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Vive Lindaman’s photograph is on this 1909 Ramly baseball card, which is not the card being sold. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

Alum selling T206 baseball card to raise money for his old school

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf

Vive Lindaman’s photograph is on this 1909 Ramly baseball card, which is not the card being sold. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
Vive Lindaman’s photograph is on this 1909 Ramly baseball card, which is not the card being sold. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
CHARLES CITY, Iowa (AP) – An Iowa school district is raising money by auctioning a 105-year-old baseball card featuring alumnus Vive Lindaman.

Charles City school superintendent Andy Pattee told the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier that the 1906 card was put up for sale on eBay. The 10-day auction closes Thursday. As of Tuesday, the T206 card had 40 bids and was going for at least $305.

Lindaman graduated from the Charles City school system in 1895. He played major league baseball for the Boston Beaneaters and the Boston Doves, teams that evolved into the Atlanta Braves. Lindaman was a left-handed pitcher, who posted a 36-59 record in four season in the majors. He reportedly kept in shape by walking 17 miles a day working as a mail carriers. Lindaman died in 1927 at the age of 49.

The card is currently owned by another Charles City alum, Bill Burge of St. Louis. He says a similar card auction last year raised $230.

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Information from: Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier,

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