Marilyn Monroe Collection

 

The Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe

Christie's Auction House

New York - Wednesday 27 and Thursday 28 October 1999


||Lot 331 - TWO BASEBALLS

One circa late-1940s/early-1950s factory stamped souvenir ball sold at Yankee Stadium, bearing the signatures Casey Stengel (in the sweet spot), Ed Ford, Bob Grimm, Jimmy Martin, Gil McDougal; well worn, with some faded signatures; together with a 1936-1939 Yankee baseball signed by Joe DiMaggio with a "clubhouse" Lou Gherig (signed for Mr. Gherig by a bat boy or clubhouse manager), also bearing the signatures of Johnny Murphy, Joe Gordon, Bob Johnson, Chez Sanger, Red Rolf, Chad Ruffing and Ted Lyons, and the word Fifty.

 

Estimate:  $2,000-2,500

Selling Price:  $16,100

 


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