April 7th Rare Autographs, Manuscripts and Sports Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/7/2022
Earle Combs Signed Check, PSA/DNA encapsulated, Signed in blue, "Earle B Combs", 10-19-1964, drawn on State Bank and Trust Company, payable for "$237.30". Check measures 6" x 2.75", slabbed to 9.5" x 4.5". Sawtooth left edging, stamped verso. In fine condition.
Ed Barrow Signed Check, 7.75" x 2.75", filled out and signed, “E. G. Barrow,” payable for $13.52, August 16, 1957. Sawtooth left and bottom side edging, stamped verso. In fine condition.
Earle Combs (May 14, 1899 – July 21, 1976) was an American professional baseball player who played his entire career for the New York Yankees (1924–1935). Combs batted leadoff and played center field on the Yankees' fabled 1927 team (often referred to as Murderers' Row). He is one of six players on that team who have been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame; the other five are Waite Hoyt, Herb Pennock, Tony Lazzeri, Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth.
Ed Barrow (May 10, 1868 – December 15, 1953) was an American manager and front office executive in Major League Baseball. He served as the field manager of the Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox. He served as business manager (de facto general manager) of the New York Yankees from 1921 to 1939 and as team president from 1939 to 1945, and is credited with building the Yankee dynasty. Barrow was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1953.
With One of a Kind Collectibles LOA
Earle Combs and Ed Barrow Signed Checks
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