Fall Premier Auction 2018
Wed, Nov 21, 2018 04:00PM EST - Sat, Dec 8, 2018 11:00PM EST
Timed Auction
Lot 208
1927 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS TEAM SIGNED OAL (JOHNSON) BASEBALL INCL. FOXX, COLLINS, COCHRANE, SIMMONS, GROVE & WHEAT
Sold for
$1,714.80
Sold Price includes BP
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $200 | $25 |
| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $30,000 | $2,500 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
| $200,000 | $20,000 |
| $300,000 | $25,000 |
| $500,000 | $50,000 |
By the second half of the 1920’s Connie Mack was ready to build another of his famous dynasty teams. The last one which he broke up after the 1914 World Series had won four pennants and three world championships. In 1927 Mack fielded a hybrid prototype of the team that would win him three pennants and back-to-back Championships. Present was superstar Ty Cobb and fellow deadball-era legends Eddie Collins and Zach Wheat. These old-timers countered the youth movement assembled by Mack that included four kids that would go on to have plaques in Cooperstown. In fact the 1927 Philadelphia Athletics was one of the most Hall of Fame-laden teams ever assembled and this team ball holding 19 autographs collects six of them.
On one awesome panel you have the heart of the coming dynasty: Lefty Grove Al Simmons and Jim(mie) Foxx. Other panels have fellow Hall of Famers Mickey Cochrane Zack Wheat and Eddie Collins plus Jack Quinn Cy Perkins Chick Galloway Dusty Sanders Jimmy Dykes Walter French Howard Ehmke Rube Walberg Ike Powers Joe Boley and Joe Mellana. Also on the ball is Connie Mack’s son Earle and the former manager of the 1919 White Sox Kid Gleason who had become one of the A’s coaches. Ty Cobb has been deemed "Clubhouse" by PSA/DNA. The OAL (Ban Johnson) ball has been given a coat of shellac which has preserved the black fountain pen signatures under its amber coating to a solid 7-8/10 average in our book. A tremendous ball that is tough to rival in its sheer volume of heavy hitting Hall of Fame signatures.
Full LOA from PSA/DNA.
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