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Lot 213
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Lot Number: 213
Description: Significant Green Diamond Gallery Collection of (67) Cincinnati Reds team autographed baseballs: 1940-2013. Impressive collection of Reds team balls dating from the year of their 1940 World Series Championship and complete through 2002 with a handful thereafter. Unless noted, all are on Official National or Major League baseballs. Condition runs the full range of GD to NM and all levels in between. There are some very nice higher grade examples mixed including several from the earlier years, some of these will be denoted with an (*). In person preview is highly recommended if possible. Includes 1940 (*) - (27 sigs on "Official League" ball) incl. Lombardi, Walters, and Vander Meer; 1941 - (approx. 28 sigs) incl. Lombardi, McKechnie, and Waner; 1942 - (20 sigs) incl. McKechnie and Vander Meer; 1943 (*) - (24 sigs on unmarked ball) incl. McKechnie and VanderMeer; 1944 (*) - (29 sigs) incl. McKechnie; 1945 - (29 sigs) incl. McKechnie; 1946 (*) - (29 sigs) incl. McKechnie and Vander Meer; 1947 - (26 sigs) incl. George L. Kelly and Vander Meer; 1948 - (27 sigs) incl. Kelly and Kluszewski; 1949 - (27 sigs) incl. Kluszewski and Vander Meer; 1950 (29 sigs) incl. Kluszewski; 1951 - (19 sigs) incl. Kluszewski; 1952 - (25 sigs) incl. Kluszewski; 1953 - (27 sigs on unmarked or worn off ball) incl. Kluszewski; 1954 (*) - (29 sigs) incl. Kluszewski; 1955 - (25 sigs) incl. Kluszewski; 1956 (*) - (27 sigs) incl. Kluszewski and CH Tebbets; 1957 (*) - (25 sigs) incl. Robinson and Kluszewski; 1958 (*) - (24 sigs) incl. Robinson; 1959 - (18 sigs) incl. Robinson; 1960 - (33 sigs) incl. Robinson and Billy Martin; 1961 - (29 sigs) incl. Robinson and Pinson; 1962 - (32 sigs) incl. CH Robinson and Pinson; 1963 - (approx. 30 sigs) incl. Robinson, Rose, and Pinson; 1964 - (29 sigs) incl. CH Rose and Pinson; 1965 (*) - (28 sigs) incl. Rose and CH Robinson and Pinson; 1966 - (30 sigs) incl. Rose, Perez, and Pinson; 1967 - (32 sigs) incl. Perez and CH Rose, Robinson, and Pinson; 1968 - (28 sigs) incl. Rose, Perez, and Bench; 1969 - (18 sigs on "Bob Friend" ball) incl. Rose and Perez and CH Bristol, Briggs, and Bench; 1970 - (22 sigs) incl. Anderson, Rose, Bench, and Kluszewski; 1971 - (24 sigs) incl. Perez and CH Anderson and Bench; 1972 (*) - (25 sigs) incl. Anderson, Bench, Rose, and Perez; 1973 - (25 sigs on "Official League" ball) incl. Andreson, Morgan, Perez, and Rose; 1974 (*) - (30 sigs) incl. Anderson, Rose, Morgan, Bench, and Perez; 1975 - (18 sigs) incl. Anderson, Morgan, Bench, Rose, and Perez; 1976 - (19 sigs) incl. Anderson, Perez, and Morgan and CH Rose and Bench; 1977 - (25 sigs on "Official League" ball) incl. Anderson, Bench, and Seaver; 1978 - (25 sigs) incl. Anderson, Bench, Seaver, and Rose and CH Morgan, Griffey, and Werner; 1979 - (31 sigs) incl. Seaver and CH Bench and Morgan; 1980 - (27 sigs) incl. Seaver and Bench; 1981 - (23 sigs) incl. Griffey; 1982 - (31 sigs) incl. Seaver and Bench; 1983 - (27 sigs) incl. Bench; 1984 - (30 sigs) incl. Perez and CH Franco; 1985 - (26 sigs) incl. Rose and Perez; 1986 - (36 sigs) incl. Perez and Bench; 1987 - (27 sigs) incl. Larkin, Rose, and Perez; 1988 - (31 sigs) incl. Rose, Larkin, and Perez; 1989 - (25 sigs) incl. Perez and Larkin; 1990 - (27 sigs) incl. Perez and Larkin and CH Pinella; 1991 - (23 sigs) incl. Perez and Larkin; 1992 - (29 sigs) incl. Larkin and Perez; 1993 - (31 sigs); 1994 - (30 sigs) incl. Larkin; 1995 - (28 sigs) incl. Larkin; 1996 - (30 sigs) incl. Larkin; 1997 - (35 sigs) incl. Sanders and Larkin; 1998 - (27 sigs) incl. Larkin; 1999 - (28 sigs) incl. Larkin; 2000 - (27 sigs); 2001 - (24 sigs) incl. Larkin; 2002 - (32 sigs) incl. Larkin; 2006 - (32 sigs) incl. Griffey Jr.; 2009 - (34 sigs); 2010 - (26 sigs); and 2013 - (30 sigs). The 1975 ball includes a full LOA from PSA/DNA and both the 2010 and 2013 team balls have MLB Authentication holograms affixed. The lot has been given a cursory review by JSA with a handful of cluhouse signatures (as noted above) however it is possible that some additional were missed. Incredible assemblage with exceptional breakdown value including several very fine championship team examples. Includes auction LOA from JSA: GD-NM, Avg. EX-EX/MTEstimated Price Range: ($7,500-$15,000)
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