Winter Auction 2015 closing February 7
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/8/2015
Inside this well-worn edition of Joseph Reichler's "30 Years of Baseball's Greatest Moments" reside more than sixty pristine signatures of some of the games most beloved players. There are 20 Hall of Famer superstars including Joe DiMaggio, Warren Spahn, Yogi Berra, Bob Gibson, Pee Wee Reese, Frank Robinson and Bob Feller. Since their careers consisted of several "Greatest Moments", several players such have signed their name multiple times throughout the book. Found beside the greats are the players whose one moment of glory made their names synonymous with baseball's post-war era: 1951 Giants pennant hero Bobby Thomson, 1969 World Series star Jerry Koosman, Sandy Amoros whose catch saved Brooklyn's only World Championship and the game's hit king, Pete Rose. Roger Maris has left his signature within these pages and notably difficult signer Frank Robinson was inspired to sign it on two separate pages. The very fact that they are contained within a book has preserved these signatures to a mint condition.
Hall of Famers (number in parentheses denote number of time the player has signed) include: Ernie Banks (3), Johnny Bench, Yogi Berra (3), Rod Carew, Joe DiMaggio, Don Drysdale, Bob Feller, Bob Gibson (2), Bill Mazeroski, Gaylord Perry, Book Powell, PeeWee Reese, Brooks Robinson (3), Frank Robinson (2), Nolan Ryan (2), Tom Seaver (2), Warren Spahn (4), Willie Stargell (2), Hoyt Wilhelm and Early Wynn. The other stars include: Joe Amalfitano (2), Sandy Amoros (2), Vida Blue (2), Jim Davenport, Bill Freehan, Al Gionfriddo, Tony Gonzalez, Harvey Haddix, Ron Hansen (3), Richie Hebner, Ron Hunt (2), Jerry Koosman (2), Don Larsen, Mickey Lolich (2), Dale Long, Roger Maris, Gil McDougald, Amos Otis (3), Pete Rose (2), Manny Sanguillen, Ralph terry, Bobby Thomson and Dixie Walker. The book's exterior and slip cover contain numbers rips and paper loss, but as already stated, the interior and signatures are well preserved. Letter of Authenticity from PSA/DNA.