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November 2007 Catalog  >  Sports  >  Ernie Davis

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Lot 428: Black Sox Shoeless Joe Jackson's Insurance Policy on His Liquor Store

ITEM DESCRIPTION

 
Reserve: $500.00
Winning Bid: $805.26
Price Realized: $962.29
Auction Date:11/30/2007 9:00 PM EST

"Shoeless Joe" Jackson was banned from baseball after 1920 when the Black Sox scandal came to light. He went on to make another kind of living. This policy, good from July 7, 1951 to July 7, 1952, insured Shoeless Joe's liquor store for $8000.00 with a total premium of $115.20. It was issued by the Norfolk and Dedham Mutual Fire Insurance Company in Dedham, Massachusetts. Mint condition.

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