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Lot # 67: 1913 Nap Rucker Signed Brooklyn Ball Club Contract

Starting Bid: $300.00

Bids: 5 (Bid History)

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Item was in Auction "November 2010 Catalog",
which ran from 11/18/2010 12:00 AM to
12/17/2010 9:00 PM



This vintage contract, framed to 11.75x17.5" with double-sided glass, in in VG condition, with a few creases in it. It has been signed by Charles H. Ebbets and G. Napoleon Rucker in black ink, which is graded a 7/10. The 1913 contract calls for lefty Nap Rucker to be paid $4,000 for the season. Rucker holds the Brooklyn Dodger record for the most shutouts in the National League, among other records. Later in life Nap served as mayor of Roswell, Georgia and then became the city's water commissioner.

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