DiMaggio Memorabilia Is Headed to Auction

By RICHARD SANDOMIR
Published: January 24, 2006

Joe DiMaggio's two granddaughters will sell a private stock of memorabilia - including his 1947 Most Valuable Player plaque and a 1951 road jersey - in an auction in Manhattan on May 19 and 20.

The thousands of items still being inventoried by Hunt Auctions include DiMaggio's 1938 contract for a $25,000 salary; a baseball signed by Ronald Reagan and Mikhail S. Gorbachev; a photograph signed by one of DiMaggio's former wives, Marilyn Monroe; and a portrait painted by Curt Flood.

Hunt has placed a value of at least $150,000 on the M.V.P. plaque and at least $100,000 on a collection of DiMaggio's World Series rings. The road jersey is also expected to sell for $100,000 or more.

David Hunt, the president of the auction house, said research was being done to determine if a glove from the family of Cleveland Indians third baseman Ken Keltner was the one he used to help stop DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak in 1941.

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