LOT #82129 |
Sold on Dec 6, 2024 for: Not Sold
1950's Mel Ott Signed Baseball....
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Description
1950's Mel Ott Signed Baseball. Of all the milestones of immortality that dot the baseball landscape, none quickens our pulse quite the way the 500 home run mark does. Pitching may win ballgames, but the long ball wins hearts, and there isn't a Little Leaguer alive who hasn't dreamed of knocking one out of a big league park in the clutch.Fortunately for collectors, most of the Club is quite readily available on singles. Mantle, Mathews, Killebrew and Williams are gone, but they left a good supply behind. Ruth is likewise quite easy to locate, though pricier. Jimmie Foxx is very tough, yes, but the prize for toughest of them all goes to the man who made the right field bleachers of the Polo Grounds his personal landing pad for twenty-two seasons, the immortal Mel Ott. The slugger's demise, the result of an automobile accident in Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi in 1958 at age forty-nine, contributed to the dearth of his single signed baseballs.
Professional restoration has eliminated any sign of the other signatures which once joined this tough Hall of Famer on the offered OAL (Harridge) sphere, leaving behind only the Manhattan slugger's unpersonalized 8/10 blue steel-tip fountain pen side panel offering. The welcome lack of personalization adds further rarity and desirability to a piece. Some minor damage on another panel is invisible upon display. A rare and desirable ball. Please note that there is evidence of writing removal on all panels. Full LOA from PSA/DNA. Full LOA from Beckett Authentication Services.
Auction Info
2024 December 5 - 7 Winter Sports Catalog Auction #50073 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
December, 2024
5th-7th
Thursday-Saturday
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