LOT Old Heritage Auctions  /  2008 May Signature Sports Collectibles #709  / 

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Babe Ruth, Wagner, Johnson Signed GPC's Huge Lot

Currency:USD Category:Sports - Cards & Fan Shop / Sports - Autographs (Original) Start Price:9,000.00 USD Estimated At:10,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD
Babe Ruth, Wagner, Johnson Signed GPC's Huge Lot
<B>1930's-40's Major League Baseball Players Signed Government Postcards Lot of 249 with Ruth, Wagner, Walter Johnson.</B></I> Perhaps the finest vintage collection of autographed government postcards we've ever encountered, this thrilling grouping is offered for the first time to the collecting hobby, having been consigned to us by the elderly gentleman who personally collected them seven decades ago. While the very finest specimens from this collection are being offered as individual lots within this auction, there is still absolutely no shortage of magnificent specimens within this massive lot. There is far too much to list or image within the pages of this catalog, so we strongly recommend that interested parties visit our offices to peruse the collection personally if at all possible. Unless otherwise noted, all autographs appear in 9/10 or better blue ink, with the mailed postcards toned with age but otherwise free of any concerning defects.<BR><BR>Highlights: Ruth (2/10), Wagner, Walter Johnson, Lazzeri (postcard slightly trimmed), Ted Williams, Speaker (3/10), Mack (2/10), Vaughan, Vance, Musial, Manush, Barrow, Ruffing, Gomez, Joe DiMaggio, Hoyt, Rizzuto, Ernie Bonham (tough, d. 1949), McCarthy, Mack, Simmons, Harry Davis (d. 1947), Lyons, Griffith, Harris, Rick Ferrell, Appling, Walsh, Greenberg, Gehringer, Goslin (7/10 pencil), Eric McNair (d. 1949), Cochrane, Feller (signed in 1937), 1939 Indians with 14 including Feller, 1941 Indians with 16 including Boudreau, Boudreau (8/10), Jim Bagby Jr. (tough, d. 1954), Landis, Harridge, Frick, MacPhail Sr., Reese (2 different), Herman, Wheat, Medwick, Grimes, Klein, Stengel, Averill, Paul Waner, Dizzy Dean, Dahlgren, Root, Mize, Southworth, Slaughter (2 different), Haines, Martin, McKechnie, Lombardi, Lloyd Waner, Vander Meer, Luque, Roush, Kelly, Hubbell, Terry, Hartnett (9/10 pencil), Frisch, Lopez, 1942 White Sox with 13 including Appling, Ruffing, Red Barber, Hafey and many, many more.<BR><BR>Turn of the century names are here, as are various All-Stars and borderline Hall of Famers. All postcards have typed identifiers on them, showing just how serious young Howard Lyon was with his hobby. Included is the large leatherbound scrapbook in which the vast majority of the postcards still reside, held with corners rather than glue so that removal will be simple and danger-free. Exceptional break down value here, though the collection is so appealing in its entirety that the true baseball historian may wish to preserve it as a whole. A prewar autograph collector's dream lot. <I>LOA from PSA/DNA. LOA from James Spence Authentication.</B></I><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Books & Catalogs (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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