7026 of 744 lots
7026
Rare 1927 Ping Bodie Day pinback dated August 27
Estimate:
$900 - $1,000
Passed
Live Auction
June 14th Fine Art, Furniture, Jewelry & Timepieces, and Asian Art Auction
Location
Clars Auction Gallery 5644 Telegraph Ave. Oakland, CA 94609
Description
Rare 1927 Ping Bodie Day pinback dated August 27, 1927, Frank Stephen (Ping) Bodie (October 8, 1887 � December 17, 1961), born Francesco Stephano Pizzolo he was a center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago White Sox (1911�1914), Philadelphia Athletics (1917) and New York Yankees (1919�1921). Bodie batted and threw right-handed. He was born in San Francisco and was one of the most feared sluggers in the 1910s, Bodie was nicknamed "Ping" for the sound made when his fifty-two-ounce bat crashed into the "dead" ball of his era.
Condition
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