Mickey Mantle Autographed George Brace Baseball Postcard Photo PSA Yankees \"10\" For Sale


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Mickey Mantle Autographed George Brace Baseball Postcard Photo PSA Yankees \"10\":
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You are offerdingonanautographed postcard photo ofbaseball starMickey Mantle (Original George Brace Photo) Includes PSA COA SLABBED, Rookie Pose....GRADED a \"10\" BY PSA.... printed from the original George Brace negative in the 1990s by Mary Brace....

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Mickey Charles Mantle(October 20, 1931 – August 13, 1995), nicknamed\"The Commerce Comet\"or\"The Mick\", was an Americanprofessional baseballplayer. He was aMajor League Baseball(MLB)centerfielderandfirst basemanfor theNew York Yankeesfor 18 seasons, from 1951 through 1968. Mantle is regarded by many to be the greatestswitch hitterof all time,[1]and one of the greatest players in baseball history. Mantle was inducted into theNational Baseball Hall of Famein1974[2]and was elected to theMajor League Baseball All-Century Teamin 1999.

Mantle was noted for his ability to hit for bothaverageand power,[3]especiallytape-measurehome runs.[4]He won theTriple Crownin 1956, leading MLB in batting average,home runs, andruns batted in(RBI).[5]He was anAmerican League(AL)Most Valuable Player (MVP)three times andAll-Starsixteen times, playing in 19 of the 20 All-Star games he was named to. Mantle appeared in 12World Series, his team winning 7 of them. He holds the records for most World Series home runs (18), RBIs (40),runs(42),walks(43),extra-base hits(26), andtotal bases(123).[6]He is also the career leader (tied withJim Thome) inwalk-off home runs, with a combined thirteen, twelve in the regular season and one in class=\"style2\" style=\"margin: 1em class=\"style2\" style=\"margin: 1em class=\"style2\" style=\"margin: 1em class=\"style2\" style=\"margin: auto 0in;\">

The longest-running operation of all the great early photographers,George Burke and George Brace covered baseball in one form or another for thebetter part of the 20th century—from 1929 to the 1990s. Their tenure had anauspicious beginning, to say the least. In 1929, Cubs manager Joe McCarthy andcatcher Gabby Hartnett sought out the ballclub’s previous photographer. Theycould only remember his last name, Burke, so they looked him up in the phonebook. A listing leapt out at them: studio photographer George C. Burke, whoseoffice was located near Wrigley Field. Thus began the baseball photographycareer of George Burke, who had no prior sports experience, and thus ended thecareer of photographer Francis Burke—the Cubs’ time-honored official cameramanand an unwitting victim of mistaken identity.

George Burke hired a young, baseball-knowledgeableassistant named George Brace, and the two soon became a Chicago institution. Ever-present at WrigleyField and Comiskey Park, Burke and Brace endeavored to amass a completeportfolio of player portraits—a daunting task made possible by the fact that Chicago was the only citywith both an American League and a National League franchise from 1929 all theway until Brace’s retirement in 1993. Nary a visiting ballplayer refused aquick sitting during Chicagohome stands. Some even stopped by Burke and Brace’s studio for additional, moreformal portraits. The tandem was also well-known for endearingly candidpre-game and off-the-field shots—proof positive that both photographers werealways welcomed by their famed subjects, embraced by them as friends at thestadium, at parties, in hotels, and on the street. The Sporting News,BaseballDigest and Who’s Who in the Major Leagues werejust a few of the publications in which Burke and Brace’s work frequentlyappeared.

In 1948, Burke suffered a heart attack. Bracecarried on the business for several years in order to offset his partner’smedical expenses. Then, upon Burke’s death in 1951, Brace reduced hiscommitment from a job to an all-encompassing hobby. Though no longer theirofficial photographer, he was still allowed full access by the Cubs and Soxorganizations. It was a privilege he would maintain up until his death, ahalf-century later. With the exception of time spent as a U.S. Army medic in the South Pacific duringWorld War II, Brace attended at least one game of every home series at WrigleyField and Comiskey Park throughout hisentire 65-year career. For many of those years, he worked late shifts or oddjobs that paid his expenses and wouldn’t conflict with the game schedule. Healways liked to arrive at the ballpark several hours early, when players werejust arriving and fans were nowhere to be seen. In 1994, his age finally caughtup with him. Worsening eyesight forced his retirement from this long-time laborof love. Brace followed baseball up until the end and also co-authored a book, The GameThat Was: The George Brace Photo Collection.


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