[Rarebooks] Ty Cobb autograph

[Pia Oliver]

Autograph signature by Ty Cobb, written in pencil on the inside of a 
lid for a cardboard box, approximately 5-1/4 x 1-3/4 inches.

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The owner [of the signature] had just bought a small pocket comb and 
nail file set in a leather case, which was still in its box, when he 
happened to meet, or rather see, Ty Cobb walking down the street when 
he was a young man in the thirties. He asked Ty Cobb for his 
autograph and he graciously said yes but he did not have anything to 
write on, and the young man had only the box he had just purchased 
upon which to write it! The gentleman with Cobb also signed his name, 
Bernie Walker.

Tyrus Raymond Cobb was born 1886 in Narrows, Georgia and he died in 
Atlanta, Georgia in 1961. He played for the Detroit Tigers, 
Philadelphia and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1936. He is 
considered to be one of baseball's greatest players, and a fierce 
competitor. On May 5, 1925, Ty Cobb collected 16 total bases (three 
home runs, a double and two singles), setting a single-game American 
League record that has yet to be surpassed.  $450.00


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