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Lot 106
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Lot Number: 106
Description: Significant Clint Brown 1934 U.S. All-Star Tour of Japan presentational album. Leather bound album presented to Brown and other Tour members with content relating to the trip. Album reads right to left per Japanese custom and retains its very scarce original leather cover with Japanese characters. Interior includes team autographed sheets for both the American and Japanese teams (two pages) with beautiful ink signatures. U.S. players include Ruth, Gehrig, Foxx, Mack, Gomez, Berg, Gehringer, and Averill. Signatures range from 9-10 out of 10. The page itself has some very minor soiling. Japanese players have signed on two different pages incl. Jimmy Horio, who signed in English and Japanese, and pitcher Victor Starffin. Remainder of the book contains a total of (24) original images taken during the Tour. Each photo measures 9"x11" and is mounted on cabinet mount stock album pages. Subjects include Ruth, Gehrig, Mack, U.S./Japanese teams, stadium views, and Ocean liner views. Two images have small corner creases mentioned for accuracy only. Balance of the photos remains very clean. The original leather covers remain uncommonly clean retaining their original gilt decor. One of only a handful of these treasured albums extant. In addition, the Brown album is one of only three examples that we have handled that remains in original condition with the covers intact. Of those three, this is without question the finest condition exemplar. Offered publicly for the first time directly by the Brown family. Includes LOA from JSA (autographs) and letter of provenance from the Brown family: Autograph sheets: NM, Covers: Range VG-EX/MT, Interior photo pages: Range EX (only two images)-NM
Estimated Price: ($15,000.00-$25,000.00)
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