October 1 Sports & Americana
Sat, Sep 26, 2026 05:30PM EDT - Thu, Oct 1, 2026 10:30PM EDT
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Lot 811
Ted Kennedy Signed Bank Check - The Inventor of the Catchers Mitt (Encapsulated Beckett Authentic)
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Offered is an Beckett-encapsulated bank check signed by Ted Kennedy, the 19th-century pitcher credited as an inventor of the catcher’s mitt. After brief major-league pitching stints with Chicago, Philadelphia, and Louisville in 1885–86, Kennedy patented mitt designs, sold them to A.G. Spalding, and later ran a baseball school that taught the curveball.
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