The Cardinals was his team as a youngster, but he never lost his affection for the team, even when he moved to NYC and committed to the Yankees for decades. That is why we have a wall of wonderful Yankee images.

This poster was beside Bob’s desk and depicted Mantle as a young ballplayer in a relaxed and grinning publicity style shot that would track it to his start with the Yankees in ’51. The poster, however, celebrates ’56, which was Mantle’s Triple Crown and MVP season.

This large, matted and framed photo of Mickey Mantle kneeling with his bat, is signed. The kneeling-with-bat pose against a grassy outfield background was a common spring training or posed publicity shot style for the era.

Of course, Babe Ruth from his Yankee days is part of the photos displayed. Ruth is in a classic pose, standing with three bats bundled together, likely a pregame or on-deck ritual shot.

And Babe Ruth on a poster from the National Portrait Gallery, presumably tracking a fly ball he just hit.

But we always had a place for baseball heroes who were on competing teams. This wonderful image of Ted Williams, I believe, was also a gift from a customer. The “Splendid Splinter” was considered one of the greatest hitters in baseball history and is still the last player to hit .400 in a season.

Ted Williams and Mickey Mantle standing side by side, both smiling and holding bats, with autographs visible on each of their jerseys, pairs the greatest hitter of his generation with arguably the most talented switch-hitter in baseball history.

Joe DiMaggio, the "Yankee Clipper," captured mid-swing in his classic pinstripes, with his signature.