August 2020 Sports Card & Memorabilia Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/30/2020
1933 Goudey George Blaeholder #16 PSA 3 MK (Autograph Grade 8). This is a rare autograph as he died in 1947. Only 5 of these cards have been authenticated by PSA/DNA and only one graded higher (and the other 3 were graded "authentic")! George Franklin Blaeholder (January 26, 1904 – December 29, 1947) began his career in 1925 with the St. Louis Browns. He won 10 or more games in 7 seasons with the Browns. During the 1935 season, he was traded to the Philadelphia Athletics. He died in 1947 of liver cancer at age 43. Blaeholder is most noted for popularizing the slider pitch. Pitchers had previously used the pitch, but not nearly as extensively as Blaeholder threw it, as the pitch was considered by pitchers at the time to ruin the arm. Part of The Uncle Jimmy Collection.
Condition: VG
1933 Goudey George Blaeholder #16 PSA 3 MK (Autograph Grade 8) - Only 1 Graded Higher - Only 5 PSA/DNA Exist! (d. 1947)
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