Mid Summer Classic Auction 2016
Tue, Mar 8, 2016 04:00PM EST - Sat, Aug 20, 2016 11:00PM EDT
Timed Auction
Lot 917
ROBIN YOUNT'S 2008 MLB ALL-STAR GAME HALL OF FAME CELEBRATION INVITATION SIGNED BY 47 HOF MEMBERS PLUS HIS SIGNED PRESENTATION STAR (MLB LOA, MLB AUTH
Sold for
$2,004
Sold Price includes BP
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The 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 lines on the bottom half for autographs. Robin Yount's personal invitation boasts 47 mostly blue Sharpie 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 Molitor Gwynn Gossage Kiner Perez Murray Marichal Brock Carlton Brett Weaver and Lasorda et al. The piece boasts matting and framing that is 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 MLB Auth. hologram attached. Overall piece is certainly Nr-Mt and problem free and boasts overall dimensions of 19 1/2-by-23 1/2 inches.
Also included in this lot is the large (23” inches from point to point) star that was placed on the field at Yankee Stadium as a marker for where Robin stood when he took the field after being introduced. Yount has signed the field marker in perfect blue sharpie.
Includes a letter of provenance from Robin Yount.
Pre-certified by PSA/DNA.
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