Jan 22, 2015 - Sale 2372

Sale 2372 - Lot 64

Price Realized: $ 618
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
WILLARD MULLIN.
"Let's Go Mets." Charcoal, pen and ink. 578x365 mm; 22 3/4x14 1/4 inches. Depicts disgruntled Flushing denizen after the Mets lost their 1965 home opener to "Those mean old bums from L.A." while below a Mets player throws a tantrum anticipating the long season ahead. Printed in the World Telegram. Signed lower right. Verso contains instructions to "please rush" the piece via Western Union telegraph messenger. 1965.
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While an improvement over their pitiful 40 win expansion-year season of 1962, Willard's prognostication proved correct as the 1965 edition barely managed a 50 win season, placing them once again dead last in their division.