Easy Exposure - Topic: 1939 NY Yankees

mscharff on 1939 NY Yankees

Thu, 08 May 2014 04:33:56 -0700

That is too cool. It must be worth a lot.

nikonguy on 1939 NY Yankees

Mon, 05 May 2014 10:02:10 -0700

What a yard sale that would be!!!
But I think you'd need deep pockets to buy a lot of the items that
would be offered for sale!
Dale.

easyexposure on 1939 NY Yankees

Sun, 04 May 2014 16:40:58 -0700

Very cool Mandrake! Let me know when ever you have a yard sale, lol 😉

nikonguy on 1939 NY Yankees

Sun, 04 May 2014 12:08:51 -0700

Mandrake
Another incredible piece of history! The names are iconic and the ink is very well
preserved. In looking at the signatures I am surprised at how well each players penmanship
appeared to be!
Todays autographs usually need a translator to make any sense of who actually signed anything.
You are going to have the relatives lined up for the reading of your will one day!!!
Hope you live many more years to enjoy the treasures you have collected.
As always- thanks for sharing some more of your "one of a Kind" collection from days long past.
Dale.

Mandrake on 1939 NY Yankees

Sun, 04 May 2014 10:05:53 -0700

Dale.... I'd almost forgotten that I had this.
Your "museum" comment prompted me to dig it out and take the photo.
The item will go back to it's darkened place to protect the ink from fading.

Mandrake on 1939 NY Yankees

Sun, 04 May 2014 09:45:13 -0700

Did I mention that I was a Yankee fan?

This is a first day cover commemorating the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY.
The majority of the 1939 Yankee team has signed the back of one of the envelopes as requested
by a relative who was dying of tuberculosis at the time.

1939 was the last year that Lou Gehrig played baseball and was also very early in Joe Dimaggio's career.
A number of these people, including Manager Joe McCarthy, have since been inducted into the Hall of Fame.