Lot # 1075: 1940s-1980s "Most Thrilling Experience" Signed Letters (16) with (8) Hall of Famers
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Item was in Auction Summer 2026, which ran from Thu, Aug 27, 2026 11:59 AM to Thu, Sep 10, 2026 9:59 PM
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All are approximately 8 ½ x 11 boldly scripted handwritten signed letters unless noted.
Walter Buck Leonard – 1973 hand-printed signed “Yes, Oscar Charleston is or was considered the greatest centerfielder of Negro Leagues”
Bill Dickey – short reply on partial fan request letter “The home run of Mort Cooper in the final game of ’43 World Series”
Joe McCarthy - short reply on lengthy fan request letter “1932 when we beat the Cubs 4 straight in the World Series”
Ralph Kiner – “In the 9th inning of the 1950 All-Star game I hit a home run that tied up the game”
George Kell – “The day I was inducted into the Hall of Fame”
A.B. Chandler – typewritten letter “Ty Cobb was the best baseball player that we ever produced in the history of Baseball”
Bob Doerr – short reply on lengthy fan request letter “hitting a home run in the All-Star game in 1943”
Lou Boudreau – “Nov. 10, 1941,when I was named Player-Manager of the Cleveland Indians at the age of 24”
Frank Crosetti – half-page letter “to be able to put on a Yankee uniform every day”
Fred Tenney – 1948 letter “soon after I was put on 1st base, two men were out and I made a two base hit and won the game. The crowd went wild and carried me off the field”
Guy Bush – “opening game of 1929 World Series”
Joe Wood – short reply on lengthy fan request letter “my life in baseball was a joyride from start to finish”
Bob Shawkey – 1948 letter “to have pitched the opening game at Yankee Stadium, as we had 74,000 people, the largest baseball crowd up to that time”
Elmer Smith – short reply on lengthy fan request letter “hitting grand slam home run in 1920 World Series”
John J. Barry – 1947 typewritten letter “against Washington in Philadelphia. Walter Johnson was pitching and I pulled the ‘squeeze play’….”
Sammy Calderone – “sent a brief letter mentioning Tom Lasorda in addition to a separate signed 3x4 inch photo”
Auction LOA from James Spence/JSA.
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