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1952 Ty Cobb Signed Check (PSA)
"Don't come back a failure," said Ty Cobb's father to his teenage son when Ty went off to play baseball for a living. Tyrus Cobb most certainly did not come back a failure. The Hall of Fame outfielder has the highest lifetime average (.366) of any Major League player with a full career. He played from 1905-26 with the Detroit Tigers and finished his playing days with two seasons on the Philadelphia Athletics. He was a 12-time American League batting champion, and at one point he held the Major League record for hits (4,189) and stolen bases (897), until the records were surpassed by Pete Rose and Lou Brock, respectively. Ty Cobb was not a failure in another way besides baseball. He was a financial maven. Geography played a part, but Cobb was astute and daring enough to heavily invest in two opportunities, decisions that made him a millionaire, back when that really meant something - great wealth. A native of Georgia, near Atlanta, as a young player Cobb invested in the new Coca-Cola company and got in on the ground floor and his Coca-Cola investments alone made him extremely wealthy. As a player with the Detroit Tigers, Cobb became aware of another young company on the rise - the Motor's City's General Motors. Cobb invested in General Motors when the company was new, and again Cobb made a fortune. So, it is fittingly appropriate to present a Ty Cobb signed check, a memento of a Hall of Fame player and a figurative Hall of Fame investor. The check is drawn on the First National Bank of Nevada and the 3x8.1" is handwritten and signed by Cobb, using his trademark green ink, and written in his large and neat script with a fountain pen. Cobb's name is printed on the check as "Tyrus R. Cobb," and he has signed the check in the same way. The check is in the amount of one hundred dollars, and it is written to Grover L. Krick and dated 11/26/52. The check has been endorsed by Krick and cashed. The check has been encapsulated and certified PSA/DNA Authentic Auto.
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