Wright Letters

[Freddie Maguire]

And the screw turns. The Boston Herald has a new angle on the story of theft and baseball's beginings: http://www.bostonherald.com/news/reg...7&format=email


"Dead Bronx Bomber minority owner Barry Halper sold Boston Red Caps’ player E.B. Sutton’s 1879 contract, which paid the player a whopping $30 for a season, in a 1999 auction. An unknowing California collector paid $4,000 for the document, but according to a newly discovered 1953 letter obtained by the Herald, it was part of a baseball scrapbook swiped from the New York Public Library."

[Ladder7]

Freddie, I believe Barry was referring to the _original_ doc owners and not the current consignor... Please show respect. Thanks

FWIW, I entered the NYPL two years ago to peruse some of these old documents and was troubled to hear from the clerk, "Many items have been stolen over the years and no longer available for handling or viewing".

I would have to return when the collection would be displayed months later, and the window was just for a few days.

Im not an executioner, but these greedy pantloads should be strung up by there cajones.

My question, Where in the heck is Bookman when you need him?!