Lot # 743: 1917 Zeenut PCL Sleepy Bill Burns (Without Coupon) - SGC GD 2

Category: 1900-1948

Starting Bid: $100.00

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Item was in Auction "Spring, 2024 Premier Auction",
which ran from 3/11/2024 12:00 AM to
3/30/2024 9:00 PM



Tough Zeenut card featuring "Sleepy" Bill Burns. Burns relayed information between the players who had agreed to throw the 1919 World Series and the gamblers who financed the endeavor a key figure in the Black Sox scandal. Pictured here just two years prior to the events Burns had played his last major league game in 1912 but still hovered around the game by 1919 conspiring with members of the White Sox and revealing the story of the fix to a journalist in September of 1920.  Generously graded GOOD 2 by SGC, the card exhibits significant surface soiling and uneven toning.

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