FALL 2012 Auction
Wed, Nov 14, 2012 09:00PM EST - Sun, Dec 2, 2012 12:00PM EST
Lot 231
OZZIE SMITH 2008 YANKEE STADIUM MLB ALL-STAR GAME HALL OF FAME CELEBRATION INVITATION SIGNED BY 48 HOFERS
Sold for
$5,863.20
Sold Price includes BP
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| $1,000,000 | $100,000 |
| $1,500,000 | $150,000 |
The historic 2008 All-Star Game held at Yankee Stadium produced a boatload of historic moments and related memorabilia and Major League Baseball understood the significance of the moment and linked up with the Baseball Hall of Fame to create a real stunner for autograph collectors. The 11-by-15-inch All-Star Game Hall of Fame Celebration Invitation included specially rule lines on the bottom half for autographs 52 spaces in all. Ozzie's invitation boasts 48 mostly blue Sharpie 8/10 to 9/10 signatures of Hall of Famers making that particular All-Star Game - as Yankee Stadium witnessed its final games after 85 seasons - as a more fruitful source of nailing down HOF autographs than even the annual induction ceremonies in Cooperstown. the lineup as you might imagine is awe-inspiring: Aaron Banks Berra Killebrew Kaline Jackson Ripken Cepeda Carter Frank Robinson Brooks Robinson Gibson Gwynn Billy Williams Boggs Mazeroski Ford Yount Kiner Perez Murray Marichal Brock Carlton Brett Weaver and Lasorda et al. Oh yeah Ozzie signed it too. The piece boasts matting and framing that equally as impressive as the subject matter. While the invitation has red-and-blue graphic highlight elements the matting and framing is also red and blue encased in a stunning 3-inch polished silver metal frame decorative engraving at the edges. Comes with the Official Major League Baseball hologram attached; overall piece is certainly Nr-Mt and problem free and boasts overall dimensions of 19 1/2-by-23 1/2 inches.
LOA from Ozzie Smith.
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