Vintage Signed Baseballs Highlight Huggins & Scott Auction

Huggins and Scott's upcoming June 1-2, 2011 auction will offer more than 900 consigned lots of vintage and modern sports cards and memorabilia in a two-week auction being conducted by phone and Internet.  Bidding began on Wednesday May 18.

The auction begins with a pair of vintage signed baseballs featuring three of the game's greatest legends.  A dual-autographed Babe Ruth/Lou Gehrig ball and another single-signed ball--this one autographed by Ty Cobb.  Both have been authenticated by PSA/DNA.

In fact, the auction is heavy list of unique, rare and vintage autographed memorabilia.  There is a ball dating from 1928 and signed by Ruth, Gehrig, Jacob Ruppert and Rogers Hornsby, a Thurman Munson single-signed Baseball (Huggins and Scott sold what is likely the last ball ever signed by Munson in its last auction), a Perez-Steele Great Moments complete set with 70 autographed and encapsulated by PSA/DNA and a John F. Kennedy signed 1954 correspondence on U.S. Senate letterhead.  All autographs have been examined and authenticated by either James Spence Authentications or PSA.

Other rare artifacts in this auction include a selection of authenticated game-used items including bats of Roger Maris, Ken Griffey Jr., Don Mattingly, Joey Votto, Hanley Ramirez, and more. There are also game-used uniforms including a 1947-49 Phil Masi Boston Braves, a 1983 Ken Singleton Orioles and a 1998 Bernie Williams Yankees World Series uniform.