Nov 6, 2024 - Nov 23, 2024
It was the careful and unassailable planning of Branch Rickey that brought a 27-year-old Jackie Roosevelt Robinson to the Montreal Royals in the spring of 1946 as Rickey launched his "Great Experiment" that ultimately integrated Major League Baseball and changed the face of the game forever. The passage of many decades would ultimately reveal that Robinson's historic smashing of the despicable "color line" had ripple effects far beyond the baseball landscape, making it a moment of unmatched significance in the earliest years of the Civil Rights movement.
Featured here is a beautiful autographed iteration of Jackie's 1954 Topps card. The beautiful portrait image of Jackie with a smaller in-action shot of him throwing the ball is accompanied by his black facsimile signature at the bottom. As if fate intervened, Jackie has signed over the the printed autograph with a real live version in clean blue ballpoint pen and a "Best wishes" inscription. PSA/DNA deemed the penmanship NM-MT 8, while PSA graded the card itself GOOD 2. Of 15 dual-graded in PSA's pop report, only two register a higher card grade than this beauty. An amazing addition to any Jackie or autographed card collection.
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