This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/20/2011
Cap Anson retired from the game just before the turn of the century, yet he remained a fixture in and about Chicago – the venerated elder statesman, so to speak. In 1916, he was presented with this season pass to Comiskey Park. Beautifully illustrated on a card measuring 2-1/2” x 3-7/8”, the details provided season-long admission for “Capt. A. C. Anson & Wife,” and it’s then underwritten “Chas. A. Comiskey” (most likely in the hand of Harry Grabiner - Comiskey’s long-time, infamous underling). The pass remains in its original tri-fold leather wallet that’s gild-inscribed with Comiskey’s simulated signature. Obviously unique, this pass was granted to the foremost superstar of 19th Century baseball. The surface of the wallet demonstrates an appealing, but not excessive degree of handling.