Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction June 2015
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/17/2015
Cool collection of 1970s Montreal Expos team-signed baseballs feature HOFers Andre Dawson, Tony Perez, Dick Williams and Larry Doby, and fan favorites such as Rusty Staub, Bob Bailey, Coco Laboy, Claude Raymond, Ken Singleton, Steve Rogers, Larry Parrish, Tim Foli, Chris Speier, Bill Lee, manager Gene Mauch and future manager Felipe Alou. The team-signed balls are circa 1970, 1973, 1976, 1977 and 1979, spanning the growth of Nos Amours to the dawn of the Team of the ‘80s.
Circa 1970 Expos Spalding Feeney NL official baseball is signed by Mauch on the sweet spot along with the likes of Staub, Sutherland, Wegener, Phillips, Strohmayer, Moore, Day, Renko, Staehle, Bateman, Brand, Jones, Bailey, Raymond, Laboy, Fairly, Stoneman and Fairey, and coaches Williams (HOF), McLish and Zimmerman; Raymond and Laboy black ink autographs remain boldest, other examples are faded but legible;
Circa 1973 Expos Cooper Little League baseball is signed on the sweet spot by Mauch along with the likes of Singleton, Rogers, Renko, Day, Lyttle, Allen, Breeden, Walker, Tony Scott and Mickey Scott; and coaches Doby (HOF), Zimmerman and MacLish; signed in various inks, with Mauch, Doby, Allen, Mickey Scott and Renko blue ink autographs remaining boldest, others in faded black ink, some faint;
Circa 1976 Expos Spalding Feeney NL official baseball with “1976” notation at the bottom of the sweet spot is signed by Rogers, Parrish, Jorgensen, Foli, Mackanin, Morales, Murray, White, Roenicke, Rivera, Lyttle, Mangual, Dwyer, Kirby, Scherman and Scanlon, and coaches Doby (HOF), Adair, with a few doubles; blue ink ballpoint signatures;
Circa 1977 Expos Rawlings MacPhail official AL baseball (with “Montreal Expos” written in black marker across the stamp and likely signed during spring training) is signed by Williams (HOF) on the sweet spot along with Perez (HOF), Dawson (HOF), Rogers, Parrish, White, Foote, Garrett, Morales, Roenicke, Hannahs, McEnaney, Carrithers, Mejias, Williams, Rivera, Kerrigan, DeMola and Terpko, and coaches Gardner and Virgil; blue ink ballpoint signatures;
Circa 1979 Expos Rawlings Feeney NL official baseball is signed by Dawson (HOF), Perez (HOF), Rogers, Lee, Schatzeder, Sanderson, Sosa, Grimsley, Fryman, Bahnsen, May, Palmer, Parrish, Cromartie, Speier, Scott, Hutton, White, Mason, Cash, Dyer and Solaita, and coach Alou. Bold black ink autographs with pinkish seeping around the ink.
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