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Lot 327
Sale 1310 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography, Featuring African Americana
Feb 27, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$300 -
400
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$222
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Lot Description
[BASEBALL]. A group of 2 Jackie Robinson pinback buttons.
Jackie Robinson. 1 3/4 in. dia. pinback button featuring portrait of Robinson against a yellow background. -- Jackie Robinson / Team for Rockefeller. New York City, NY, J. Freides Co., [1964]. 2 1/8 x 2 1/8 in. diamond-shaped pinback button. Promotes Jackie Robinson's support of Nelson Rockefeller's bid for presidency. -- Together, 2 pinback buttons in generally very good condition.
Jackie Robinson famously broke baseball's color line in 1947 when he started at first base for the Dodgers on 15 April 1947, and remarkably won Rookie of the Year.