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100 Photos Signed by Buck Leonard (HoF), Wilmer Fields and Other Negro Leagues Stars.
Lot 441. 100 Photos Signed by Buck Leonard (HoF), Wilmer Fields and Other Negro Leagues Stars. The autographs are overwhelmingly mint 9s or gem mint 10s on 8” x 10” or 8 ½” x 11” sepia or black & white photos. The signers are Russell Awkard, Gene Benson (5, 2 different poses), Sherwood Brewer, Bill (Ready) Cash, Fireball Cohen, Mahlon Duckett (6, 3 different), Rodolfo Rudy Fernandez (5), Jose Figueroa, Wilmer Fields (4), Stanley Glenn (7, 2 different), Rev. Bill Greason (6), Wilmer Harris (2), Gordon “Hoppy” Hopkins (2), Cowan “Bubba” Hyde, Buck Leonard (23, 2 different), Verdell Lefty Mathis (3), Red Moore (5), Andy Porter (10), Frazier Robinson (7), Armando Vazquez (8, 2 different, played for NY Cubans) and Al Wilmore. Enshrined at Cooperstown in 1972, Leonard was the Negro Leagues’ equivalent of Lou Gehrig. The best first baseman in the Negro Leagues from the mid-1930s through much of the 1940s, he batted .328 lifetime and, in the prime of his career, averaged 34 homeruns per season. Mathis was the best left-handed pitcher in the Negro Leagues in the 1940s. With signed photos of Leonard typically listing for $40 each, this collection, with 23 signed Leonard photos, has significant break-up potential (more than $900 in “book” value for Leonard photos alone!)! From the Wilmer Fields autograph collection. Authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Winning Bid $324.
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