Koufax No - Hitter Glove a No - No!

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Posted By: Anonymous

Hankron raises some excellent questions. I was at the auction, examined the glove, reviewed their files on the glove, and asked SportcardsPlus and Sotheby's for more evidence that this glove was in fact the same glove as used in Koufax's no-hitter. If so, I would have been a happy bidder. The problem was that the pictures they had were not clear enough to see that it was in fact the same glove, or for that matter even a Spalding model glove. In addition, the glove did not appear (to me) to have any game use on it. I have a hard time believing Koufax took the mound with an almost new glove, pitched a no-hitter, and then gave the glove away right after the game. More likely, he reached in to his locker and gave a friend a different glove, not one of his gamers. Seems more logical. However, I think that the author of this thread has gone too far in claiming the glove cannot possibly be the one used in Koufax's no-hitter. I could understand his statements if the glove could be determined not to be from 1963, but he can't say that because it is from that year. While I wouldn't spend my auction $$ on it because of the lack of use, that doesn't mean it couldn't be his no-hitter glove. The only way anyone will know for sure is if a clear picture can be found showing Koufax during or right after the game with the identical glove, where the markings match up exactly. I doubt Mr. Koufax will ever make a public statement about the glove, even if he knew it was, or wasn't, legitimate. I also think Robert Plancich's last statement regarding value is baseless since there are no other Koufax glove auction sales to compare this one to. The buyer and other bidders may be happy getting any Koufax glove, since there has never been another on the auction market.