Lot # 1314: Hall of Famer and Old-Timer Signed Cuts/Photographs/Letters/Flats Collection (52) with (15+) Hall of Famers Including DiMaggio, Rickey, Rixey, Sisler & Koufax

A wealth of desirable autographs populate this Hall of Famer and Old-Timer signed cuts, photographs, letters and flats collections (52). Many of the subjects passed away long ago, including several high-profile Hall of Famers such as Branch Rickey, Lefty Grove, Joe DiMaggio, William Harridge and George Sisler. Other prominent notables are sandy Koufax, Eppa Rixey, Bill Dickey, Bob Meusel, Buck Leonard, Charlie Gehringer, Cool Papa bell and Pat Malone, who died in 1943. Signature quality is generally pleasing, with just a small of sift examples.

Featured are:

Letters/Notes (8):

Sandy Koufax (HOF) signed handwritten note on Koufax letterhead'

George Sisler (HOF, d.1963) typed letter signed on American Soft Ball Association letterhead;

Eppa Rixey (d.1963) signature only on Rutgers University letterhead;

Eppa Rixey signed handwritten note on an irregularly trimmed The Employer's Fure Insurance Company notepad page;

Hank Gowdy (d.1966) signed handwritten note on Hotel George Washington letterhead;

Brooks Robinson (HOF) with "My first World Series 1966" in response to most thrilling experience letter;

Bob Feller (HOF) with "No Hitter vs Tanks 1946" in response to most thrilling experience letter;

Joe Dugan (d.1985) signed as "Jumping Joe" Dugan on a handwritten note on a plain sheet of writing paper.

8" x 10" Photographs (1):

Burleigh Grimes (HOF, d.1985).

Smaller photographs (9) all with album paper/adhesive residue on the back only:

Branch Rickey (HOF, d.1965) publication clipping with surface loss at bottom-left that does not affect the signature;

Harry Hooper (HOF, d.1974);

Bill Dickey (HOF);

Mule Haas (d.1974);

Harry Danning;

Dan MacFayden (d.1972);

Hal Trosky (d.1979);

Cookie Lavagetto 1978 Grand Slam card;

Sam Calderone real photo postcard.

Business cards (6) some with album paper/adhesive residue on the back only:

Lefty Grove (HOF, d.1975) signed on the front;

Walter F. Buck Leonard (HOF) signed on the back;

Hal Schumacher signed on the front;

Frank Snyder (d.1962) signed on the back;

Frank McCormick (d.1982) signed on the back;

Denny Galehouse signed on the back.

Index cards (4):

William Harridge (HOF, 1971);

James "Cool Papa" Bell (HOF) with handwritten note mentioning Oscar Charleston;

Walter Buck Leonard (HOF);

Bob Meusel (d.1977).

Cuts (24) most with album paper/adhesive residue on the back only:

One multi-signed with Don Gutteridge, Mickey Owen, Jimmy Brown (d.1977), Joe Medwick (HOF, d.1975);

Twenty-three single-signed: Joe DiMaggio (HOF), Charlie Gehringer (HOF), Rudy York (d.1970), Fred Fitzsimmons (d.1979), Red Rolfe (d.1969), Monte Pearson (d.1978), Joe (Jo-Jo) Moore, Terry Moore, Roger "Doc" Cramer, Wally Berger, Elden Auker, Everett Scott (d.1960), Gus Mancuso (d.1984), Pat Malone (d.1943), Louis Fette (d.1981), Jimmie Dykes (d.1976), Dick Bartell, Schoolboy Rowe (d.1961), Johnny Vander Meer, Jim Turner with "Boston Bees", Bullet Joe Bush (d.1974), Guy Bush (d.1985), Hank Leiber.

Auction LOA from James Spence/JSA.