Sculptor Marc Mellon Celebrates ‘Handshake for the Century’ Photo
by It was a most simple gesture, one played out without fanfare across baseball diamonds for decades. One player offering his hand in congratulations to his …
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Jeter, Mays, Gooden Cards Among Leading Topps ‘Project 2020’ Sellers To Date
As 20 commissioned popular artists across the world continue to re-imagine 20 iconic cards from the past 70 years in the Topps Company’s “Project 2020,” …
Art, Baseball Collide In New Topps ‘Project 2020’ Cards
Today Topps is launching its “Project 2020” in which the cardmaker commissioned 20 world-renowned pop artists to create re-imagined versions of 20 classic baseball cards …
Goldin Launches Jackie Robinson 100th Anniversary Auction
The last autograph ever signed by John F. Kennedy, Jackie Robinson’s 1951 Dodgers jersey, Lou Gehrig’s 1925 contract and historic home run baseballs from Barry …
Jackie Robinson Foundation Announces Jackie Robinson Centennial Celebration in 2019
The http://www.jackierobinson.org/Jackie Robinson Foundation (JRF) will commemorate the one hundredth birthday of its namesake with a year-long schedule of events in 2019 that will benefit the organization’s …
Congress Introduces Integration of Baseball Commemorative Coin Act
by (COOPERSTOWN, NY) – In 1947, the National Pastime truly became America’s game when Jackie Robinson and Larry Doby integrated baseball. The United States Congress announced …
Jackie Robinson’s Original Pro Contracts To Be Auctioned
Jackie Robinson’s original professional baseball contracts with the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Montreal Royals which were in a Brooklyn historian’s safe-deposit box until a few …
Jackie Robinson’s Original Pro Baseball Contracts For Auction
Jackie Robinson‘s original professional baseball contracts with the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Montreal Royals which were in a Brooklyn historian’s safe-deposit box until a few …
A Tour Of History With ‘Hawk’ and Christie’s
In his home, above a second-floor pool table, 21-year Major League pitcher LaTroy Hawkins has a mural featuring Negro League stars, including Josh Gibson, Hilton …
N.Y. Items Stand Out In Christie’s Baseball Auction
The New York Gotham’s National League membership application. A Lou Gehrig game-used bat. Sandy Koufax‘s rookie card. Joe DiMaggio‘s Yankees contract. Those are just four …