Lot # 839: Tough Signed 1939 Play Ball #159 Red Evans - PSA/DNA - Only Graded Example!

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



Russell "Red" Evans played in but two major league seasons: a 17 game stretch with the White Sox in 1936 and 24 more games with the 1939 Dodgers.  He retired with a lifetime major league ERA of 6.21 and a career won-loss record of 1-11. He has signed just a single 1939 Play Ball card and it's well-done at that, with a blue ballpoint signature running across his chest in an expansive hand.  PSA/DNA Authentic for a real looker of a signature in our eyes.  Evans' 1982 passing predates the autograph boom, and thus signed examples of his cards 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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