This lot is closed. Bidding ended on 12/9/2009.
These autograph books are quite special. All autographs in these four books were obtained by our consignor in person over the summers of 1960 and 1961 and are vintage signatures of over fifty Hall of Famers, baseball greats as well as Hollywood stars. The autographs include Hank Aaron, Willie Mays (blue ink rating a 7-8), Harry Anderson (2), Stan Musial, Red Schoendinst, Eddie Matthews, Bill White, Bill Rigney, Jackie Robinson (Best Wishes to Jeff, blue ink rating an 8), Dick Farrell, Dave Sissler (2), Whitlaw Wyatt, Pete Reiser, Walt Alston (best wishes to Jeff in green/blue ink rating a 9), Jon Roseboro, Frank Howard, Sandy Koufax (To Jeff Best Wishes in blue ink rating an 8), Don Drysdale, Billy Herman, Gil Hodges, Mickey Mantle (2- one CH) (blue ink rating a 7-8) (To Jeff Best Wishes rating a strong 9), The Three Stooges, Jim Gilliam, Johnny Mize, Enos Slaughter, Warren Spahn, Joe Adcock, Paul Waner, Joe DiMaggio (inscribed to Jeff, blue ink rating a 7), Johnny Podres, Fred Hutchinson, Dizzy Dean, Larry Doby, Buck O’Neil, Norm Sherry, Larry Sherry, Norm Cash, Duke Snider, George Kell, Dusty Rhodes, Ken Boyer, Richie Ashburn, Earl Averill, Jim Piersall, Irving Caesar, Waite Hoyt, Jim Brosnan, Roger Maris (blue ink rating a 7-8), Elston Howard, Whitey Ford, Yogi Berra, Harvey Haddix, Roy Face, Roberto Clemente (inscribed To Jeff in blue ink rating a 9), Robin Roberts (blue ink rating a 9), Casey Stengel (3) (blue ink rating a 7-8) (To Jeff Good luck someday may you become greater than Casey Stengel, blue ink rating a 9, great inscription) (To Jeff in blue ink rating a 7-8), Dutch Ruether, Pee Wee Reese, Whitey Herzog, Harnon Killebrew, Tim McCarver as well as members of the 1962 and 1964 NY Mets. There are dozens more autographs as well. All signatures are done in blue ink and rate an overall 7-8 unless otherwise noted and most are inscribed “To Jeff /Jack.” In addition to getting the autographs, our consignor would glue photos of the star adjacent to his signature, so the autographed pages have glue residue, in some cases on the signature itself. This is a truly amazing collection of vintage autographs. This lot is accompanied by a LOA from JSA.