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1974 Monte Irvin "Black Athletes Hall of Fame" Induction Ring from The Monte Irvin Collection....
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1974 Monte Irvin "Black Athletes Hall of Fame" Induction Ring from The Monte Irvin Collection. A year after the New York Giants great was welcomed into the Cooperstown fold, the "Black Athletes Hall of Fame" followed suit with what must have been an extraordinarily easy decision to welcome this early racial pioneer. Raised text reading, "Black Athletes Hall of Fame" orbits a blue synthetic star sapphire on the ring face, while left and right shank identify the sport of "Baseball" and the recipient "Irvin" respectively. Interior band is stamped "10K" and measures to a size twelve (12). Weight eighteen grams (18 g.). Fine condition. Letter of provenance from Monte Irvin's daughter.The Monte Irvin Collection
The story of Jackie Robinson is one of the most important in the annals of American sports history, but that tale is diminished in no way by the insistence that Robinson did not shoulder the weight of history alone. It was only fifteen months after Robinson's debut that the great Monte Irvin made his own, the fourth African-American to wear the uniform of a Major League team, and the first in the history of the Giants franchise.
Certainly the fight for acceptance, much less equality, was far from over when Irvin took his first brave steps into the maelstrom but, like Robinson, his steady resolve and extraordinary talents were essential tools in righting the sport's most grievous wrong. He remains one of the most significant athletes of any American sport active during the post-war era.
The lots that follow derive from Mr. Irvin's personal collection, covering a wide range of decades from his youth in the Negro Leagues through his 1973 Hall of Fame induction, and onward through the closing years of his long life as one of baseball's great ambassadors. Each lot will be accompanied by a letter of provenance from Irvin's daughter.
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2016 November 17 - 19 Sports Collectibles Catalog Auction #7165 (go to Auction Home page)
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November, 2016
17th-19th
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