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Old 10-15-2010, 04:31 PM
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Default 15 Baseball Player Letters - vintage- mostly handwritten

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Auction ends Oct 22 7pm EST



This autograph lot is a: group of handwritten letters on lined paper. They are in response to a letter from a collector who asked the players various baseball questions. Who was their toughest opponent? Who were the greatest players they ever saw? What is their all time All Star team?, etc. Lots of interesting baseball content including comments about Ruth, Cobb, baseball techniques and more. The length of the letters varies from short notes to full page letters. The letters include (15 total letters):
George Uhle
Horace Ford (Hod Ford)
Claude Berry
Eddie Wells
Beans Reardon (umpire, very possible HOFer)
Danny Gardella (letter contains religious references, no baseball content)
Bert Cole
Willie Mitchell
Carroll Brown
Milt Gaston
Jim McAvoy
G. W. Harper
William Hinrichs (typed letter on personal stationery)
Specs Toporcer - typed letter signed Specs
Also included is a letter from Willie Kamm to Lawrence Ritter the famed baseball author. The letter is handwritten on blank paper
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