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VINTAGE BASEBALL AUTOGRAPH SCRAPBOOK CURATED BY TWELVE-YEAR-OLD JIMMY M. YOUNG OF 41 THIRD STREET, CANISTEO, NEW YORK IN 1947/8. YOUNG SENT A SERIES OF SELF-ADDRESSED POSTCARDS REQUESTING BASEBALL SIGNTURES DURING THE WINTER/SPRING OF 1947/8. AS CARDS WERE RETURNED SIGNED, HE ADDED THEM TO THE ALBUM. A BABE RUTH SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH WAS AMONG THE BOOK THAT IS OFFERED IN THIS AUCTION IN THE PRECEEDING LOT, NUMBER 351. CONTENTS INCLUDE: 1940'S TICKET STUBS, MICKEY VERNON AUTO, CHARLIE KELLER AUTO, CONNIE MACK (HOF) SIGNED POSTCARD, JOHNNY LUJACK (1947 HEISMAN) AUTO, BOBBY BROWN AUTO, RALPH BRANCA AUTO, PHIL CAVARETTA AUTO, BILL NICHOLSON AUTO, BOB FELLER (HOF) AUTO, EDDIE STANKY AUTO, ENOS SLAUGHTER (HOF) AUTO, HAL NEWHOUSER (HOF) AUTO, JOHNNY JORGESEN AUTO, HARRY BRECHEAN AUTO, LEO DUROCHER AUTO, GENE HERMANSKI AUTO, HARRY WALKER AUTO, JOHNNY HOPP AUTO, SPEC SHEA AUTO, MURRY DICKSON AUTO, AARON ROBINSON AUTO, HANK BOROWY AUTO, BOB THOMPSON AUTO, EMIL VERBAN AUTO, ERV DUSAK AUTO, BRUCE EDWARDS AUTO, PETE REISER AUTO, TERRY MOORE AUTO, RED SCHOENDIENST (HOF) AUTO, MARY MARION AUTO, RON NORTHEY AUTO, MICKEY HARRIS AUTO, DEL RICE AUTO, JOHNNY MIZE (HOF) AUTO, YANKEES/ATHLETICS SCORECARD, 1948 HALL OF FAME GAME - COOPERSTOWN SCORECARD, 1949 BROOKLYN DODGERS PROGRAM AND SCORECARD, 1949 NEW YORK GIANTS PROGRAM AND SCORECARD, 1963 YANKEES VERSUS DODGERS WORLD SERIES PROGRAM AND OTHER LATER YEAR PUBLICATIONS. 23 PAGES IN BOOK, 46 AUTOGRAPHS, PRIMARILY SASE POSTCARDS.
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