Lot # 835: Signed 1939 Play Ball #152 Roy Weatherly - PSA/DNA VG 3 - AUTO NM 7

Category: Autographed Cards

Starting Bid: $25.00

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



Roy Weatherly was a mostly part-time centerfielder who found himself, after seven seasons with the Indians, traded to the Yankees for 1943 and ended up with a ring for his efforts. After serving two years in the Army he returned in 1946 and was traded to the Braves mid-season, never seeing Boston as he sank to the minors.  Save for a stretch with the Giants in 1950, he remained a minor leaguer thereafter. This is the only signed 1939 Play Ball of his in the PSA/DNA database, grading NM-MT 7 for a blue ink signature that has some spottiness to it.  The card is VG 3 per PSA and the entire package looks a bit better than the technical grades suggest. 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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