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Lot # 707: 1952 Cleveland Indians Team-Signed Large-Format Photograph with Five Hall of Famers (PSA)

Starting Bid: $300.00

Bids: 6 (Bid History)

Time Left: Auction closed
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Item was in Auction "Late Fall Classic 2021",
which ran from 11/14/2021 7:00 PM to
12/11/2021 10:00 PM



Large-format team photo of the 1952 Cleveland Indians signed by 32 of the 33 team members pictured, including team officials and batboy. (Joe Tipton is the only player who has not signed the piece.) The photo captures the club posing together in front of the grandstand, with each player having signed the photo in blue ink (averaging 7/10) upon his respective image. The 32 signatures featured here are those of Feller, Lemon, Doby, Lopez (Mgr.) Wynn, Easter, Tebbetts, Rozek, Garcia, Brissie, Gromek, Harris, Wilks, Goldstein (traveling secretary), Cuccinello (coach), McCosky, Westlake, Strickland, Combs, Glynn, Majeski, Lobe (coach), Bock (trainer), Avila, Rosen, Boone, Harder (coach), Flowers (coach), Hegan, Simpson, Mitchell, and Dornhoff (batboy). Photos of this size were usually produced for display in team offices or for personal presentation to the players. As such, they were not normally available to the public, especially signed examples, which is the reason for their scarcity today. The fact that Tipton hasn't signed this piece might indicate that it was originally presented to him. The photo, which is mounted on thick cardboard, displays light rippling, light staining and  edge wear along the right border, and an approximate 2.5x.5" tear on Simpson's image (also slightly touching on Doby's) that has resulted in surface paper loss. None of the signatures are affected by any of the flaws. Very Good condition overall. Full LOA from PSA.

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