Lot # 766: Signed 1939 Play Ball #35 Billy Jurges - PSA/DNA

Category: Autographed Cards

Starting Bid: $25.00

Bids: 3 (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



A member of three Chicago Cubs World Series squads in their "ventilated" 1932, 1935 and 1938 pennant winning seasons, Billy Jurges had a lengthy National League career and found himself in unfamiliar territory with the Giants for 1939, where Play Ball's photographer caught him in a happy mood. Signed in blue ballpoint, some lift is seen in the first letter of each name, with an overall pleasing look to his autograph, deemed PSA/DNA Authentic. Paper loss and remnants can be found on the reverse, the product of long-ago 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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