This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/31/2011
One astute autograph collector was way ahead of his time when he sought autographs of players who debuted between 1910-1919. The two included signatures players who didn't debut during these years is Buddy Lewis (1935 debut) and Johnny Cooney (1921).
Most of the guys who signed in had modest careers and died by the mid '70s. This collection includes 51 index cards signed by many of the men who helped bring baseball into the forefront.
Those who signed include: Bert Tooley, Joe Mathes, Elam Van Gilder, Archie Yelle, Danny Silva, Dwight Stone, Dutch Zwilling, John Ogden, Morrie Schick, Frank Mills, Paul Musser, Alex McCarthy, Elmer Myers, Ben Rochefort, Clarence Pickup, Don Rader, Eddie Palmer, Harvey Russell, Fred Sherry, Lewis, Wilbert Hubbell, Elmber Tiny Leonard, George Jackson, Nick Carter, Louis Lowdermilk, Cooney, Howard Lohr, James "Wickey" McAvoy, Fletcher Low, Joe Oeschger, Johnny Enzmann, Oscar Horstmann, Bill Hinrichs, Dave Keefe, George Uhle, George Harper, Charlie Grimm, Gene Elliott, Cy Roy Marshall, Horace Ford, Bill Leinhauser, Bob Hasty, Charles Deal, Pete Compton, Rollin Cook, Garland Buckeye, Dam Debus, Johnny Bassler, Abe Bowman, Stephen Britton and one more.
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(JSA Auction Letter)