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Lot 907

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Lot Number: 907

Description: Pair of significant 1913-14 World Tour team autographed baseballs. One each for the American and National league representatives described as follows: Lightly toned and clear coated Spalding National League baseball signed by all 13 NL representatives incl. Thorpe, McGraw, Lobert, Faber, Merkle, Donlin, and Umpire Klem. Signatures range from 2-7 out of 10 all remaining legible with majority better then 4. Ball also has script notation on side panel, “In Memory of Our Trip Round the World” and “Oct. 18,1913 to Mar. 6, 1914”. Other ball is a lightly toned and clear coated B.Johnson American League ball signed by all 14 AL representatives incl. Comiskey, Crawford, Speaker, Callahan, and Weaver. Signatures range from 1-6 out of 10. Ball also has similar script notations as seen on the NL ball. The 1913-14 World Tour is among the most famous in history and the significance of the offered baseballs is in their rarity , provenance, and the presence of some extremely rare early signatures such as Buck Weaver and Jim Thorpe: Overall grade of VG-EX

Estimated Price: $8,000.00-$10,000.00