Sports Museum Fundraiser

On November 9th 2014 the exclusive Sports Museum of Los Angeles will open its doors for the 2nd year in a row for a spectacular fundraiser for Teen Impact Affiliates.

This 30,000-square-foot warehouse is home to thousands of artifacts, including old uniforms, pieces of equipment, trophies, plaques, newspaper clippings and photographs. Gary Cypres, who is the avid collector and owner has been feeding this passion of his over the last 20 years and built most of the collection bit by bit — often bid by bid.  Among the pieces are Brooklyn’s 1889 acceptance letter into the National League, the ball and the Champagne bottle from the 1913 christening of Ebbets Field, Dazzy Vance’s 1924 N.L. Most Valuable Player medallion (there was no trophy then) and three balls used in different games during Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak.

Cypres’s acquisitions also include some contemporary pieces like Barry Bonds’s 755th home run ball but it is the vein of Dodgers and Yankees memorabilia that runs deepest and richest.

The heart of his collection is from the period of 1947 to 1957, baseball’s most vivid age in New York, the era of Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle and Duke Snider. During those years, the Dodgers and the Yankees played each other six times in the World Series, the Giants appeared in the Series twice, Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier, and the Dodgers and the Giants played their last season in New York before moving west.

The Sports Museum of Los Angeles is open only by appointment, for special events and non- profit fundraisers. Teen Impact Affiliates is honored and grateful to be holding their fundraiser again this year in a very special place!

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