The last of Roberto Clemente’s dozen Gold Glove awards sold for $88,125 Saturday at the 20th annual Louisville Slugger Factory & Museum Auction. Clemente was 38 when he helped the Pittsburgh Pirates to the National League playoffs in 1972. His life would end in a New Year’s Even plane crash and his final Gold Glove was presented to his widow, Vera Clemente, … [Read more...] about Clemente’s Last Gold Glove Brings $88,125 to Pace Louisville Auction
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Hall of Famer Gloves, Ruth Home Run Ball Part of Annual Louisville Slugger Auction
Collections originating from former Major League Baseball players and a well-known former umpire are among more than 500 lots of historic baseball memorabilia in the 20th annual Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory auction. Hunt Auctions is once again hosting the event, which culminates in a live finale next month at the Kentucky facility. Personal collections of … [Read more...] about Hall of Famer Gloves, Ruth Home Run Ball Part of Annual Louisville Slugger Auction
1959-60 Parkhurst: Two Solitudes on Cardboard
Back in 1945, respected Canadian author Hugh MacLennan wrote a novel entitled Two Solitudes and it addressed the tensions between French and English Canadians through a mythological lens. A decade-and-a-half later, those tensions were readily apparent on the ice as the Stanley Cup champion Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs battled for NHL supremacy - a rivalry which … [Read more...] about 1959-60 Parkhurst: Two Solitudes on Cardboard