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Lot 534: Bill Veeck Autographed Biography "Veeck -- As in Wreck"

ITEM DESCRIPTION

 
Reserve: $50.00
Winning Bid: $88.49
Price Realized: $105.75
Auction Date:9/10/2005 9:00 PM EST

Signed first-edition copy of possibly the most famous -- and best -- sports autobiography ever written, Bill Veeck's classic and hilarious "Veeck -- As in Wreck." The baseball maverick who brought a midget, Satchel Paige and exploding scoreboards to baseball put his legendary marker on the first blank page in blue ink, grading 9/10 or better. Book itself is EX+ with minor paper loss along the jacket cover borders, near-pristine inside pages. Title-page stamping and a few pen notes by a former owner of the book, but not in text.

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