Lot # 1191: 1912 Boston Red Sox Stock Certificate Signed by Owners Jimmy McAleer and Joseph Lannin

Financial wizards make a strong bid, to claim this 1912 Boston Red Sox stock certificate. Dated 3/6/1912, this Boston American League Base-Ball Club certificate was issued to Red Sox co-owner Jimmy McAleer, in the amount of forty-two shares valued at $100. A raised corporate seal at bottom centers the signatures of former Major Leaguer McAleer as President, and Bob McRoy as Treasurer. McRoy (d.1917) has signed a second time in conclusion of a cancellation entry, written diagonally across the center of the obverse. Signatures on the reverse are Joseph Lannin (d.1928), who bought the Red Sox in 1913, and McAleer (d.1931), who sold his shares to Lannin as part of his takeover of the franchise. The 1912 season was a big one for the Sox, as they moved into the newly constructed Fenway Park in April, and finished their record setting 105-47 season, with a triumph over the New York Giants in the World Series. The (5) total signatures on the front and back of this still crisp certificate, average ("8" to "9") strength.

Auction LOA from James Spence/JSA.