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Lot 291: 121 Autographs of 56 Deceased Baseball Hall of Famers including Jackie Robinson

ITEM DESCRIPTION

 
Reserve: $500.00
Winning Bid: $2,484.98
Price Realized: $2,969.55
Auction Date:4/28/2006 9:00 PM EST

Outstanding collection of 121 autographs of 56 of baseball's great Hall of Famers. Collected over a period of 45 years, highlights include Joe DiMaggio7/10 (because of smudge to "a"), (2) Hank Greenberg 9/10, Jackie Robinson 10/10, Satchell Paige 9/10, Casey Stengel, Ted Williams (cut out around signature), (2) Bob Lemon, (2) Jesse Haines, (2) George Sisler, (4) Rube Marquard, (2) Warren Spahn, (3) Charlie Gehringer 10/10, (4) Ted Lyons, (2) Red Faber, (3) Freddy Lindstrom all 10/10, (4) Luke Appling, (2) Johnny Mize, Nelson Fox, Lefty Gomez 10/10, Zack Wheat, (3) Lou Boudreau, (2) Lloyd Waner 10/10, Wahoo Sam Crawford 10/10, (3)Don Drysdale (2 are 10/10. (4) Ernie Lombardi 10/10 Branch Rickey 10/10 and (4) Cool Papa Bell (4). Most are signed on 3x5 index cards, a few personalized, a few from scrapbooks, or off the backs of Hall of Fame plaque postcards. A great starter collection, with some autographs cut charmingly coarse, such as the trapezoidal Satchell Paige, a balloonish Casey Stengel and Hank Greenberg, and the rectangular, lower right side of a check signed by George Sisler. These legends are all deceased, but forever remembered.

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