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Fantastic vintage 3.5 x 5.75 autograph album, annotated on the front in ink: "Autographs of Baseball Players, Yankee Stadium 1931, Property of Seymour Kessler." Inside are 41 pencil signatures of baseball players gathered in the Bronx, most captioned by Kessler and several with affixed newspaper or magazine portraits, accounting for much of the 1931 New York Yankees team plus several visiting ballplayers. Signers include: Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Tony Lazzeri, Herb Pennock, Earle Combs, Joe Sewell, Red Ruffing, Luke Sewell, Vernon 'Lefty' Gomez, Red Rolfe, Joe MCCarthy, Charles Gehringer, Benny Tate, Lin Storti, Charlie Sullivan, Bob Fothergill, Butch Henline, Bill Sullivan, Lou McEvoy, Lyn Lary, Henry Johnson, Arndt Jorgens, Ken Strong, John Stone, Ben Chapman, George Pipgras, Bob Kline, Hal Rhyne, Tom Oliver, Al Van Camp, Earl Webb, Jimmie Reese, Joe Boley, Roy Sherid, Jim Weaver, Sam Boyd, Dusty Rhodes, Roy Johnson, Art Fletcher, Lu Blue, and Eddie Bennett (batboy). Notably, all pages are signed on a single side, with no back-to-back autographs. In overall fine condition, with wear to the covers.
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