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Hunt Auctions is extremely honored to present an important live auction event offering the personal collection of National Baseball Hall of Fame member Willie Mays. The auction will take place on Saturday, September 27, 2025, at the King Street Warehouse event space adjacent to Oracle Park. | ||||
| An Online Only offering for hundreds of additional Willie Mays Collection items will follow on Sunday, September 28, 2025. Several special event previews will take place in the San Francisco Bay Area in advance of the live auction with details to follow. The first public display of the collection will occur at the National Sports Collectors Convention in Chicago, IL between July 30th and August 3rd, 2025. | ||||
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Per Mr. Mays wishes, we are pleased to note that the proceeds of this historic auction event will go to the Say Hey! Foundation dedicated to fulfilling Willie Mays's dream of giving every child a chance by offering underprivileged youth positive opportunities through athletics, coaching, nutrition, education, and providing safer communities. | |||
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Sampling of Highlight Items
 Willie Mays 1963 National League Gold Glove Award Estimate ($50,000-$100,000) |
 Important 1954 Willie Mays New York Giants World Series ring: One of the Most Significant World Series Rings Ever Offered at Public Auction (NL Most Valuable Player Season) Estimate ($500,000-$1,000,000) |
 Rare Willie Mays San Francisco Giants professional model warm up jacket c.1962 Estimate ($40,000-$60,000) |
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 Rare 1962 Willie Mays "Babe Ruth Sultan of Swat Award" for Outstanding Batting Achievement Estimate ($75,000-$150,000) |
 Willie Mays National Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Ring Estimate ($100,000-$300,000) |
 1954 Willie Mays National League Most Valuable Player Award (World Championship Season) Estimate ($250,000-$500,000) |
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 Important Willie Mays 1954 National League Batting Championship Silver Bat award (NL MVP Season)(World Championship Season) Estimate ($200,000-$400,000) |
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 Superb Willie Mays 1963 MLB All-Star Game professional model baseball bat (MLB All-Star MVP Award) Estimate ($50,000-$75,000) |
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 Superlative 1962 Willie Mays San Francisco Giants professional model home uniform: Photomatched to MLB All-Star Game and two others including Home Run (MeiGray) Estimate ($500,000-$1,000,000) |
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 1977 Stutz Blackhawk VI: Custom Made for Willie Mays with Personalized Label on Dashboard Estimate ($50,000-$100,000) |
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Willie Howard Mays, Jr. began his meteoric rise within the game of baseball as an outstanding multi-sport athlete at Fairfield Industrial High School. He would quickly turn fully towards the game of baseball signing with the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro American League in 1948. The New York Giants would sign Mays to his first MLB contract in 1950 and after a brief stint in the minor leagues he would join the club in 1951 leading the Giants to a National League pennant earning him Rookie of the Year honors.
After several years of military service during the Korean War, Willie Mays rejoined the Giants in 1954 to lead the club to a World Series title and NL MVP Award honors. Mays would follow the Giants to San Francisco in 1958 beginning a lifelong love affair with the Bay Area that continued long after his playing career ended. Many athletes who reach the most elite level of their particular sport for any lengthy period of time historically end their career with impressive cumulative statistics. Willie Mays was different with categories of statistics virtually created due to his unique all-around skill set.
As often quoted, Ted Williams famously remarked, "They invented the All-Star Game for Willie Mays." Although impossible to completely capture Mays' career accomplishments, they are truly unequalled in total by any other player. During his career between 1951 and 1973 Willie Mays collected 3,293 Hits, 660 Home Runs, 1,909 RBIs, Two NL MVP Awards, 1954 World Series championship, Twelve NL Gold Glove awards, Twenty four NL All-Star team selections, MLB All-Century Team, Induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979, and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015.
Mays' career may well be best summarized in a quote by Willie Mays himself, "Maybe I was born to play ball. Maybe I truly was."
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