Lot # 1386: Signed 1940 Play Ball #83 Cliff Melton - PSA/DNA MINT 9

Category: Autographed Cards

Starting Bid: $25.00

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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



Pitcher Cliff Melton played his entire brief career of eight seasons with the New York Giants,  making the All-Star team in 1942.  He had the ignominy of being on the mound the first time two brothers hit back-to-bac home runs in a game, in September of 1938 against Paul and Lloyd Waner of the Pirates.  The feat was not accomplished again until 2013.  Melton's signature has earned a grade of MINT 9 with PSA/DNA.  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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