Spring Premier Auction 2013
Wed, Apr 10, 2013 08:00PM EDT - Mon, Apr 29, 2013 12:00AM EDT
Timed Auction
Lot 803
1927 WORLD CHAMPION NEW YORK YANKEES TEAM SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH (PSA/DNA GRADED 8) - THE FINEST AUTOGRAPHED YANKEES PHOTO IN THE WORLD
Sold for
$275,706
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The 1927 New York Yankees are widely recognized as the greatest team in baseball history. Many teamshave dominated their respective leagues over the course of baseball history but few have been ableto totally demoralize their competition like the Yankees did in 1927. Their lineup appropriately dubbedMurderers Row featured five .300 hitters. Among their ranks were the league leaders in virtually everyoffensive category. As a team the Bronx Bombers totaled over 100 more home runs than any other teamand posted league highs with a .307 batting average and an amazing .489 slugging percentage. Theirsweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1927 World Series represented the culmination of the most prolificseason played by any team before or since in the annals of our National Pastime.
Babe Ruths own record setting single season home run total of 60 was greater than that of any AmericanLeague team. The Sultan of Swat had plenty of offensive support. Lou Gehrigs gaudy offensive numbers included a .373 batting average 47 home runs and a league leading 175 RBIs. Ruths outfield mates EarleCombs and Bob Meusel hit .356 and .337 respectively while second year man Tony Lazzeri ranked thirdin the loop with 18 home runs. The equally imposing pitching staff boasted four men who won 18 or moregames and the top 3 leaders in ERA league wide. With a 110-44 record the Bronx Bombers ran away withthe American League pennant winning by 19 games. The World Series match-up against Pittsburgh wasalready a foregone conclusion.
This team signed 10-by-8-inch first-generation sepia toned photograph is a stunning tribute to baseballsmost illustrious squad and that most gilded year 1927. This incredible artifact of New York Yankee historyoriginal originates from the estate of one of the men it features pitcher George Pipgras. Unrivaled in bothcondition and completeness blazing bold fountain pen autographs are rendered across the images ofeach and every one of the 30 persons pictured broken down to 28 players manager Miller Huggins andthe team trainer. An extraordinary benediction of PSA/DNA 8 validates what the even the untrained eyecan readily see. Each and every signature is perfectly legible and carefully rendered and not a clubhouseversion or otherwise assisted offering is among them. Wonderful signatures from Lou Gehrig and BabeRuth headline along with four other Hall of Famers: Huggins Earle Combs Tony Lazerri and Waite Hoyt.The photo is matted and framed to the highest possible standards with overall dimensions of 19-by-17inches. Universally regarded as the finest and most valuable autographed sports photo in the world thisextraordinary 1927 World Champion New York Yankees team signed photo is featured on the cover ofHarvey Frommers 2007 book Five OClock Lightning: Babe Ruth Lou Gehrig and the Greatest BaseballTeam in History The 1927 New York Yankees. When it was last sold to a private collector in 2006 for$350000 it established a still standing price record for an autographed sports photo. To call this museumworthywould be an understatement of the highest order. Its a truly magnificent artifact that could hold itsown in Cooperstown the Smithsonian or points in between.
Comes with a Letter of Authenticity from PSA/DNA (Composite Auto. Grade: NM-MT 8).
Additional LOA from the family of George Pipgras.
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