Quote:
Originally Posted by mr2686
Does anyone know how hard it is to find a 7/4/39 ticket for Gehrig's speech? Also, was there one or two tickets that day since there was a double header?
Thanks,
Mike
|
There was only one ticket. In those days, "doubleheader" meant two games for the price of one. Ahhh, the naivete.
It will be
very difficult to find one. In my 45 years of collecting, I have seen three, and managed to snag one. (A new book, "Cooperstown Confidential," by Bruce Markusen, reports that Steve Verkman recently sold one for $22,000. I find that a bit hard to believe.)
Here's mine:
