Lot # 838: Mickey Mantle & Roger Maris Signed June 1962 Sports Review Magazine – Matted & Framed to a 15.5” x 18.5” Size – Full JSA/James Spence LOA

Category: Autographs

Starting Bid: $400.00

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Item was in Auction "Sizzling Summer Rarities Auction 2019",
which ran from 7/24/2019 11:00 AM to
8/10/2019 7:00 PM




(LOT 838)
Mickey Mantle & Roger Maris Signed June 1962 Sports Review Magazine – Matted & Framed to a 15.5" x 18.5" Size – Full JSA/James Spence LOA

"Fastball hit deep to right... this could be it... way back there... Holy Cow he did it... 61 for Maris... ". Such was the iconic broadcast of legendary Yankee announcer Phil "The Scooter" Rizzuto when Roger Maris blasted Red Sox hurler Tracy Stallard's fastball into Yankee Stadium's lower deck on the last game of the 1961 season to surpass Babe Ruth's hallowed 60 homer-mark. While Maris had already captured an A.L. MVP award the prior season with New York, it was his monumental blast that forever ensured his legacy. Most baseball historians were convinced that one of baseball's unbreakable records was the "Bambino's" historic 60 round-trippers, achieved in the Yankee's historic 1927 season.

While several players have since the 61-mark, it is no secret that Bonds, McGuire and Sosa's figures were triggered by performance enhancing drugs, thus discounted by a seemingly infinite number of baseball purists. It was not only the 61st homer that enthralled baseball enthusiasts but the iconic "chase" of Ruth's magical 60 mark. The Spring and Summer of 1961 saw both the immortal Mickey Mantle and star right-fielder Maris relentlessly chasing Ruth's record until Mantle had to "bow out" of the race in September due to an injury that placed him on the disabled list for the remainder of the month. Since that legendary 1961 season when these two baseball giants captivated an adoring Nation, collectors actively pursue signed artifacts of these two renowned figures.

This outstanding June 1962 Sport Review magazine portrays both Mantle and Maris in their traditional Yankee pinstripe uniforms, with their hallowed names both scripted in fine black sharpie. The magazine is completely intact (with some negligible spine damage) and professionally matted and framed to an imposing 15.5" x 18.5" dimensions. An outstanding heirloom from that momentous era, it captures a breathtaking signed colorful illustration of these two Yankee greats that turned the baseball world upside down throughout the 1961 baseball campaign! – Full JSA/James Spence LOA

MIN BID $400
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