NEW YORK YANKEES OLD TIMERS TEAM SIGNED BASEBALL LOA LEFTY GOMEZ BEN CHAPMAN +

Description: THIS AUCTION IS FOR A SIGNED BASEBALL.THE BASEBALL IS A 1970'S ERA WILSON OFFICIAL PROFESSIONAL LEAGUE BASEBALL A1060.THE BASEBALL HAS BEEN SIGNED BY 15 NEW YORK YANKEES AT SEVERAL OLD TIMERS DAY BASEBALL GAMES AT YANKEES STADIUM.I BELIEVE THE BALL WAS SIGNED DURING THE 1977 AND 1978 NEW YORK YANKEES OLD TIMERS DAY GAMES.OF THE 15 SIGNATURES 2 WERE CURRENT PLAYERS DURING THIS TIME PERIOD.THE PLAYERS WHO HAVE SIGNED THE BASEBALL ARE AS FOLLOWS WEST PANEL-SPUD CHANDLER,BILL SKOWRON,SPEC SHEA SWEET SPOT-HANK BOROWY EAST PANEL-MEL STOTTLEMYRE,HANK BAUER,SPARKY LYLE NORTH PANEL-BILL JOHNSON,RYNE DUREN,RICH "GOOSE" GOSSAGE SOUTH PANEL-TOMMY BYRNE,MARIUS RUSSO,BEN CHAPMAN,JIM COATES,LEFTY GOMEZ JAMES SPENCE AUTHENTICATION LOOKED AT THE BASEBALL AND HAS AUTHENTICATED ALL THE SIGNATURES AND HAS LISTED ANY THAT WERE CONSIDERED KEY SIGNATURES.THERE ARE 2 HALL OF FAME PLAYERS ON THE BALL,GOSSAGE AND GOMEZ.AND THEY HAVE LISTED 5 PLAYERS AS KEY SIGNATURES ON THE BALL.THEY ARE BILL SKOWRON,HANK BAUER,SPARKY LYLE,MARIUS RUSSO,AND BEN CHAPMAN.THE TIME FRAME THAT I BELIEVE THE SIGNATURES WERE AQUIRED WAS EITHER IN 1977 OR 1978.GOSSAGE AND LYLE ONLY PLAYED TOGETHER AS YANKEES DURING THE 1978 SEASON BUT I CANNOT VERIFY IF ALL OF THE OTHER OLD TIMERS WERE AT YANKEES STADIUM DURING THE 1978 OLD TIMERS DAY GAME.THE COMBINED STATS FOR THE 15 PLAYERS ON THIS BALL IS AMAZING.BETWEEN THE 15 PLAYERS THEY WON 65 WORLD SERIES TITLES,1 AMERICAN LEAGUE MVP,1 CY YOUNG,2 TRIPLE CROWNS,AND 63 ALL STARS SELECTIONS.11 OF THE 15 PLAYERS WHO HAVE SIGNED THE BASEBALL HAVE PASSED AWAY MAKING THEIR SIGNATURES HARDER TO FIND.SIGNED BASEBALLS BY BEN CHAPMAN,MARIUS RUSSO,BILL JOHNSON AND HANK BOROWY ARE ALL VERY HARD SIGNATURES TO FIND.AS A YANKEES BASEBALL THIS IS A VERY NICE PIECE WITH SEVERAL HARD TO FIND SIGNATURES.ITS ALSO BECOMING A VERY HISTORICAL YANKEES PIECE WITH 2 HALL OF FAME PLAYERS PLUS CHAPMANS SIGNATURE HAS BECOME A SOUGHT AFTER AUTOGRAPH WITH HIS TIES TO JACKIE ROBINSON.THE BALL COMES WITH A LETTER OF AUTHENTICTY FROM JAMES SPENCE AUTHENTICATION.THE STICKER THAT THEY WOULD NORMALLY PLACE ON THE BALL IS ON THE LETTER INSTEAD.THEY TOLD ME BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF THE BALL AND ITS AGE THEY DID NOT WANT TO RUIN THE BALL BY PLACING THE STICKER DIRECTLY ON THE BALL.THE BASEBALL WILL COME WITH THE LETTER PLUS THE PLAYER BREAKDOWN SHEET THAT LIST'S THE PLAYERS WHO HAVE SIGNED AND WHERE ON THE BALL THEIR SIGNATURE IS.THE LETTER ALSO HAS A PICTURE OF THE BALL.THE BALL COLOR IS FADED AND THERE ARE SEVERAL STAINS BUT ALL THE SIGNATURES ARE READABLE AND IN A HOLDER THE BALL DISPLAYS VERY NICE.IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BASEBALL FEEL FREE TO ASK.THE BASEBALL WILL BE SENT PRIORITY MAIL WITH RETURN SIGNATURE TO ENSURE THE BALL ARRIVES TO ITS DESTINATION.THANKS FOR LOOKING AND CHECK OUT MY OTHER AUCTIONS.

Price: 750 USD

Location: DeLand, Florida

End Time: 2024-08-28T13:58:40.000Z

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