Lot # 937: Negro League Signed Flats (9) with Mays, Bell & Dandridge

Incorporate the Negro Leagues into your collection, with this selection of (9) signed flats. In total, the subjects number six, with two examples by three Negro Leaguers, and one each by another three. This group boasts some of the best stars to ever suit up for segregated play, with five of the six signers enshrined in the Hall of Fame. The signatures are solid, and the materials are attractive.

Featured are:

Willie Mays (HOF) signed Ron Lewis art postcard.

"Cool Papa" Bell ((2), HOF) with: signed photograph card picturing Bell and Lou Brock, signed as "Cool Papa" Bell with the inscription "I Taught Brock how to run Bases"; and index card signed as James "Cool Papa" Bell.

Ray Dandridge ((2), HOF) with: signed Great American Ballparks postcard with "3-18-87, Best Wishes" inscriptions; and signed 8" x 10" candid photograph, reported as taken personally by the consignor, with the signature obtained at Dandridge's Hall of Fame induction.

"Buck" Leonard (HOF) signed Ron Lewis art postcard.

"Buck" O'Neil ((2), HOF) with: signed 4" x 6" Hall of Fame induction speech photograph; and signed 2006 Hall of Fame induction ceremony program.

Jimmie Crutchfield signed Bob Bartosz postcard, with "1945, Best Wishes" inscriptions.

Auction LOA from James Spence/JSA.