19521

1939 Opening Baseball Hall of Fame Full Ticket

Currency:USD Category:Sports - Cards & Fan Shop Start Price:1,300.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD
1939 Opening Baseball Hall of Fame Full Ticket
<B>1939 Opening of Baseball Hall of Fame Game Full Ticket.</B></I> Stupendously scarce full ticket would have granted access to Doubleday Field for one lucky fan to witness "The Collins" take on "The Wagners," each team named for the Hall of Fame managers at the helm. Major League Baseball took a one-day hiatus for the event, as each manager hand-picked his team to include future inductees like Dizzy Dean, Arky Vaughan, Mel Ott, Hank Greenberg and Lefty Grove. Even the great Babe Ruth made an honorary appearance at age forty-four. The significance of this piece, dating to the greatest convergence of pre-war baseball talent ever assembled and the birth of professional baseball's most revered institution, cannot be overemphasized. We are also thrilled to report that the ticket, measuring a massive 2.5x7.75", remains in remarkable NRMT condition, with only the tiniest patch of very light paper loss on verso from album removal to be noted. If they ever invent a time machine, you're going to want to have this ticket handy! <BR><BR><B>Important notice:</B> Heritage usually auctions material at the rate of 200-250 lots per hour. On some occasions eBay Live bid software or the Internet may not be able to keep up with the pace of the auction. We recommend placing a realistic absentee bid now as insurance to avoid disappointment. Occasionally the auctioneer may eliminate or reject an eBay Live bid, and the auctioneer may also reopen a lot after the close of the eBay live bidding (usually because we missed an audience bid), and may reject your bid even if it shows you as the winning bidder. By bidding via eBay Live, you agree that Heritage may award the lot to another bidder at its sole discretion under the circumstances described above or any other reasonable circumstances. Since eBay bids are not shown to us until we open the lot on the floor, we treat those bids just like floor bids. In most cases the floor responds before the eBay bid is presented to us, due to Internet lag time, so for consistency we have made it a policy that floor bids are always considered first over tie eBay live bids. Also please note that all Heritage lots purchased through eBay Live carry a 22.5% Buyer's Premium. Please make sure you read the Terms and Conditions before you bid. This lot is being auctioned in conjunction with a live floor auction by Heritage Galleries & Auctioneers. All final auction and invoice information will be supplied by Heritage Galleries & Auctioneers, and all other information should be considered preliminary. Lot:19521 <BR><BR><B>Winning Notification and Billing:</B> After the FINAL session in this auction is complete, Heritage will send e-mail and snail mail invoices. This process normally takes several days. All final auction and invoice information will be supplied by Heritage Galleries & Auctioneers, and all other information should be considered preliminary. <BR><BR>This auction will be conducted on a live auction floor and over the Internet through eBay Live. If you choose to place an absentee bid, please take a moment to <font color='#0000ff'><u><a href='http://pages.ebay.com/liveauctions/help/before/laabsentee.html'>learn how eBay Live absentee bidding works</a></u></font><font color='#000000'>