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Many new items have been added along with new prices on many of the items.
If you have any interest in any of the following items please, call us at 215-665-1953 or e-mail us at info@albersheims.com. Single Signed BaseballsBarry & Bobby Bonds-not exactly single signed, but this father son All-Star duo have signed this NL Bill White baseball. NICE $495Jerry Ford-President Gerald Ford single signed baseball inscribed to Bowie Kuhn c.1970s. Off white Feeney NL ball signed on a side panel, "To Bowie Kuhn, Best Wishes, Jerry Ford, V.P. 4/4/74. This is a special NL (Feeney) baseball marked Cowhide Baseball First Use 4-4-74 Cincinnati vs. Atlanta. This ball is worth several hundred dollars as this was made for Babe Ruth's Home Run record chase. In fact, he hit his 714th Homer off Jack Billingham on this date tying him with Babe Ruth on the all-time record list. Most Ford balls that are found have been signed during his post presidency. Nice Vintage ball! $950 Harvey Haddix-(D) single signed unofficial ball in ballpoint. Nice $395 Ed Head-(D. 1980) played in for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1940-46. We offer a unique one of a kind single signed baseball from Head's personal collection. He signed the side panel of this baseball and wrote - First International League Victory April 27, 1940 (this was the game ball). RARE!!! $295 Billy Martin -fantastic personalized baseball on an AL MacPhail baseball from the late 70's-early 80's. Nice $495 Webster McDonald (D. 1982) single signed baseball (MacGregor Little League ball). ). This comes out of a huge in person and through the mail collection of single signed baseballs that were obtained by a now deceased collector in Texas in the 1970's-80's. McDonald was a 6' 180-lb submarine-style pitcher in the Negro Leagues from 1918 until the late 1930s. Little is known of the first seven years of his career, but in his two best-documented seasons he went 11-3 in 1926 and 10-5 in 1927 for the Chicago American Giants. In four games of the Black World Series of those years, he went 1-1. In 1933 he helped organize the Philadelphia Stars and, as player-manager in 1934, won a critical playoff game to help take the Negro National League championship from his former team, the American Giants. The control pitcher is credited with an as-yet undocumented 86-42 lifetime mark in the Negro Leagues, and a 14-4 record in exhibition games against major league teams. He was named a third team pitcher in the Courier poll. Sweet spot blue ballpoint signature. Like the Page, the only the second single we've ever seen of McDonald. His cut signatures alone are tough to find $950 Thurman Munson- After fewer than 100 minor league games, Munson became the Yankees' starting catcher in 1970. The Yankees went from a mediocre team to back-to-back World Championships and Munson rivaled Fisk in the AL as the decade's top catcher. The gruff Munson immediately established his ability to handle veteran pitchers, but had a terrible start as a rookie. Manager Ralph Houk, a former catcher, stuck with him and was vindicated when Munson came around (.302) and captured AL Rookie of the Year honors. Munson's power was slow to develop, but he hit for average and usually batted second in his early years. He was an outstanding fielder, with perhaps the league's quickest release in throwing out basestealers. On August 2, 1979, Munson died as the private plane he was flying crashed in Canton, Ohio. We offer a single signed baseball that has been personalized and also notated xmas 1978 in Munson's hand. This is one of the best Munson single signed baseballs we've ever seen. The previous owner had it graded by PSA (they gave it an 8. Killer $7995 Bob Murphy-(D. 1994) was an American sportscaster who spent 50 years doing play-by-play of Major League Baseball games on television and radio. The Oklahoman was best-known for announcing the New York Mets, from their inception in 1962 until his retirement in 2003. Murphy's call of Roger Maris' record-tying 60th home run of the 1961 season became an audition tape that landed him a job with the expansion New York Mets in 1962. He is a member of the Broadcaster's Wing of the Baseball HOF. We offer a single signed NL Coleman baseball. TOUGH!!! $295 Ted Page (D. 1984) single signed (non-official) baseball. This comes out of a huge in person and through the mail collection of single signed baseballs that were obtained by a now deceased collector in Texas in the 1970's-80's. Page was one of the Negro Leagues' most feared baserunners, Terrible Ted was a rugged competitor, a solid hitter, and a skilled bunter and hit-and-run man. He was a valuable member of some of the greatest Negro League teams of all time - the 1931 Homestead Grays and the 1932-34 Pittsburgh Crawfords. The lefthanded-hitting outfielder batted .375 in postseason all-star games against white major leaguers. He was offered a football scholarship to Ohio State, but dropped out of high school to play pro baseball. He batted .316 in recorded Negro League games. He was cited as an honorable mention outfielder in the Courier Poll. Side panel, blue ballpoint signature. Only the second single we've ever seen on Page. Super Super Rare! $950 Ace Parker- is a Hall of Fame quarterback