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Brooklyn Dodgers’ Don Newcombe Signed Baseball and Topps Card

Currency:USD Category:Memorabilia / Sports - Baseball Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 300.00 USD
Brooklyn Dodgers’ Don Newcombe Signed Baseball and Topps  Card
Brooklyn Dodgers’ Don Newcombe autographed baseball and Topps 130 trading card.

The baseball is signed “Don Newcombe, Cy Young ‘1956’ MVP” and mounted alongside a color Topps #130 trading card.

The ball includes a PSA|DNA authentication sticker #1A89246 and is mounted onto an Ultra Pro Collectors Ball & Card Flip Clear acrylic display

Condition: Near Mint; signature and PSA authentication sticker appears to have faded, but is clearly legible. Display case exhibits some scuffing; screw missing.

Donald Newcombe, nicknamed "Newk", was an American professional baseball pitcher who played ten non-consecutive seasons in Major League Baseball. He began his career in the Negro National League and ended it in Nippon Professional Baseball.

The Cy Young Award is given annually to the best pitchers in Major League Baseball (MLB), one each for the American League (AL) and National League (NL). The award was introduced in 1956 by Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick in honor of Hall of Fame pitcher Cy Young, who died in 1955. The award was originally given to the single best pitcher in the major leagues, but in 1967, after the retirement of Frick, the award was given to one pitcher in each league. Don Newcombe was the first winner.