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Polo Grounds Construction Cost Documents Including an Extremely Rare Tim Keefe Autograph – FULL PSA/DNA LOA for Tim Keefe Autograph
This vast array of documents includes various notes and invoices relating to the construction costs (sundries, labor, materials, etc.) for the heralded Brotherhood Park that would eventually be renamed the legendary Polo Grounds, one of which reflecting an extremely rare Tim Keefe autograph! The list of baseball immortals who graced Brotherhood Park's hallowed grounds (as well as the Polo Grounds) reads like a "who's who" for Cooperstown, New York including Tim Keefe, John Montgomery Ward, Buck Ewing, Mickey Welch, John McGraw, Christy Mathewson, Mel Ott, Willie Mays and even the incomparable Babe Ruth (the N.Y. Yankees utilized the Polo Grounds from 1913-1922 before Yankee Stadium opened in 1923).

This iconic ballpark was host to some of our National Pastime's grandest moments including the "1908 Fred Merkle Boner" and Bobby Thompson's renowned "shot heard around the world" blast off Dodger's Ralph Branca that propelled the Giants into the 1951 World Series. Of all the sensational ballplayers that were fortunate enough to call this field "their own", NONE of their surviving scripts could possibly be considered more obscure than an autograph of the 19th century Giant's Hall of Fame pitching ace Tim Keefe. Simply stated, locating a Tim Keefe autograph is synonymous to the worldly expression of "finding a needle in a haystack," justifying why the Tim Keefe signed invoice in this outstanding lot will be widely pursued by the hobby's foremost autograph collectors.

MIN BID $7,500
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