On June 5, 2007, Sotheby’s and SCP Auctions will offer three unprecedented
single-owner collections: The Estate of New York baseball legend Casey Stengel, The Collection of
Mitsuhiko Fujita, featuring memorabilia from the 1934 Tour of Japan, and the finest private collection of
Hall of Fame basketball jerseys ever to come up for auction. Additional outstanding sale highlights include
a 1931 Lou Gehrig New York Yankees Home Jersey, a selection of Jim Thorpe Letters and other
materials from his personal archive, a Walter Johnson Single Signed Baseball from the Last Out of
the 1924 World Series and important baseball cards, game-used bats, boxing and golf memorabilia. The
366 lots, expected to bring $3/4.5 million*, will be on public exhibition at Sotheby’s New York from May
31st through June 4th.

Posted: 04|23|07 at 10:59 am. Filed under: Press Release.