1949 Boston Braves STEVE KUCZEK auto'ed signed baseball

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Two years ago a woman that does contract work for my firm saw part of my sports collection in my law office. She commented that her late husband had spent most of his adult life as a collector, but died many years ago. I eventually accepted an invitation to take a look at his memorabillia. This collection was still setting in stacks, untouched, as it had for many years. I was astonished to find the most extensive accumulation of signed sports items I had ever seen. Long before Sharpie pens, Upper Deck Authenticated UDA, Score Board and Tri-Star shows, this man was collecting the signatures of the greatest of the game, and from ubscure players that only a true fan of a given team would have heard of. Most of these items were signed twenty to thirty years ago, or more. He corresponded with and befriended old timers and HOF ers during his travels for his job. He knocked on doors and visited them in rest homes. He knew many of these players personally, and recieved autographs in person and collected others from the most reliable of sources All before the era of fraudulent signatures. Unfortunately he passed away in the 1980's leaving this wonderful collection, and I've agreed to help liquidate a portion of it. This collection has rare hall of famers, 300 game winners, Cy Young pitchers and members of the 500 Home run club. I'm starting read more