September 10th Rare Autographs, Books and Sports
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/10/2020
1910 Christy Mathewson Signed "Won in the Ninth" Book. "Mathewson was the greatest pitcher who ever lived," Connie Mack once explained. "He had knowledge, judgment, perfect control and form. It was wonderful to watch him pitch when he wasn't pitching against you." Matty's supreme relevance to the game of baseball and his early death in 1925 as made is autograph quite valuable and hard to find.
This is a fantastic example, we would rate this a 9/10 penned upon a book plate that remains affixed inside a presentational copy of Mathewson's 1910 book Won in the Ninth. Mathewson's autograph is found at the bottom of the 3x4" card, which holds a typed attribution to its original owner Mr. Richard Clarkson and a "494" serial number from what one could reasonably expect is a limited run of either 500 or 1,000. The book shows the degree of wear one would expect for more than a century of life, but the volume remains tightly bound and any condition issues have no bearing upon the fine quality of the all-important signature. Full LOA from James Spence Authentication and With One Of A Kind Collectibles COA.
1910 Christy Mathewson Signed Book (Won In The Ninth Signed )
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