FS: Jacob Ruppert Signed Fred Newberry Purchase (sold)
 

UPDATE: After learning below (thanks Billy!) that this is Ed Barrow signing for Ruppert, I am open to offers. So, if you think it is cool that one HOFer signed for another, shoot me a message. Thanks.

$200 (ACCPETING OFFERS) delivered. (SOLD)

I don't know much about these things, but I believe this is a contract for the Yankees purchase of Fred Newberry from the Atlanta Baseball Club. It is signed by Jacob Ruppert and JP Corbett.

I'll save you the headache...this is a common secretarial version, with Ed Barrow signing for Ruppert.

Thank you for that - like I said, I am out of my element here.

What type of value does this have? (I am posting this conversation in the thread so that everyone can see it.)

Thanks!

Unfortunately, I'd say it has minimal value as it's more of a curiosity than anything else. The player in question never made the show, so that lessens interest as well. I can't really pinpoint a value, as I typically pass this sort of thing by. For a time, it was actually more common than not for Barrow to sign for Ruppert. You see it on all sorts of Yankee documents: checks, contracts, etc. There is a bit of novelty in the fact that one HOFer is signing on behalf of another, though!

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