Lot # 816: Rare, Signed 1939 Play Ball #108 Frankie Hayes - PSA/DNA MINT 9 (1/2)

Category: Autographed Cards

Starting Bid: $100.00

Bids: 1 (Bid History)

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Item was in Auction "Fall, 2023 Premier Auction",
which ran from 11/5/2023 12:00 AM to
11/25/2023 9:00 PM



Frankie Hayes had a long career in the major leagues, fourteen seasons to be exact. Toiling for some hopeless teams in the Junior Circuit, the catcher never reached the postseason.  His 1939 Play Ball features an interesting pose that could be called "startled" so it's a curious choice but the one made nonetheless by Gum Inc. The PSA Authentic card, which was taken from a scrapbook (and exhibits paper loss on the reverse as a result), has been signed in blue ink, quite emphatically and the autograph looks great.  PSA/DNA 9 in grade for a tough signature as Hayes died very young in 1955, at just 40 years of age.  The card originates from the Shibe Park collection of autographed cards, an original owner collection carefully collected by a teenage boy who, in 1939 and 1940, obtained many autographs from players arriving at the train station near Shibe Park, and continued for many years to obtain signatures in person and through the mail.

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