Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction June 2015
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/17/2015
Baseball HOFers galore in this lot of 32 signed items from the Golden Brett’s personal collection. Baseballs signed by the late Ernie Banks and Enos Slaughter, hockey stick blades signed by deceased HOFers Snider, Reese and Rizzuto, bats signed by Rose and HOFer Ford, and photos signed by Larsen, Pujols and deceased HOFers Hunter, Killebrew and Mize are among the great finds here, including 11 signed baseballs and 15 signed 8x10 photos. Comes with Brett Hull’s signed LOA.
“Hull” is stamped on the top of all three (3) signed Bauer wood blade inserts which are signed with dedications “to Brett and Jude” in bold black marker. The deceased HOFers have signed their blades with their induction years, Reese has put the notation “H.O.F. 84” on his, Snider “HOF 1980”, and Rizzuto “HOF 94”.
(2) signed bats:
Ford placed a big bold blue marker on the barrel of a Whitey Ford Personal Model Adirondack baseball bat;
Rose signed in bold blue marker on the barrel of a Pete Rose Louisville Slugger baseball bat;
(11) signed baseballs:
Deceased HOFer Banks signed, “To Brett, ‘Focus’, Ernie Banks”, in blue ballpoint on the panel to the right of Brown’s facsimile signature on a Rawlings official AL baseball with the Comiskey Park 1991 Inaugural Year stamp;
Deceased HOFer Slaughter signed in blue ballpoint on the sweet spot of a Rawlings White official NL baseball;
HOFer Red Schoendienst signed in bold blue ballpoint on the sweet spot of a Rawlings White official NL baseball;
HOFer Johnny Bench has signed in blue marker on the sweet spot of a Rawlings Feeney official NL baseball;
HOFer Don Sutton signed in bold blue ballpoint on the sweet spot of a Rawlings Brown official AL baseball;
HOFer Phil Niekro signed in bold bold blue ballpoint on the sweet spot of a Rawlings White official NL baseball;
HOFer Cal Ripken Jr. has signed in blue ballpoint two (2) Rawlings Brown official AL baseballs, one on the sweet spot, the other with a dedicated autograph that reads, “To Brett, I was lucky to get your stick at an auction. Best of luck, Cal Ripken, Jr.”, to the left of the Brown facsimile signature;
Rose signed on the sweet spot of a Rawlings Feeney official NL baseball;
David Wells signed a Rawlings Selig “practice” MLB baseball on the sweet spot in blue ballpoint that has lightly faded in parts with a pinkish tinge at the bottom of the D.
Texas manager Johnny Oates signed on the sweet spot of a 1999 Rangers team-signed Rawlings official AL Budig baseball autographed by 23;
(15) Signed 8x10 photos:
Albert Pujols signed in big bold black marker on three (3) 14x11 photos of himself in his St. Louis Cardinals jersey posing along with Brett Hull standing behind the Stanley Cup and World Series Commissioner’s Trophy, one photo is displayed in a matte and mounted in a 17 1/2" x 21 1/2" black wood frame.
Larsen signed in gold paint pen on an 8x10 picture of himself delivering the final pitch of his perfect game in the 1956 World Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 5 at Yankee Stadium. Black wood frame is 12” x 13 3/4".
deceased HOFer Jim “Catfish” Hunter in bold blue marker;
deceased HOFer Johnny Mize two (2) in bold blue marker;
deceased HOFer Harmon Killebrew in bold blue marker;
HOFer Al Kaline in bold blue marker;
HOFer Frank Thomas “To Brett, Best of Everything, Your a true legend” with “93 94 AL MVP” notation in bold blue marker;
HOFer Wade Boggs “To Brett, All the Best” with “HOF 05” notation in bold blue marker;
Evan Longoria “To Brett, You’re the Best!” in bold blue marker;
Curtis Granderson, “Best Wishes Brett” in silver paint pen;
Umpire Bruce Froemming “To Brett ‘You’re the best’ see you in the spring” with “N.L. #6” notation in black marker.
HOF Cardinals play by play man Jack Buck with “To the best, Jack Buck, June ‘90” notation in black marker;
2003 NL Cy Young Award winner Eric Gagne placed a big bold black marker dedicated autograph that reads, “To Jude, Eric Gagne 38”, on the jacket cover of his “Eric Gagne, Break Barriers” hardcover book.
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