A collection of over 125 ink signatures, most on light blue heavy stock clipped slips, many single-signed and the remainder multi-signed, many are back to back, with some slips also bearing a clipped newspaper photographs of the respective signer.
Some of the better signers include:
Ty Cobb John McGraw (possibly partly traced over) Miller Huggins Ed Barrow Jacob Ruppert Rabbit Maranville Mel Ott (2) George Sisler Jimmie Foxx Herb Pennock Urban Shocker (2) Lefty O’Doul Earl Combs Bill Terry (2) Leo Durocher Goose Goslin, Bill Dickey Eppa Rixey Pie Traynor Paul Waner
A more thorough breakdown of the signatures are as follows: Single signed pages:
John J. McGraw Jacob Ruppert Gene Robertson Fred Fitsimmons
Double-sided single signed pages
Bill Terry and Pete Donahue Goose Gosling and Arthur Fletcher Melvin Ott and Rabbit Maranville Ed Barrow and James J. Walker (Mayor) G. W. Pipgras and Eddie Rommel Bob Meusal and Herb Pennock Vic Aldridge and Andy Cohen Henry Johnson and Miller Huggins Wiley Moore and Frank O’Doul Ty Cobb and Mark Koenig (Koenig is torn)
Double-sided multi signed pages—total number of signatures on each side in parentheses, with recognized signatures as follows:
front (1) Jack Cummings reverse (2) Chick Farllo
front (4) Ray Kolp, Hughie Cutz, Dutch Henry reverse (3) V. Barner, Pat Pinky
front (4) Lee Meadows, ‘Bunker’ Hill Lindstrom, Frank Hogan, Bill Walker reverse (6) Eddie Mulligan, Ray Foley, Bill Burwell, G. Spencer, B [urleigh] Grimes
front (4) Eppa Rixey, Chuck Dressen reverse (3) Curtis Walker
front (7) Joe Judge, Dick Spalding, Saur James, Tom Zachary, Muddy Ruel reverse (6) Herb Bradley, Ken Williams, Slim Harris, J. Rothrock
front (5) Ralston Hemsley, Pie Traynor, Ray Kremer, C. Barnbart, Russell Miljus reverse (5) Jim Chaplin, Chris Evabs, V. Barnes, Larry Benton, Ernest Evans
front (1) Earle Combs reverse (6) Sam Gibson, Jack Tavener, M. Shea, Larry Doyle, Ralston Hemsley
front (3) Myles Thomas reverse (1) Leo Durocher
front (5) P. Waner, L. Bartholomew, B. A. Grimes reverse (5) Hughie Critz, V. Barnes, Pete Donahue
front (4) Haskell Billings, J. R. Warner, Chuck Galloway reverse (1) Cedric Durst
front (8) Alex Ferguson, Melvin Ott, Fresco Thompson, Bob McGraw, Denny Southern, Lefty O’Doul reverse (9) Howard Freigan, Ed Moore, Eddie Brown, John Cooney, George Sisler, Bobby Smith, David Harris, Jim O’Neil
front (1) Andy High reverse (6) J. Hodapp, Lew Fonseca, Duke McShibe, Ben Parchal
front (4, although 3 are now on loose slips) Bill Hennefield, Chick Autry, Sarge Connelly, G. Buckup reverse (Urban Shocker)
front (7)Lefty Van Atta, Al Shealy, Joe Hansar, Urban Shocker, W. M. Rabb reverse (6) E. T. Ormchip, Jimmie Dykes, Mike Gazella, Jim Foxx, Bing Miller
front (4) Bert Neiloff, Jim Felsh, Bill Terry, Pat Collins reverse (0) printed NY line-up
front (3) Bill Sweeney, Bill Dickey, John Trabowsky reverse (4) Earl McNeely, Walter Dick, Oscar Melillo
In overall very good condition, with scattered soiling, staining, edge chipping, and old adhesive residue primarily to edges of some of the slips, occasionally touching the writing. Many of the slips have name notations in the hand the original collector, who obviously spent some time assembling his collection to his liking! Pre-certified Steve Grad/PSA/DNA and RRAuction COA.
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