Lot # 947: 1933 Joe Sewell Signed Handwritten Letter with Baseball Equipment Endorsement Content - PSA/DNA Full LOA

Hall of Famer Joe Sewell was in the final year of his playing career, when he wrote this letter to Hugo Goldsmith of GoldSmith Athletic Goods. Business was conducted in a simpler fashion when Sewell corresponded with Goldsmith, as evidenced by the contents of this handwritten letter. Written on Hotel Book-Cadillac, Detroit stationary, this 5" x 6" letter is dated 6/28/33. Sewell spent most of his career with the Cleveland Indians, however at this point, he was in the midst of the last season of his three-year stint with the New York Yankees.

The content reads "Dear Mr. Goldsmith, I have just received your letter of June 20th, saying you had forwarded to me in New York the glove we talked about while in Chicago. I am sure it will be of service to me, as the other I used in the past was very satisfactory. You have permission to use my name on your gloves or as you so desire, and hope it will be of service to you. With kindest regards to you I am Sincerely, Joe Sewell". So, that sounds a bit different than the way an endorsement deal would go down nowadays.

A review of the Yankees 1933 schedule shows them in Detroit for a four-game set, from 6/25-6/28. On the day he wrote the letter, Sewell went 1/4, with a single, a walk, and two runs scored, in a 10-7 Yankees win. Despite a horizontal compacting fold at center, and staple holes at top, the letter remains attractive, with written content on both sides. Sewell has signed on the back in conclusion, and his signature shows ("8") strength, nearly a hundred years after the fact.

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