Lot # 820: Signed 1939 Play Ball #113 Al Schacht - PSA/DNA AUTH (1/3)

Category: Autographed Cards

Starting Bid: $50.00

Bids: 5 (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



Al Schacht, the "Clown Prince of Baseball" was depicted on a decidedly offbeat card by Play Ball in 1939. A minor league pitcher of some repute, he had a brief major league career in the early Twenties then became a one man traveling comedy show, bringing his baseball-themed antics to hundreds of ball parks across America and also to the battlefields of World War 2 Europe, as he entertained tens of thousands of troops, often under enemy fire.  So a unique card for a unique man, with PSA/DNA Authentic assessed for the blue ink signature, which is a bit uneven in its ink distribution.  Schacht passed away in 1984, and signed cards with his image are quite difficult.  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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