1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES "NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPS" BUTTON W/PLAYERS RIBBON (COLOR VARIETY).
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Winning Bid:
$196.00 (Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bids:
4
Bidding Ended:
Tuesday, June 29, 2021 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Tuesday, June 29, 2021 9:00:00 PM)
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Auction:
Auction #232 Part I
Value Code:
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Item Description
2.25". No maker. On this variety button design is in blue (including Indian brave portrait), ribbon is red w/player last names in blue. Spring pin holds 5" ribbon. 24 names in all. This 1957 Braves club won the National League pennant with a record of 95-59 under manager Fred Haney. The Braves offense was led by a pair of National Baseball Hall of Fame sluggers who would both go on to hit over 500 home runs, "Hammerin Hank" Aaron and Eddie Mathews along with a third Cooperstown enshrinee, Red Schoendienst. The mound corps was led by the great Hall of Fame lefty Warren Spahn. Milwaukee would go on to defeat the powerful New York Yankees in seven thrilling games to take the 1957 World Series. Few minor ribbon creases. .25" scratch under "E" in "Braves", other minor surface wear only seen in reflected light. VF. Paul Muchinsky Collection Book Example.
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