Albersheim's 2015 January Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/24/2015
More than 350 sets of brothers have played in the major leagues, but the only set of three brothers to have been All-Stars are the DiMaggios. Vince, two years older than Joe, was a two-time All-Star who played in the National League, mostly for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Having combined for 573 home runs, the brothers DiMaggio—Dom, Joe and Vince—trail only the Aaron duo of Hank and Tommie (768) for combined round-trippers by siblings.
Individually, the DiMaggio brothers autographs can be pretty easily attained (Vince being the toughest of the 3); however finding all 3 brothers signed on the same piece can be a daunting task. Occasionally you will see a signed 3x5 card signed by the brothers, a signed photo by all 3 (usually in Oldtimer’s baseball uniforms), but a baseball signed by all three; almost unheard of!
We offer a ridiculously rare Official American League (MacPhail) baseball signed by this triple threat of baseball brothers. Joe has signed on the sweet spot in 8-9/10 light blue felt tip pen, Dom is on the panel below in 8/10 blue ink, and Vince is on the panel above in matching 8/10 blue ink. Ball itself is fairly clean with the panel having the Joe DiMaggio signature having a light coat of shellack.
You may never find another offering like this again!
Letter of Authenticity from Richard Albersheim and PSA/DNA full letter.