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Lot 748: Kid Nichols Hall of Fame Scrapbook with Signatures and Original Hall of Fame Induction Photos
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Put together upon his election to Cooperstown, there is great stuff through and through. Circa 1949, this 12"x10"x2" hardbound scrapbook is literally stuffed with great...stuff: 29 exceptional photographs (many 8x10's) from his later years (several from his Induction, including candids and three posed with Rickey & Traynor, posing with baseballs, holding 1933 Who's Who, Kid Nichols Day, with old teammates), 1958 letter of donation to Cooperstown, various letters to him including a man putting together world's greatest signed baseball (!), 1949 Souvenir of Kid Nichols Day card with his signed third person inscription on the verso "Kid Nichols in 1948", Japanese related correspondence where he has written (signed) on two pieces, his name "Kid Nichols". Many of the clippings have handwritten notations in ink from Kid Nichols himself. There is even a Cy Young B&W Hall of Fame signed plaque postcard (trimmed and affixed). EX+
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