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Walter O'Malley Signed Magazine Photo (PSA)
Displayed is a Walter O'Malley signed cut magazine photo of a sports cartoon that features O'Malley as a "king" whose "crown jewels" comprise beautiful Dodger Stadium, with the verbiage on the cartoon showing the ballpark setting National League attendance records. The striking drawing was created by famed cartoonist Karl Huberthal, a long-time cartoonist for both the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner and the Los Angeles Examiner newspapers, and for nationally syndicated Hearst publications. Huberthal was a 5-time Pulitzer Prize nominee. The signed photo measures approx. 5.8x10". Based on the apparent age of O'Malley as suggested by the cartoon, National League attendance records, and the inclusion of a circa 1950-1960s signed photo of infielder Eddie Yost on back, the O'Malley signed photo seems circa 1962. In 1958, Brooklyn Dodgers owner O'Malley moved the beloved Brooklyn Dodgers to Los Angeles, incurring the wrath of Brooklyn fans. The Dodgers played in the massive (seating 90,000 plus) Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum from 1958-61. By 1962, O'Malley's new Dodger Stadium opened. Set in the Chavez Ravine section of Los Angeles, the club set a new National Record for season attendance when the Dodgers drew 2,347,845 fans in the club's inaugural 1962 season at Dodger Stadium. O'Malley signed the photo using a red felt-tipped marker. The cut photo has been encapsulated and PSA/DNA certified as "AUTHENTIC AUTO." On the verso is a 5.75x7.75" signed cut magazine photo of Ed Yost, who played 18 MLB seasons, mostly with the Washington Senators and was a 6-time AL leader in walks and a 2-time AL leader in OBP. O'Malley, much to the chagrin of many past and present Brooklyn residents, is a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, and Dodger Stadium, now seating 56,000, is the third oldest ballpark in the Major Leagues.
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