Wright Letters

cyseymour · #1 07-02-2009, 10:42 PM

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/03/sp...tml?ref=sports

Would write more but it's late...

barrysloate · #2 07-03-2009, 04:47 AM

David Hunt is doing the right thing (I won't say Wright thing) until more of an investigation is completed.

Rich Klein · #3 07-03-2009, 06:02 AM

I'm curious as the outcome of all this.

Rich

Leon · #4 07-03-2009, 08:44 AM

Who would have ever thought something was stolen from the NY Public Library's Spalding collection? I can't imagine...

19cbb · #5 07-03-2009, 09:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leon

Who would have ever thought something was stolen from the NY Public Library's Spalding collection? I can't imagine...

We discussed about the NYPL stolen material a couple of years ago... and it wasn't pretty if you know what I mean.

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...ht=nypl&page=2

barrysloate · #6 07-03-2009, 09:12 AM

I believe Leon was being sarcastic.

Peter_Spaeth · #7 07-08-2009, 08:58 PM

Frank, a good discussion. You got me on my "ownership" of the Wagner.

FrankWakefield · #8 07-08-2009, 09:20 PM

Well now, I think I'm not done...

I figure I owe you, Peter, and Corey, a beer. One good pint of a nice hefeveisen certainly would have helped us all fine tune this discussion.
Peace, guys! And I see there's no super-right, ultimate-fair answer. A thief certainly does compound things when he sells his stealings.

Freddie Maguire · #9 07-10-2009, 12:36 AM

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."