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Lot 908: Baseball and Other Sports Superstar Autograph Collection (400+)

ITEM DESCRIPTION

 
Reserve: $400.00
Winning Bid: $5,046.53
Price Realized: $6,030.60
Auction Date:6/18/2003 9:00 PM EST

Enormous collection of assorted photos, newspaper clippings, postcards, letters, tickets, magazine covers, etc was collected by a single owner who mailed each piece to the corresponding sports star with the humble request for a signature. Included with many of the pieces is the original returned mailing envelope. 95% are Hall of Famers including Paige (2); Marquard (3); Bucky Harris; Roush (3); Greenberg; Gehringer; DiMaggio (3 including a letter in which he talks about his 56-game hitting streak); Cronin, Dickey, DiMaggio, Gehringer & Greenberg (3); Ruffing (4); Harris, McCarthy & Boudreau (3); Musial (4), Mantle (magazine); Koufax (5); Terry (2); Dickey (2); Hubbell (5); Carey (3); Waner (3); Grimes (3); Kelly (3); Conlan (3); Faber (3); McCarthy (5); Mrs. Babe Ruth (3) & Maris (4). Other sports stars include Joe Namath, Red Grange, Ray Nitschke, Muhammad Ali, Bobby Hull, Joe Green, Bart Starr & John Hadl. Condition and signatures are EX to Mint. Photos are mostly 8x10” (small percentage are smaller).

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