Duke Snider Auto

In 1988 ‘the Duke of Flatbush’ was published. A biography of Duke Snider, Dodgers retired #4. The Duke, born in Los Angeles, played center field for both the Brooklyn and the LA Dodgers. Winning the World Series in 1955 and 1959.

Since I started to branch out my interest from the LA team to the Boys of Summer, Duke was one of my instant favorites, right up there with Campanella.

Loved that guy’s smile. And his signature. It’s straightforward and curly and very recognizable.

So, when I saw an auction for a Snider auto, I decided to go for it. It was one of a lot that came from Mile High Card Company auctions. Fastforward... I got it way too cheap, which made me doubt if the document might be just a xeroxed copy. A few weeks later it arrived.

The document is a typed out first page of ‘the Duke of Flatbush’, signed with the famous Snider autograph. It was not a copy and when I felt the back of the piece of paper there was relief from the pressure of the pen.

I compared the auto to others by Snider. It looks legit! I might send it to PSA to get it authenticated, but for now, it’s going in a frame.