(LOT 189)
Willie Mosconi Signed Canceled Check Famous Pocket Billiards Pool Player PSA/DNA
Mosconi signs this check to his Uncle, Charles Mosconi for $250.00. Willie's uncle was prominent in Vaudeville. Willie was a pool (pocket billiards) player from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Between the years of 1941 and 1957, he won the World Straight Pool Championship an unmatched fifteen times. For most of the 20th century, his name was essentially synonymous with pool in North America – he was nicknamed "Mr. Pocket Billiards" – and he was among the first Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame inductees. Mosconi pioneered and regularly employed numerous trick shots, set many records, and helped to popularize pool as a national recreation activity. Written off the AUDUBON NATIONAL BANK, April 24th, 1956.
MIN BID $100
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