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Fred Merkle

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Autographs Start Price:NA Estimated At:100.00 - 200.00 USD
Fred Merkle

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Auction Date:2011 Aug 10 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
First baseman (1888-1956) best remembered for a base-running gaffe committed by rookie Fred Merkle of the New York Giants in a game against the Chicago Cubs in 1908. Merkle's failure to advance to second base on what should have been a game-winning hit led instead to a forceout at second and a tie game. Vintage fountain pen signature, “Fred Merkle,” on an off-white 5.5 x 3.25 government postcard (postmarked September 18, 1950). In very good condition, with scattered bends and a vertical crease affecting the end of his name, uniform toning, scattered soiling, missing paper at the top edge, and show-through from a postal cancellation on the reverse.