New York Yankees | A large collection of signed photographs, books, and other memorabilia by notable New York Yankees

The Passion of American Collectors: Property of Barbara and Ira Lipman

New York Yankees 

A large collection of signed photographs, books, and other memorabilia by notable New York Yankees

Black and white photograph of Yogi Berra leaping into the arms of Don Larsen after the latter's perfect game in the 1956 World Series, signed by Berra and Larsen, with certificate of authenticity from Steiner Sports Memorabilia (240 x 190 mm; matted, framed, and glazed) — 8 black and white photograph prints of Don Larsen pitching in the World Series, one of them signed by Larsen "PG 10.8.56" (each 205 x 255 mm) — Rawlings Official American League baseball signed by Yogi Berra, mounted on a frame with a color photography of Berra in catcher's stance but without mask — Color photograph of Joe Girardi, David Cone, Don Larsen, Yogi Berra, David Wells, and Jorge Posada standing together on the mound at Yankee Stadium, signed by all six, with the three pitchers adding the dates of their perfect games, with a certificate of authenticity from Wish You Were Here Productions (390 x 492 mm; matted, framed, and glazed with title plaque "Yankee Stadium Perfection. The Final Game. September 21, 2008) — Silver gelatin print of Nat Fein's "Babe Bows Out," taken at Ruth's farewell at Yankee Stadium, 13 June 1948, signed by the photographer lower right (250 x 305 mm; matted, framed, and glazed) — Magazine, "Babe Ruth As I Knew Him by Waite Hoyt," Dell, 1948 — with a few unsigned photographs, one of Babe Ruth sitting alone in the dugout, in street clothes, holding a cigar — Joe DiMaggio. The DiMaggio Albums. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1989. 2 vols., large 4to. A multitude of illustrations and reproductions. Publisher's blue leather gilt, housed in blue cloth slipcase with pinstriped fabric onlays of the the Yankees' logo and the numeral 5. Limited edition, one of 205 of 700 signed by DiMaggio — Joe DiMaggio. Lucky to be a Yankee. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1951). 8vo. Pictorial dust-jacket. Signed by DiMaggio on the half-title. — Don Larsen, with Mark Shaw. The Perfect Yankee. Norwalk: The Easton Press, (1996). Publisher's blue calf gilt. Signed by Larsen — A 1967 Topps #5 Whitey Ford baseball card — A Sportoscope Animated Instruction Baseball flipbook issued by Spalding, one side featuring "Babe Ruth, No. 1 The Home Run," the other side with "Babe Ruth, No. 2 The Line Drive."

Generally fine condition; flipbook understandably rather worn.