Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Fall 2012
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/30/2012
The late, great Joe DiMaggio is among the sports superstars whose original signatures are displayed on this sheet of 30 autographs from a charity golf tournament. From the personal collection of Hockey Hall of Famer Andy Bathgate, this 14” x 11” sheet of black cardboard paper is covered with bold silver paint pen signatures, including the Yankee Clipper who signed in the bottom right corner, between Ralph Kiner and Frank Mahovlich. Among the other legends who signed along with DiMaggio are fellow major leaguers Don Drysdale and Robin Roberts, football greats Sid Gillman, Elroy “Crazy Legs” Hirsch, George Blanda, Otto Graham and Marion Motley, basketball HOFer Bob Davies and Ed Mcauley, and Bathgate’s NHL contemporary, Bernie “Boom Boom” Geoffrion. Other sports greats who signed in addition to Bathgate and Yvan Cournoyer include Baseball HOFers Ernie Banks, Willie McCovey, Brooks Robinson and Al Kaline, and football HOFers Gale Sayers, Jim Taylor, Don Maynard, Raymond Berry, Paul Warfield, Deacon Jones, Ray Nitschke and Chuck Bednarik. The autographs are very nicely preserved with only light smudging to the Bednarik and Maynard signatures to note. Included is an 8x10 group photo from the event with the sports legends who signed, posed along with the likes of Yogi Berra, Duke Snider, Johnny Bench and Dave Keon. Comes with Andy Bathgate’s signed letter of authenticity.
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