1980 CRAMER "BASEBALL LEGENDS" CARDS NEAR SET (119/120) WITH 47 AUTOGRAPHED- MOST BY HALL OF FAME MEMBERS.
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Item Description
Issued in 1980 by Cramer Sports Promotions (later Pacific). Each is 2.5x3.5" w/vintage sepia photo of player in uniform on front, backs have bio/stats. This is the base set of 120, missing only card #113 Derringer. Features MLB players whose careers date as early as the 1800s and ended as late as the 1970s. A veritable who's who of stars and legends of the game. An incredible 47 have been hand-signed, most in blue felt tip pen, but some in black felt tip or blue ink as well. Of the 47, a whopping 39 are members of the National Baseball Hall Of Fame. This was not an easy task for the original owner to accomplish, getting so many of these signed decades ago, and needless to say an impossibility these days with so many of these legends now deceased.
Signed cards include -
HOF members Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Hank Aaron, Stan Musial, Ernie Banks, Willie Mays, Ted Williams, Sandy Koufax, Warren Spahn, Yogi Berra, Early Wynn, Ralph Kiner, Carl Hubbell, Lefty Gomez, Bob Lemon, Hank Greenburg, Enos Slaughter, Harmon Killibrew, Duke Snider, Bill Terry, Luke Appling, Billy Herman, Leo Durocher, Bill Dickey, Johnny Mize, Pee Wee Reese, Bob Feller, Brooks Robinson, Robin Roberts, Jocko Conlan, Al Kaline, Edd Roush, Ted Lyons, Lou Boudreau, Phil Rizzuto, Travis Jackson, Richie Ashburn, Al Lopez and George Kell. Other who have signed include - Chuck Connors, Johnny Vander Meer, Bobby Thomson, Minnie Minoso, Al Dark, Mickey Vernon, Harvey Kuenn and Joe Garagiola.
Some ink smudges on Slaughter, Feller and Vernon but nothing significant. Overall strong, bold signatures. Cards are mostly NM to Mint. An exceptional autograph collection. Comes with Hake's COA and JSA Auction LOA.