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Lot # 859: 1916 Charles Ebbets Brooklyn Dodgers Signed Letter (PSA)

Starting Bid: $300.00

Bids: 8 (Bid History)

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Item was in Auction "2024 Winter Classic",
which ran from 2/25/2024 10:00 AM to
3/16/2024 10:00 PM



Displayed is a beautiful 1916 Charles Ebbets signed letter on incredible stationery that was written to National League President John K. Tener. Charles Ebbets advanced from being a seller of tickets, scorecards, and peanuts for the Brooklyn National League baseball team to becoming an innovative majority owner in the franchise that eventually became the Brooklyn Dodgers, and he was the prime mover behind a new 1913 stadium for the team, the iconic edifice named after him called Ebbets Field, constructed as a steel and concrete structure to replace Washington Park II, a small wooden field. Ebbets was the co-owner of the Brooklyn franchise from 1897-1902, and the majority owner from 1902-25. He was a trailblazer who brought to baseball such concepts as Ladies Days and rainchecks, and he stayed as the Brooklyn majority owner until his death in 1925. The 8.25x11" letter is on vintage stationery with great eye appeal. The letterhead has the name of Ebbets, as President, on the top, along with the names of the other leading Brooklyn team's officers. The wonderfully detailed letterhead also depicts crossed baseball bats with a baseball, and is headed as, "Brooklyn National League Baseball Club." Two images grace the letterhead. On the left is an image showing the Battle of Long Island, which took place in what later became Brooklyn in 1776, and the image of Ebbets Field. The short, typed letter references an unknown something that Ebbets had enclosed, as Ebbets states in his letter that, "The enclosed is self-explanatory." Ebbets' signature, in black ink, is 7.5/10. The letter has been encapsulated and authenticated by PSA as AUTHENTIC AUTO. The letter has mailing folds, with some partial tears along some of the folds; otherwise, it's EX-MT.

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