SGC 4.5 - 1941 Double Play # 73/74 Buddy Meyer/Ben Chapman Washington Senators

Description: An SGC graded VG-EX+ 4.5 - 1941 Double Play Ball card featuring Buddy Myer and Ben Chapman of the Washington Senators. Myer's last name is listed incorrectly as "Meyer", but the error was never corrected. The 1941 Double Play set was issued by Gum Products, INC. of Cambridge, MA and was released in two series. Each card features two black and white photos of different players and the cards have blank backs. Each card has two numbers (one for each photo) and as a result, sometimes the cards are found cut in half. One of only a few baseball card sets released during World War II, this set features many Hall of Famers early in their careers such as Bob Feller, Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio. The set also includes the first cards of several Hall of Fame players like Johnny Mize, Enos Slaughter, Phil Rizzuto, Joe Gordon and Pee Wee Reese (who also appears in the 1941 Play Ball set) that are considered by many collectors to be rookie cards. Other baseball greats are highlighted in the set as well, including Hank Greenberg, Jimmie Foxx, Mel Ott, Carl Hubbell, Bill Dickey, Lefty Grove and more. This example has bold printing, nice focus and clean borders. The corners are consistent with those found on most EX+ examples, with the exception of a ding on the upper left corner that results in a very light diagonal surface crease (approx. 3/8" long) near the top edge that does not go through to the back. Otherwise, the card is free of any additional creasing. The printing is shifted to the right, but the card still displays fairly well. The back is clean. With the issue on the upper left corner, we were expecting this card to receive an SGC 4 grade, but SGC graded it slightly higher than we thought they would. This is still a nice looking card, just slightly over-graded in our opinion. We have priced it at what we would normally sell an SGC 4 example for. Thank you for looking and check out our other eBay Buy It Now and Auction Items in our eBay Store! This card would be a great addition to any collection!

Price: 39.95 USD

Location: San Jose, California

End Time: 2024-09-04T00:27:51.000Z

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