This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/4/2017
In 1955, the National League Champion
Brooklyn Dodgers (98-55) won an exciting seven-game World Series over
the vaunted American League Champion New York Yankees (96-57). The
Dodgers, under the direction of skipper Walter Alston, won the decisive
seventh game at Yankee Stadium behind the impressive five-hit, complete
game pitching of right-hander Johnny Podres. Podres, who earned complete
game victories in Games 3 and 7, was named the World Series MVP. For
the record, this was the first World Series ever televised in color.
This lot features a beautifully preserved 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers
team-signed ONL (Giles) baseball with 24 pristine signatures in blue ink
captured including Manager Alston's autograph perfectly centered on the
sweet spot. Significant signatures include fellow Hall of Famers Jackie
Robinson, Sandy Koufax (who did not play in the '55 Fall Classic) and
Roy Campanella. Other notable scrawls are from Dodger mainstays like
Carl Furillo, Jim Gilliam, Carl Erskine, Dixie Howell, Gil Hodges, Don
Hoak, Roger Craig, Sandy Amoros and Don Newcombe. PSA has deemed Pee Wee
Reese and Duke Snider as clubhouse signed. A remarkable treasure that
commemorates one of the most significant seasons in Brooklyn/Los Angeles
Dodgers history.
Full LOA from PSA/DNA. Includes LOA from the Alston Family.