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Baseball's 1974 Hall of Fame class featured Yankees legends Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford, both of whom signed these two items that are in EX-MT condition. The Hillerich & Bradsby limited edition bat is numbered 281 out of 500 and includes the other inductees as well: Cool Papa Bell, Jim Bottomley, Samuel Thompson and umpire Jocko Conlon. The pewter plate is 9.5" wide and lists all six inductees in the center along with the Hall of Fame logo. There's also the following wording around the perimeter: "NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME COOPERSTOWN, N.Y." Four of the six inductees signed the plate - Ford, Mantle, Bell and Conlon - in blue Sharpie rate 7-8/10.
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