This lot is closed. Bidding ended on 12/1/2002.
These seven baseballs are New York Mets team signed balls from years ranging from 1968 to 1986. The toned, excellent to near mint ONL Giles ball has been signed in blue and black ink by 29 members of the 1968 Mets including manager Gil Hodges on the sweet spot as well as Tom Seaver, Nolan Ryan, and Yogi Berra. A couple of signatures of less prominent players have faded and the rest of the signatures rate between 7 and 9 with the aforementioned ones being among the strongest on the ball. The other 1968 Mets ball is a near mint, off-white ball stamped "N.Y. METS" and includes Hodges (clubhouse), Seaver, and Berra with 26 others. The blue and black ink signatures rate between 6 and 9 and the keys are on the higher end. The 1969 ball is a lightly toned ONL Giles ball that would be near mint if not for a circular abrasion with brown residue on each sweet spot. The 24 blue, black, and red ink signatures include Seaver and clubhouse versions of Hodges, Ryan, Jerry Koosman, Ed Charles, and Wayne Garrett. They rate between 5 and 8 with Seaver being a 7+. The 1975 Mets signed a near mint, slightly off-white unofficial "Mets" stamped ball in blue ink. The 26 signatures rate between 7 and 9 and include Seaver, Koosman, Berra (clubhouse), etc. The 1979 Mets signed an excellent condition ONL Feeney ball that exhibits some yellowing. The 30 blue and black ink signatures rate between 7 and 9 and include Joe Torre, Ed Kranepool, Jesse Orosco, etc. 23 of the 1983 Mets signed an excellent condition ONL Feeney ball in blue ballpoint ink with signatures ranging in quality from 7 to 9. They include Seaver and clubhouses of Keith Hernandez and Dave Kingman. Lastly, the excellent to near mint ONL Feeney ball has been signed in blue ink by 28 members of the 1986 World Champion Mets including manager Davey Johnson, Hernandez, Gary Carter, Darryl Strawberry, etc. The signatures are predominantly 8s and 9s. The autographs come with a letter from PSA/DNA.