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Lot # 1424: 1934 Tour of Japan Vintage Photos (5) & Signed 1944 New York Baseball Writers Program

Category: Ernie Davis

Starting Bid: $300.00

Bids: 1 (Bid History)

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Item was in Auction "December 2003",
which ran from 11/5/2003 12:00 AM to
12/4/2003 9:00 PM



Awesome vintage postcard-size black & whites were taken in the Land of the Rising Sun for the 1934 Tour of Japan. Three of the photos are of the American ballplayers posing with their wives. Aboard the Empress of Japan includes Ruth, Gehrig, Foxx, and Mack at the center. All are elegantly dressed. The other two photos are of all the Japanese participants in that historic event. One photo is VG-EX, all others EX to EX-MT. Vintage to 1933 and 1934. Accompanied by a 1944 signed New York Baseball Writers program boasting the signatures of 28 players and managers with some key Hall of Famers: Dickey, Stengel, Hartnett, Ott, Walters, Vander Meer, and Frank Frisch all by his lonesome on the back cover. Autographs in green felt tip. Program is EX. Measures 6.5x10”.

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