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Old 09-01-2021, 07:17 AM   #35116
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Much-desired Brace images for sale

Aso part of the Mark Harris collection currently for sale on eBay are several hundred images that are either labelled as Kodak postcards or original George Brace, both color and B&W. Nearly everything seems to be crisp and unautographed.

Name:  1966 Minnie Rojas CAL P.jpg
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Minnie Rojas, the Angels reliever whose career and, eventually, his life was cut short by a car accident, was featured on two Topps cards in 1967-68. I feel like his story ought to be told one day.

Name:  1964 Jim Umbricht HOU P.jpg
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This terrific portrait of Jim Umbricht, who was a big, strong reliever for the Pirates and Colt 45s before cancer claimed him at age 33 shortly before the 1964 season began. This was a personal prize, as Umbricht was a high school classmate of my father, who'll be celebrating his 92nd birthday this October.

Name:  1963 Tom Baker CHN P.jpg
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This one of Cubs short-timer Tom Baker ought to please some folks. All I'd ever seen of him up to now was black-and-white. The lefty got into 10 games for the 1963 Cubs, starting once, and finishing with an 0-1 record and a nice 3.00 ERA. He, too, died young at age 45.
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