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Lot 553: "500 Home Run Club" Single Signed Autographed Ball Collection (18)
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So many guys have cracked the 500 Home Run Club in recent years, it's not easy to keep pace and assemble a collection of single-signed balls by the members of the Club as it now stands. Offered here is the best collection available, complete save for oldies Ruth and Foxx, 18 bangers in all with signatures and balls remarkably top-notch. The lineup: Aaron (ONL Coleman), Bonds (Official Major League Ball, w/ MLB hologram), Mays (ONL White), Robinson (OAL Brown), McGwire (St. Louis Cardinal Ball), Killebrew (OAL Brown), Jackson (OAL Budig), Sosa (Official Major League Ball, w/"Sosa 21" hologram, limited edition #38/500), Schmidt (ONL White), Mantle (OAL Brown), Palmeiro (Official Major League Ball, wrapped in cello), McCovey (ONL Coleman), Williams (OAL Brown), Banks (ONL White), Mathews (ONL White), Murray (OAL Budig), Griffey Jr. (ONL White), McGriff (OAL Brown). Signatures in blue ink or marker, most EX-NRMT with the McGwire smudged, a few embellished with #'s or "500 Club" inscriptions. Balls mainly EX-NRMT and snow white. Deserves a display case all its own. LOA for every ball save for 3 signed in person outside of ballparks -- Mantle, McGwire, McGriff.
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