who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers (1937-1941), Boston Yanks (1945), and the New York Yankees. He was an All-American tailback at Duke University in 1936. Parker also played Major League Baseball from 1936 to 1937 with the Philadelphia Athletics. We offer a single signed AL (Brown) baseball that he signed his name and wrote Phil A's 1937-38. FB HOF 1972. $49 Joe Sewell-(D. 1990) played for the Cleveland Indians and New York Yankees. He holds the record for the lowest strikeout rate in major league history, striking out on average only once every 63 at-bats, and the most consecutive games without a strikeout, at 115. He is a member of the Baseball HOF. Single Signed AL Bobby Brown (Haiti) baseball $150 George Uhle-(D. 1985)Three times Uhle led the American League in games started, twice in complete games including a 20-inning shut out in 1919, and twice in innings pitched, earning him the approving nickname The Bull. He led the league in victories twice, the second time in 1926, when he also had the best winning percentage. He paid the penalty, a sore arm, the next year and was less effective after that time. Uhle was an innovator with the slider and named it when describing the motion of the pitch. A lifetime Cleveland resident, he holds the record for most base hits made in a season by a pitcher, 52 in 1923. He batted .361 that year and had a lifetime average of .288 in 723 games. His goal was to win 200 games, but he lacked two victories when the Tigers cut him loose at the end of 1933. Despite an aching arm, when the Yankees signed him, he managed two more victories. Single signed AL baseball (MacPhail) on the sweetspot..$395 Bill Wambsganss -(D. 1985) Wamby was the Indians' regular second baseman for much of 1915 through 1923. The slick-fielding infielder gained fame by making the only post-season unassisted triple play in Game Five of the 1920 World Series. In the fifth inning, Wambsganss stabbed a line drive off the bat of Brooklyn pitcher Clarence Mitchell, stepped on second to double up Pete Kilduff, and tagged Otto Miller, the runner from first, who thought the ball had gone through for a hit. We offer a single signed baseball that Wamby signed on the sweetspot and personalized on the side panel (personalization can be hidden) $495 Joe Wood-(D. 1985) Few pitchers have ever had a season like the one 22-year-old Smoky Joe Wood had in 1912. Coming off a 23-17 performance for the Red Sox in 1911, including a July 29 no-hitter against St. Louis, Wood won 34 games while losing only 5. He led the league with 35 complete games and ten shutouts and also batted .290. In the World Series, he defeated the Giants with complete games in the first and fourth contests, lost Game Seven, but came back in relief to beat Christy Mathewson in the eighth and final game (Game Two was a tie). Wood had one of the best fastballs in baseball history, comparable to that of his contemporary Walter Johnson. In 1912 Johnson said, "Can I throw harder than Joe Wood? Listen, my friend, there's no man alive can throw harder than Smoky Joe Wood." We offer a single signed 1979 All-Star Baseball (Rawlings - Bowie Kuhn commissioner) signed on the side panel baseball. It's only the second Wood single we've ever had $950 George Sosnak Hand Painted Baseballs (in the single signed baseball section)Self-taught as an artist, George Sosnak (1924-1992) had devoted his life to the game as a fan, player and minor league umpire, even when that meant holding a day job as well. His best-known works are actual manufactured baseballs intricately decorated for a special occasion with India ink and then hand colored. He made around 800 during his lifetime. His work is on display in such museums as the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY and at the American Folk Museum in NYC. His works are the real deal. When you buy a Sosnak ball you not only buy a one of a kind piece of baseball historical memorabilia, but you are buying artwork that has been displayed in some of the finest institutions in the world.George Sosnak Folk Art Baseball, Signed by Mickey Cochrane. Perhaps only Leroy Neiman's name is more recognizable to collectors when it comes to the field of sports art. And while the styles of these two celebrated artists couldn't be more different, their love and appreciation for the subjects of their work is evident. George Sosnak began his career in baseball as an umpire of military games in Germany after the Second World War, later attending umpiring school in Florida, where he called balls and strikes at Detroit Tigers Spring Training games. It was around this time that Sosnak began to develop his distinctive folk art style, characterized by charmingly crude figures and painstakingly rendered text and statistics applied with almost mathematical precision. Wonderful work by this talented folk artist is made all the more appealing by the presence of a 6/10 side panel signature from the subject it celebrates. Aside from this coveted autograph, the theme is standard Sosnak, with a Hall of Fame plaque, another great portrait (actually an action scene!) and endless miniature text and statistics. The early work is signed "Geo. H. Sosnak, '62." A thin coating of shellac has served very well to maintain the condition of the artwork .$2500 |
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