Sports
Negro League Baseball Memorabilia
- Item Number
- 107
- Estimated Value
- 120 USD
- Sold
- 180 USD to Online Bidder
- Number of Bids
- 23 - Bid History
Item Description
Celebrate the impact of baseball's history with this Negro League memorabilia packet: a baseball with Negro Leagues Baseball Museum logo autographed by John "Buck" O'Neil, the first black coach in the major leagues & NLBM chairman; a copy of Kansas City Monarchs: Champions of Black Baseball, autographed by the author & by Buck O'Neil; and a reproduction of a Homestead Grays baseball cap.
Before Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier, great black players met on their own field of dreams in the Negro Leagues. The Negro National League was organized in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1920. The Kansas City Monarchs also organized in 1920 and survived the entire 35-year span of black baseball. The Homestead Grays club was a storied franchise with Hall of Famers Josh Gibson, Buck Leonard, and James "Cool Papa" Bell leading the Grays to 9 consecutive Negro National League championships and 3 Negro World Series titles. Today, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum is the flagship for the redevelopment of 18th & Vine, the historic black neighborhood in Kansas City, Missouri.
Item Special Note
Baseball includes protective cube case.
Book is paperback edition.
Cap is fashioned from soft, brushed cotton twill with a vintage genuine wool felt Grays logo carefully stitched onto the front.
To learn more about the Negro Leagues, go to the Negro League Museum at www.nlbm.com or the Negro League Baseball site at www.negroleaguebaseball.com.
Donated By:
Janet and Jim Vaughan
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