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Lot 358: Walter O'Malley's Desk Clock

ITEM DESCRIPTION

 
Reserve: $50.00
Winning Bid: $158.35
Price Realized: $189.23
Auction Date:9/10/2005 9:00 PM EST

The hands of Walter O'Malley's onetime desk clock are stuck on 6 o'clock but for Brooklyn Dodger fans midnight came in 1957 when O'Malley abandoned the borough for the golden goose of L.A. Thus, the clock is a bittersweet keepsake of a man for whom every tick of the second hand meant time -- and money. Oblong clock with gold hands and border, gold calendar with manually changeable month/day windows and swivel piece denoting the day of the month, all mounted atop a 2.5 x 5.75 x .75" marble base. Gold nameplate on back (facing his guests) engraved "Walter F. O'Malley" in black. EX w/some scratching of the gold but the marble and nameplate are pristine.

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