High End Sports Memorabilia & Card Auction

Lot 16 Original Type 1 Detroit Tigers 1928 4.5"x3" Texas League Baseball Photos from Finneran

This auction ended on July 26, 2025.

Start price: $100

Estimated price: $100 - $25,000

Buyer's Premium: 15%

Sold for: $200

Description

Lot features one of my favorite pages in the Finneran Scrapbook. 16 different images plus some newspaper cutouts. Notice the names left to right, top to bottom. McManus, Art Sheahan, Gehringer x 2, Ed Phillips, J. Tavener, Moriarty & Kuenzel, Harry Bullion & some classic golf, San Antonio Photos including Hotel Menger, The Alamo, and the Country Club. All lots from 379-404 came from the Ralph "Happy" Finneran personal collection. Happy as he was known has a prominent local Ford salesmen who was invited personally by Frank Navin to train with the Tigers in the 20s.