MICKEY MANTLE GAME USED HOME RUN #47 BASEBALL***YANKEES 1961 HISTORIC SEASON/PSA For Sale

HISTORIC BASEBALL SEASON

1961 N.Y. YANKEES

THE M&M BOYS

MICKEY MANTLE & ROGER MARIS

MICKEY MANTLE 54 HR - ROGER MARIS 61 HR

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS MICKEY MANTLE\'S HOME RUN NO. 47/367 OF HIS CAREER BASEBALL. MANTLE SMACKED HOME RUN NO. 47 (BATTING RIGHT HANDED) ON AUGUST 30TH, 1961 OFF MINNESOTA TWINS PITCHER JIM KAAT IN A YANKEES 4-0 WIN. MANTLE\'S LAST HOME RUN WAS ON AUGUST 20TH, SNAPPING A 10 GAME DROUGHT. HOME RUN NO. 47 LEFT MANTLE ONE GAME AHEAD OF BABE RUTH\'S RECORD 60 HOME RUNS IN 1927.

PROVENANCE

ESTATE OF MR. LYNN TOWNSEND

MR. TOWNSEND\'S GRANDSON (NAME WITHHELD PER REQUEST) HAND WRITTEN LETTER

\"THIS BASEBALL WAS MICKEY MANTLE\'S 47TH HOME RUN FROM HIS SEASON IN 1961. THE GAME TOOK PLACE IN MINNESOTA WHEN THE YANKEES FACED OFF AGAINST THE TWINS ON 8/30/61. HE HOMERED THE BASEBALL TO THE BULLPEN AND GIVEN TO MY GRANDFATHER, LYNN TOWNSEND. THE BALL WAS CAUGHT AND SIGNED BY YANKEES RELIEF PITCHER TEX CLEVENGER, WHO ALSO INSCRIBED \"BEST WISHES, MICKEY MANTLE\'S 47TH HOMERUN 8/30/61 LEFT FIELD BP MPLS\". BP STANDS FOR BULLPEN, AND MPLS IS THE STADIUM NAME. THE BALL AND SIGNATURE IS CERTIFIED BY PSA, WHO IS AT THE TO OF THE CERTIFICATION COMPANY\'S, ENJOY\"!

SPECIFICATION

OFFICIAL AMERICAN LEAGUE JOE CRONIN GAME USED BASEBALL

PSA CERTIFICATE

CERTIFICATION NUMBER AE05482

PSA/DNA AUTHENTICATION SERVICES HAS EXAMINED THIS TEX CLEVENGER SIGNED BASEBALL. IN OUR OPINION, THE THE AFOREMENTIONED ITEM IS AUTHENTIC.

INSCRIPTION READS \"BEST WISHES MICKEY MANTLE\'S 47TH HOME RUN 8/30/61 LEFT FIELD BP MPLS\"

NOTE

PSA/DNA HAS AUTHENTICATED THE SIGNATURE OF YANKEES PITCHER TEX CLEVENGER. MICKEY MANTLE DID NOT SIGN THIS BASEBALL. SIGNED GAME USED MANTLE HOME RUN BASEBALL COME DIRECTLY FROM HIS COLLECTION AND WERE saleED OFF IN 2003 AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN BY GUERNSEY\'S sale HOUSE

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE TO GET MANTLE TO SIGN ONE OF HIS HOME RUN BASEBALLS IN 1961. LET\'S ALL REMEMBER, THERE WAS NO ORGANIZED HOBBY AND GAME USED BASEBALL HAD NO VALUE TO ANYONE WHO WAS FORTUNATE TO CATCH ONE. TODAY, ANY FAN WHO CATCHES A SIGNIFICANT HOME RUN BASEBALL OR A MILESTONE BASEBALL, IN SECONDS THERE WOULD BE SECURITY PERSONS TO USHER THEM OUT OF THE BALL PARK FOR THEIR OWN PROTECTION. THE FAN WITH BALL IN HAND WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE PLAYER AND TRADE HIS BASEBALL FOR ITMES GIVEN BY PLAYER/OWNERSHIP IN EXCHANGE FOR THAT BASEBALL.

FINAL NOTE

THE PROVENANCE AND AUTHENTICITY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AS DETAILED ABOVE. MICKEY MANTLE HOME RUN BASEBALLS ARE SUPER RARE. OTHER THEM THE MICK HIMSELF SIGNING THE BALL WITH GAME USE NOTATIONS, THE NEXT BEST THING IS TO HAVE A PLAYER IN THE BULLPEN CATCH A MANTLE HOME RUN BASEBALL, SIGNING HIS NAME ON BALL WITH ADDED INSCRIPTIONS W/NOTATIONS AND HANDING THE BALL TO A FAN IN THE STANDS.

YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO OWN AN AUTHENTIC AND DOCUMENTED MICKEY MANTLE HOME RUN BASEBALL FROM ONE OF THE MOST HISTORIC BASEBALL SEASON EVER, IS HERE.

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