“SPRING TRAINING WITH THE BROOKLYN ROBINS” NEWS SERVICE PHOTO W/BRESSLER/HENDRICK/FREDERICK.
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$19.47 (Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
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Wednesday, August 21, 2019 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, August 21, 2019 9:00:00 PM)
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Merkin Baseball Auction #1
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Item Description
8x10" matte finish photo shows all three players in uniform standing in front of dugout at empty stadium. Reverse side has Acme Newspicture ink stamp with date of March 13 with applied paper caption "Rube Bressler, Harvey Hendricks And Johnny Fredericks, Leading Outfielders At The Spring Training Camp Of The Brooklyn Robins, Clearwater, Fla." Bit of lt. rippling at margin edges with a few minor handling creases just visible in reflected light. Overall Fine. Bressle batted over .300 five times and finished a .301 career average. The 1930 Brooklyn Robins team also batted over .300. Havey Hendrick (whose name is misspelled as Hendricks on the caption) had a career batting average of .308 and played with the Robins for five years. Johnny Frederick (whose name is also misspelled on the caption as Fredericks) led off with a home run ten times with the Dodgers and had a career average of .308 with a total of 85 home runs. From the Richard Merkin Collection and comes with Hake's COA.
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