December 5, 2013: Sports & Americana Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/5/2013
This OAL Harridge baseball is signed by 26 members of the 1938 World Champions New York Yankees team, with really nice Lou Gehrig signature on the sweet spot. The ball is signed in blue and black fountain pen and contains no clubhouse signatures. The list includes: Bill Dickey, Lefty Gomez, Joe DiMaggio, Earle Combs, Red Rolfe, Bill Knickerbocker, Jake Powell, Steve Sundra, Bump Hadley, Joe Gordon, Myril Hoag, Tom Henrich, Joe Vance, Arndt Jorgens, Babe Dahlgren, Johnny Murphy, Frank Crosetti and others. There are some scattered scuff marks and areas where the signatures are rubbed off, but most of it is very nice, especially the Gehrig on the sweet spot. Signatures are authenticated by JSA with a full LOA, although it's identified as a 1937 ball (the absence of Lazzeri and the presence of Knickerbocker indicate it's from the 1938 team) and the signatures are pre-certified by PSA/DNA.
1938 New York Yankees World Champions Team-Signed OAL Baseball (26 Signatures) (JSA)
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