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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