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DALI LAMA XIV (1935- ) (Tenzin Gyatso). Tibetan religious leader. In 1939 he was recognized as the 14th Dalai Lama in a public declaration. During the 1959 Tibetan uprising he fled to India where he currently lives as a refugee. He is the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (1989). In 1996 the Chinese Communist Party reinstated the total prohibition of any photograph of the 14th Dalai Lama. Authorities in Tibet have banned photographs in public places and monasteries. Plain clothes policemen went to hotels and restaurants and ordered all pictures of the Dalai Lama to be removed. Official American League Baseball, Gene A. Budig, President. Apparently the Dalai Lama had difficulty signing the round baseball as do any celebrities. He started to sign, using a ball point pen on the sweet spot. He switched positions to a side panel where he did the best to sign his full name. Baseball show some scuffing. Comes with the original mailing envelope from India which bears 60 Indian Stamps depicting Indira Gandhi Dalai Lama’s rubber stamped return address is also on the envelope. There are no records of sales of baseballs signed by the Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lama refuses to sign a baseball in person so this could be easily one of a kind.............................$595.00
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