
which ran from 2/14/2018 10:00 AM to
3/23/2018 10:00 PM



All of these baseballs are from the world famous collection of government affairs specialist Randy L. Kaplan. ALL of these baseballs were either received in person or through the assistance of top government officials. NONE were purchased on the open market. The collection has been exhibited at several Presidential Libraries: Herbert Hoover in West Branch, Iowa; Lyndon B. Johnson in Austin, Texas; Richard Nixon in Yorba Linda, California; William Jefferson Clinton in Little Rock, Arkansas and Gerald R. Ford in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He has also been featured on news outlets such as: AP, NY Times, ABC News, ESPN, and many more.

Throughout the years, Randy Kaplan's collecting passion for accumulating autographed baseballs from political figures and world leaders has proven quite newsworthy. Over six dozen of those baseballs - a total of 78 in all - are up for grabs in this lot. Legendary American politicians include: John McCain, Bernie Sanders, Rudy Giuliani, John Kerry and many more. International presidents and prime ministers include the leaders from: Greece, the Philippines, Czech Republic, Somalia, and more. Virtually all are on Official Major League balls, several include inscriptions noting country of origin, and they are generally NM-MT with gorgeous, clear signatures. This amazing collection features in whole: John Kerry, Joe Scarborough, Karen Santorum, Anita Perry, Cheri Daniels, Gary Johnson, Dan Quayle, Xavier Becerra, George Allen, Jeff Sessions, Bill De Blasio, Andrew Cuomo (ball + bat), Mary Pat, Carter Family (president, first lady, children and grandchildren), Rick Scott, Kristen Gillibrand, Nancy Pelosi, Newt Gingrich, Mike Bloomberg, Gary Locke, Chris Christie, Callista Gingrich, Susana Martinez, Marco Rubio, Jay Nixon, Julian Castro, Susan Malcorra, Tim Pawlenty, Mitch Daniels, Heidi Cruz, Mary Fallin, Scott Brown, Tim Kaine, Carly Fiorina, Ben Carson, George Pataki, Bernie Sanders, Haley Barbour, Ron Paul, Michele Bachmann, Rudy Giuliani, Charlie Crist, Sarah Palin, Tom Ridge, John McCain, Tony Perez, Chuck Hagel, Bob McDonnell, Amy Carter, Terry McAuliffe, Buddy Roemer, Rahm Emmanuel, Sherrod Brown, Deval Patrick, Bobby Jindal, Herman Cain, Jim, Webb, Mike Huckabee, Four-Star General David Petraeus, Felipe Calderon (Mexican President), Goodluck Jonathan (former Niger President), Festus Mogae (former Botswana President), Antonis Samaras (PM of Greece), Peter King, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Hassan Sheikh Mohammed (Somalian President), Charles Savarin (Dominica President), Fidel Ramos (Filipino President), Martine Aubry (French official), Amb Mulay (Indian Consul General), Stanislav Shushkevich (Belarus Chairman/President), Mahamadou Issoufou (Niger President), Hooshang Amirahmadi (Iranian official), Jirí Paroubek (PM Czech Republic), Luis Alberto Lacalle Herrera, Jacob Zuma (S. African President), Bockarie Stevens (Sierra Leone Ambassador), and MOFAZ (Israeli Defense Minister). Best of all is an extremely rare Carter family signed ball from Christmas dinner featuring the president, first lady, children and grandchildren.

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