Lot # 779: Signed 1939 Play Ball #52 Tommy Henrich - PSA/DNA MINT 9

Category: Autographed Cards

Starting Bid: $50.00

Bids: 2 (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



Old Reliable Tommy Henrich was rounding into form by 1939, a key piston in the mighty engine that powered the New York Yankees of the Thirties and Forties. He's signed this 1939 Play Ball in blue ink, with an interesting coda to his last name seen, an interesting flourish. The signature is graded PSA/DNA MINT 9, rightly so, on what is considered to be his rookie card. The card does exhibit paper loss on the reverse, from scrapbook removal.  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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