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08-26-2018, 08:27 AM
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Mantle Autographed Baseball
Although I think I may have posted my below Mickey Mantle autographed baseball before, I recently had it authenticated by BAS (Beckett).
I have to admit, the encapsulation is a very attractive presentation by BAS. Mantle-Mine-BAS-1.jpg 
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08-26-2018, 03:25 PM
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Great ball!
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08-26-2018, 03:54 PM
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08-26-2018, 08:47 PM
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James Brendan Connolly won a gold medal in the hop, step and jump, now triple jump, at the first modern Olympic Games in Athens, Greece in 1896. Just prior to the games he was a student at Harvard. They declined to give him a leave of absence to compete. He dropped out and travelled at his own expense. He would fight in Cuba in the Spanish American War which he reported on for the Boston Globe. He contributed to several magazines, including Colliers Weekly. He would author 200 short stories and 25 novels. Most of his novel were maritime related. In 1949 Harvard offered him an honorary doctorate which he refused.
This is a presentation copy of the book 'Jim Connolly and the Fisherman of Gloucester an Appreciation of James Brendan Connolly at Eighty'. It comes in a slip case with an interior folding slip cover. It is inscribed by the author and signed by Connolly below that. He usually signed "James B. Connolly', this is the first time I have seen a full name signature of him.
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'Integrity is what you do when no one is looking' "The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep” Last edited by Michael B; 08-27-2018 at 10:53 AM.
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08-27-2018, 03:23 PM
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Michael, great story and beautiful piece. Being a Mass. native enjoy hearing about the Harvard and G. fisherman anecdotes.
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H Murphy Collection https://www.flickr.com/photos/154296763@N05/
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08-27-2018, 08:35 PM
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'Integrity is what you do when no one is looking' "The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep”
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08-28-2018, 10:47 AM
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. "A life is not important except in the impact it has on others lives" - Jackie Robinson “If you have a chance to make life better for others and fail to do so, you are wasting your time on this earth.”- Roberto Clemente
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