Tremendous artifact from one of the most infamous incidents in sports
history in this 1919 World Series Press Ticket. This yellow-orange ticket stub
measures roughly 3.75x2.5" and has been very neatly torn at the
perforation. Front reads in part, "1919 World's Championship Series -
Redland Field - Cincinnati," along with the admonition, "POSITIVELY NOT
TRANSFERABLE" and the name of the recipient handwritten. It is possible
that there is some toning (hard to tell based on the color), but it has
an EX appearance on front as the stampings are immaculate and clear, and
there are no blemishes evident except for a tiny approximately
0.5x0.25" strip of paper loss on the otherwise blank back. Encapsulated
by PSA as STUB AUTHENTIC, it was valid for all games at Cincinnati
including the all-important Game 1, as the Chicago White Sox would go
down in history as the team that threw the World Series, invoking the
famous "Black Sox" moniker. The age and World Series connection make
this a prime collectible to begin with, but adding the tie-in to the "Eight
Men Out" Black Sox scandal makes it virtually one-of-a-kind, as we are aware of only one other which has surfaced to date.