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Autographed Ball Co, Ad 1949 The Sporting News


  Dick Culler Autographed Ball Co. 1959 World's Champion Dodgers Baseball Matchbook Coupon
 
Dick Culler Autograph Ball Co. Matchbook Coupon
Dick Culler Autographed Ball Co. Matchbook Coupon
Item Details
  • CIRCA - 1959
  • ADVERTISER - Autographed Ball Co.
  • SIZE -  1.50" x 4" 
  • PRICE GUIDE - $10.00 - $15.00
    $15.00 - $30.00 (with Matches)
    Excellent-Near Mint Condition
    Add $25.-$50. with box


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NOTES:
 
   The Autographed Ball Company was founded in 1947 by Richard B. (Dick) Culler in High Point, North Carolina. Culler played baseball in the major leagues from 1936 to 1949, for the Philadelphia A's, Chicago White Sox, Boston Braves, Chicago Cubs, and New York Giants. Dick Culler had invented a technique to stamp facsimiles of players' signatures on baseballs, so team-autographed balls could be mass-produced. It allowed a baseball to be hand-stamped with a spherical stamp six times, once for each panel on the ball.

 A joint venture with ex teammate Billy Jurges, the company licensed the use of players' signatures on the basis of one cent apiece for each ball sold. The company sold the balls through concession stands in big-league parks and also sold them through the mail. This matchbook features a coupon on the inside to order a 1959 World's Champion Los Angeles Dodgers facsimile baseball, for $2.50 each.

 The outside front panel of the matchbook illustrates a 1959 LA Dodgers facsimile autograph baseball with Duke Snider and Gil Hodges on the sweet spot. Above reads "Own This Autographed baseball" below "The only Facsimile Autographed Ball Authorized For Sale By Big Leaguers" The back depicts Dick Culler wearing a Boston Braves baseball cap, and reads; "Dick Culler Shortstop for the Athletics, White Sox, Braves, Cubs, and Giants (1936-1948) Says: "Dad, get your boy this baseball, autographed by the World's Champion Dodgers ! Send me the coupon inside TODAY!"

 The red section at the bottom reads "SOLD ONLY WITH THIS COUPON OR AT MAJOR LEAGUE BALL PARKS" The red section between the front and back reads "SEE INSIDE!"

 
 
Dick Culler Autographed Ball Co. Matchbook Coupon
Dick Culler Autograph Ball Co. Matchbook Coupon

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