Fall Premier Auction 2014
Wed, Nov 19, 2014 09:00PM EST - Sun, Dec 7, 2014 12:00PM EST
Timed Auction
Lot 251
BENNIE BENGOUGH SINGLE SIGNED BASEBALL - SCARCE SINGLE FROM MEMBER OF 1927 YANKEES
Sold for
$660
Sold Price includes BP
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Bennie Bengough played the majority of his Major League career as a catcher for the 1920s Yankee dynasty most notably as a reserve backstop on the famed Murderers' Row squad of 1927. A light-hitting defensive specialist Bengough played the final two seasons of his career with the St. Louis Browns. After his playing career he spent 18 seasons as a major league coach twelve of them with the Phillies (1946-58). Bengough passed away in 1968 long before the evolution of modern autograph collecting made popular the notion of confining a baseball to just one autograph therefore making a single signed baseball from him understandably rare. This "Official League" baseball is inscribed on a side panel in 7-8/10 looking brown ink "Good Luck Bennie Bengough Feb. 20 1950." The ball itself has evenly toned throughout. Bengough was a back-up catcher for the Yankees from 1923 through 1930 appearing in an average of 40 games a year. In 1927 he appeared in 31 games hitting .247 with 10 RBI. A tough single for anyone seeking to complete a collection of 1927 Yankees singles.
Pre-certified by PSA/DNA.
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