Let's see what you have from Ballplayers estates.

[thekingofclout]

Dated March 3, 1972 is this first edition of Roger Kahn's masterpiece "The Boys of Summer" which belonged to HOF great Frankie Frisch. Annotated by the "Fordham Flash" throughout the book commenting on players, the weather, friends, gardening, dinners, etc.

A wonderful candid peek into the life of this very popular player/manager. He singles out PeeWee Reese by writing... "in my book - in my thoughts of a Hall of Famer - here is one-"

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[perezfan]

That's a special (and very personal) item, Jimmy...

Here's one from DiMaggio's estate. Joe would give these out as gifts/stocking stuffers to friends during the Holidays. Came straight from the DiMaggio Family....

[GrayGhost]

Wow. two great items there, I especially like the Joe D pen.

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Sorry, no pics available, but I have several signed pieces from player estates. My favorite item is Hans Lobert's personal copy of "The Glory of Their Times", signed by Lobert and inscribed to him by Larry Ritter. That book is such a seminal piece of history in itself. To own a copy belonging to one of the 22 men interviewed for the project is a pleasure. Come to think of it, has anybody seen copies of this book on the market that belonged to any of the other players from the book? I haven't.

[barrysloate]

Jodi- I knew of a copy that had multiple signatures...I think it may have once belonged to Ritter himself. But I don't remember the details.

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Barry,

Actually, that one does ring a bell. I don't remember the history of it, but am pretty sure you're right that it belonged to Larry himself. I still have a copy inscribed to me from Larry which I'm proud to own.

There are a couple of players who likely never signed a copy of that book--Paul Waner and Jimmy Austin. Both passed away the same year as the book was published (1965).