Mid Summer Classic Auction 2016
Tue, Mar 8, 2016 04:00PM EST - Sat, Aug 20, 2016 11:00PM EDT
Timed Auction
Lot 402
WALTER ALSTON'S LOT OF 1966 LOS ANGELES DODGERS TOUR OF JAPAN MEMORABILIA INCL. SUITCASE, HIS AND HERS KIMONO, WOVEN CALENDAR AND JAPANESE FANS (ALSTO
Sold for
$2,418
Sold Price includes BP
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Ten years after their first visit to Japan the Dodgers embarked on another goodwill tour following the 1966 season that blended familiar images with new faces on the international baseball scene. Sponsored byThe Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper it was a chance for Dodger President Walter O’Malley and his organization to renew acquaintances with Japanese baseball officials and monitor the progress made by the host country more than two decades since the conclusion of World War II.http://www.walteromalley.com/images/blank.gif
The traveling party which included Major League Baseball Commissioner William D. Eckert arrived at the Haneda Airport in Tokyo under the same circumstances as the 1956 Dodgers as reigning National League champions and one year removed from a World Series crown. ManagerWalter Alstonwas still at the helm of the Dodgers — a position he would serve for 23 seasons until 1976 — but the 1966 Dodgers had a different makeup from the 1956 version.
Offered in this remarkable lot is Walter Alton’s original travel suitcase from that 1966 Far East tour. It bears a period Dodgers sticker on top with his name “Alston 24” written in blue marker. A pair of exclusive Dodgers 1996 Japan Tour stickers are affixed to each side of the hard sided suitcase. Numerous Alston souvenirs from the Tour are included such as two Japanese fans in original boxes and two additional fans in an envelope with a written salutation “To Mr. & Mrs. Alston from T. Nozaki (Dragons).” A rarely seen embroidered scroll calendar (for the year 1967) featuring an intricate geisha design and custom titling for the Los Angeles Dodgers Good Will Tour of Japan is also included in its original box. Finally a pair of his and hers kimonos featuring the Dodgers logos round out this remarkable collection of 1966 Tour of Japan mementos.
Includes a letter of provenance from the Alston family.
The traveling party which included Major League Baseball Commissioner William D. Eckert arrived at the Haneda Airport in Tokyo under the same circumstances as the 1956 Dodgers as reigning National League champions and one year removed from a World Series crown. ManagerWalter Alstonwas still at the helm of the Dodgers — a position he would serve for 23 seasons until 1976 — but the 1966 Dodgers had a different makeup from the 1956 version.
Offered in this remarkable lot is Walter Alton’s original travel suitcase from that 1966 Far East tour. It bears a period Dodgers sticker on top with his name “Alston 24” written in blue marker. A pair of exclusive Dodgers 1996 Japan Tour stickers are affixed to each side of the hard sided suitcase. Numerous Alston souvenirs from the Tour are included such as two Japanese fans in original boxes and two additional fans in an envelope with a written salutation “To Mr. & Mrs. Alston from T. Nozaki (Dragons).” A rarely seen embroidered scroll calendar (for the year 1967) featuring an intricate geisha design and custom titling for the Los Angeles Dodgers Good Will Tour of Japan is also included in its original box. Finally a pair of his and hers kimonos featuring the Dodgers logos round out this remarkable collection of 1966 Tour of Japan mementos.
Includes a letter of provenance from the Alston family.
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