"JOE DIMAGGIO (HOF) IN TWO BALLS AND A BAT!" 8-PAGER TIJUANA BIBLE.
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Winning Bid:
$39.65 (Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bids:
25
Bidding Ended:
Wednesday, June 24, 2020 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, June 24, 2020 9:00:00 PM)
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Auction:
Richard Merkin Auction #3
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Item Description
2-5/8x4" w/eight single-sided pages. Front cover features art portrait of noted Yankees DiMaggio. X-rated, sexually explicit comic book, also referred to as a Tijuana bible, features unauthorized use of characters. c. 1930s. Storyline has DiMaggio getting involved w/Jeanette McDonald while still wearing his baseball uniform. Dialogue features baseball terminology/puns. Booklet exhibits creasing to covers along w/.75" spine splits at top/bottom . Interior pages have tanned w/age but o/w, present nicely. Good. From the Richard Merkin Collection and comes with Hake's COA.
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