Lot # 2183: Signed 1989 Perez-Steele Celebration Near-Complete Set (41/44) Including Mickey Mantle, Hank Aaron, Ted Williams - All SGC/JSA Encapsulated!

Presented is a near-complete set of 1989 Perez-Steele Celebration consisting of 41 different cards, out of 44 in the set. This particular set features 40 signed examples (of the 41 cards that could have possibly been autographed in the 44-card set; Lefty Gomez, Judy Johnson, and Bill Terry passed away during production of the set). Missing only Gomez, Johnson, and Terry for completion (Campanella is the only unsigned card). All 41 cards have been authenticated/graded and encapsulated by SGC/JSA. The Perez-Steele Celebration set was issued in 1989 (with no updates) to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Baseball Hall of Fame and the 10th anniversary of the Perez-Steele Galleries. Issued in cooperation with the Hall of Fame, it is one of the most beautifully designed and elaborately produced sets issued in modern times. The issue was limited to 10,000 sets (which immediately sold out) and featured cards for 44 Hall of Famers who were living at the time the set was conceived (in consideration of autograph collectors). The artwork on the cards was done in the style of the W.S. Kimball tobacco set of 1888. The offered set has multiple serial numbers as it was likely put together after the cards were signed. The 40 signed cards in this set are the following: Aaron, Aparicio, Banks, Bell, Berra, Bench, Boudreau, Chandler, Conlan, Dandridge, Dickey, Doerr, Ferrell, Gehringer, Herman, Hunter, Irvin, Kaline, Kell, Killebrew, Kiner, Lemon, Leonard, Lopez, Mantle, Marichal, Mathews, McCovey, Mize, Musial, Reese, B. Robinson, Sewell, Slaughter, Snider, Spahn, Stargell, B. Williams, T. Williams, and Yastrzemski. Unsigned Card: Campanella (SGC GEM MINT 98). All the signatures are penned in blue on the front of the cards. Total: 41 cards (40 signed). The size/weight of this item requires that there will be an additional shipping charge for this lot.