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The First Ever Baseball Memorabilia Auction?
Posted By: Dan Bretta
Picked up an old newspaper at an auction today and was looking at the sports section when I ran across the following article. The paper is the Chicago Sunday Tribune from February 25, 1917. |
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The First Ever Baseball Memorabilia Auction?
Posted By: davidcycleback
During WWII, there was an auction of a team signed football with the proceeds to go towards the US war effort. A businessman placed the winning bid of about $1 million, which is still the record for team signed ball. Can't recall the team, but it was a big time NFL or college team. |
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The First Ever Baseball Memorabilia Auction?
Posted By: JimB
Wow. That is very cool. Does anybody know where the uniform or any of the other items mentioned are today? |
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The First Ever Baseball Memorabilia Auction?
Posted By: barrysloate
That article is simply terrific- I was part of a group that bought all the scorebooks in 1990. That is still one of my hobby highlights and this sheds some light on how they came into the public domain. I love it! |
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