1909 LELAND GIANTS PROGRAM FEATURING RUBE FOSTER AND PETE HILL.
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Winning Bid:
$6,325.00 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
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10
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Wednesday, July 24, 2013 2:00:00 AM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, July 24, 2013 2:00:00 AM)
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Auction #209 - Part I
Item numbers 1 through 1144 in auction 209
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Item Description
5.5x7" 20 page program published just after the 1909 season. Front cover features great poised portrait of "Mr. Andrew Rube Foster" in dapper attire and listed as manager/pitcher for the team. Inside front cover has the team's win/loss stats for the season and full list of players shown on the team photo on the following page. Yet another great studio photo of the team in suits. This includes National Baseball HOF legends Foster and Pete Hill as well as George Wright, Pete Booker, Danger Talbert, Andrew Payne, Harry Moore, Walter Bell, Tim Strothers, Bill Gatewood, Bobby Winston, Nate Harris and secretary/treasurer B.F. Mosley. The following page is a very detailed history of the team. The rest of the program includes advertising (some w/references to the Giants team) and other non-baseball content. Small hole punch at top left as printed for string binding. Overall well worn and aged. The cover is loose but pages remain intact by single staple as bound. Cover splits at spine w/archival tape repairs to interior. Obvious dust soiling, edge wear, some corner staining. While overall only Fair, the two photos images remain largely unaffected and have strong, bold images. Featuring Rube twice and one of the few know period images of Hill, the rarity and historical importance of this piece greatly outweighs the condition. In our Sept. 2010 auction a postcard for the 1909 team sold for $22,137.
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