This lot is closed. Bidding ended on 12/10/2001.
This Reach Official Ball signed by 24 members of the 1943 New York Giants has some great names including two popular Hall of Famers, player-manager Mel Ott (511 lifetime homers, 15th best all time) and pitcher "King" Carl Hubbell (MVP, 1933, 1936), as well as pitcher Van Lingle Mungo, who would be immortalized in a Dave Frishberg song three decades later. Signatures of other Polo Grounds poohbahs include Dick Bartell, Gus Mancuso, Buster Maynard, Nap Reyes, Bill Sayles, Hugh East, John Wittig, Hugh Poland, Cliff Melton, etc. The ball is lightly toned and in excellent plus condition. Signatures are in black ink and rate 6-8s, with Ott and Hubbell's grading on the high end of the scale.