This lot is closed. Bidding ended on 5/11/2001.
The 1951 season wasn't just another championship year for the Yankees. It was the year the torch was passed as Joe DiMaggio played his final season and Mickey Mantle played his first. This near-mint OAL Harridge ball is a nonpareil collector's item on several counts: it was signed by 25 members of the ‘51 team, it features Joe D's signature on the sweet spot in black ink rating a near 8, and Mantle's signature is in a handwriting style different from the later one with flourished "M's" that Mantle used to sign most of the items seen on the market today. The signature rates a solid 9.