Not a stub expert but I recently had reason to research Streak Stubs. I do not believe that a "few Hundred" stubs exist for this or for most games during Joe DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak. My Father was born in 1931 and he told me that as a boy he had scrap books filled with baseball clippings. But the paper drives of held during WWII claimed them all. It was one of few ways that young boy could contribute to the war effort. That combined with the fact that most Tickets sold for those game had no date contribute to the scarcity of streak stubs. And this being game 13 of the streak publicity had not taken off like it would a few weeks later as the streak grew and the possibility of Joe breaking Keeler's 44 game record became real.
I know that most stubs are not currently graded but streak stubs have value and I would think a decent percentage of them have found there way to PSA. That being said Not every game of the streak has an authenticated stub in fact close to half have no authenticated stub at all. The exception is the Lou Gehrig Memorial Game which is dated and has a picture of Lou so many fans had reason to hold on to the stub which ended up being a double header. But even that game has less than a hundred graded. And for that game yes a few hundred exist. Most games that have a graded stub have only 1 or two graded stubs. They are both Rare sought after and a complete run of the 56 games would be a significant accomplishment. JMHO
Any one have a Run?
Jonathan
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