Mid Summer Classic Auction 2016
Tue, Mar 8, 2016 04:00PM EST - Sat, Aug 20, 2016 11:00PM EDT
Timed Auction
Lot 360
WALTER ALSTON'S 1957 BROOKLYN DODGERS TEAM SIGNED BASEBALL (ALSTON COLLECTION)
Sold for
$1,651.20
Sold Price includes BP
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This stunning team-signed Brooklyn Dodgers baseball from the club's final season in the Borough of Brooklyn comes from the collection of the team's legendary manager Walt Alston and marks an epochal moment in baseball history for the legion of fans in the Borough of Brooklyn. With an aging ball club that had only recently suffered the retirement of their heart and soul Jackie Robinson the transfer of the rest of the Bums to Los Angeles was a sad day for tens of thousands of bewildered fans. Of such a history-making event comes this Official National League Giles ball with a total of 26 signatures that have been applied in a nice uniform blue ballpoint with virtually no hint of the typical toning that afflicts older baseballs. The autographs are uncommonly bold and vivid exceptionally clear and legible with but two autographs deviating from the blue ballpoint theme and rendered in red ink. The roster of signers includes: Alston on the sweet spot Campanella Snider Reese Koufax Drysdale Hodges Furillo Gilliam Erskine Podres Zimmer Neal Craig Jackson Amoros Roebuck Bessent McDevitt and Valo. The Roseboro autograph is assessed to be a clubhouse signature. Comes with a Letter of Authenticity from the Walter Alston Collection.
Pre-certified by PSA/DNA.
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