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Lot 819
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Lot Number: 819
Description: Rare April 2,1914 Brooklyn Dodgers Opening Day game used baseball. Toned Official National League baseball with period notations identifying this ball as being as being hit into the stands by Brooklyn third baseman Red Smith and retrieved by John F. Kemp of Brooklyn, NY. Other notations read as follows, “Souvenir of First Game of Season at Ebbets Field Brooklyn April 2,1914 Score Brooklyn-4 N.Y. Americans-3 in 10 innings”. Also noted on another panel that Wheat hit a home run into the stands, notation regarding Red Smith’s foul ball was gone over in period ink some time ago. Great historic Brooklyn related piece from the era: VG-EX
Estimated Price: $1,500.00-$2,500.00
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