Lot # 826: Signed 1939 Play Ball #125 Cliff Melton - PSA/DNA NM-MT 8 - Only Graded Example!

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



An effective starter who broke in with a 20 win season for the 1937 pennant winning Giants, at the team's insistence he learned a screwball that caused a slow deflation of his skills, yet he remained an effective pitcher for all of his eight seasons there. He's signed a PSA Authentic 1939 Play Ball, that exhibits some darker spots of foxing up top, in a clean, unforced hand, in blue and PSA/DNA NM-MT 8 in grade for a fine looking autograph and the only such combination in their database.  Melton died in 1986, rendering his signature somewhat scarce on cards.  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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