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12-13-2012, 09:12 PM
I did a Sports Memorabilia Show a few weeks ago and while I did okay (enough to cover bills and Christmas), my best part of the weekend was a book I worked a deal on with one of my friends who had a table there too.
Judge Landis and 25 Years of Baseball (1947) by J.G. Taylor Spink
What made this such a great deal is the book is signed by J.G. Taylor Spink - the late editor of The Sporting News and the person for whom the J.G. Taylor Spink Award to honor a Baseball Writer or Writers "for meritorious contributions to baseball writing" which is presented at the Baseball Hall of Fame Weekend each year at Cooperstown.
Each recipient is presented with a certificate and is recognized in the "Scribes & Mikemen" exhibit in the Library of the National Baseball hall of Fame.
It is signed, "To my friend Maurie Cossman, with all good wishes. July 21 '47"
I did some research on Maurie Cossman and he is actually M.B. 'Maurie' Cossman, a former Sports Writer for the Flint Journal in Flint Michigan and a 1997 Inductee into the Greater Flint Area Sports Hall of Fame having been honored with a Special Service Award.
As far as I can tell, he is still alive and living in the Flint, MI area.
I just thought this was a really neat find of a 'HOF' autograph and the fact it was signed to a sports writer.
Pics attached:
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Judge Landis and 25 Years of Baseball (1947) by J.G. Taylor Spink
What made this such a great deal is the book is signed by J.G. Taylor Spink - the late editor of The Sporting News and the person for whom the J.G. Taylor Spink Award to honor a Baseball Writer or Writers "for meritorious contributions to baseball writing" which is presented at the Baseball Hall of Fame Weekend each year at Cooperstown.
Each recipient is presented with a certificate and is recognized in the "Scribes & Mikemen" exhibit in the Library of the National Baseball hall of Fame.
It is signed, "To my friend Maurie Cossman, with all good wishes. July 21 '47"
I did some research on Maurie Cossman and he is actually M.B. 'Maurie' Cossman, a former Sports Writer for the Flint Journal in Flint Michigan and a 1997 Inductee into the Greater Flint Area Sports Hall of Fame having been honored with a Special Service Award.
As far as I can tell, he is still alive and living in the Flint, MI area.
I just thought this was a really neat find of a 'HOF' autograph and the fact it was signed to a sports writer.
Pics attached:
58894
58893
58892