November 2016 Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/19/2016
This stout collection is full of signatures from all over the map, including baseball, football, hockey, music, movies and more. The majority are from the 1940's, but it appears someone came in and started collecting signatures again several decades later on one page. All signatures are cuts glued to notebook pages. Some of the highlights include (note not all autographs are mentioned): Don Ameche, Gene Autry, Ruthie Barnes, Jay Berwanger, Arthur S. Brisbane, Harry Caray (the HOF announcer), Coleman Clark (table tennis champ), Glenn Cunningham, Gar Davidson (famous west Point football star and General), Dennis Day, Vivien Del Chiesa, Jack Dempsey, Lou Fonseca, John L. Griffith (D. 1944) (Big 10 Commissioner), Stan Hack,Biff Jones (D. 1980) College Football HOF – Oklahoma, Harry Kipke (secretarial), John Kieran, William Harridge, Isabel Jewel,Hal Kemp, Kathryn Koob (Iran hostage), Frank Leahy (Notre Dame coach and HOFer), Sinclair Lewis (author), Johnny Lujack, Slip Madigan (D. 1966) College Football HOF, Sammy Mandell (D. 1967) Lightweight Boxing Champ, Leroy N. Mills (D. 1938)(authority on kicking a football and former punter for Princeton), Vaughan Monroe, Helen Pammer, Tony Piet, Marchmont Schwartz (College Football HOF), Les Tietje, Gene Tunney, Una O’Connor, James Wallington, Lon Warneke (the only man to play and umpire in an All-Star game), Popeye Welch (voice of Popeye for Cartoons). Approximately 40 plus signatures in all, mostly in the 8-10/10 range.
Letter of Authenticity from Richard Albersheim