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Lot # 473: Brooklyn Dodgers Announcers Collection w/Important Letter from Red Barber to Walter O'Malley (4) - ex-Sal LaRocca Collection

Starting Bid: $100.00

Bids: 3 (Bid History)

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Item was in Auction "Fall 2016",
which ran from 9/21/2016 12:00 AM to
10/28/2016 9:00 PM



Most important in this lot is a 1947 Red Barber letter to Walter O'Malley following the "Jackie Robinson" season: "It means a great deal to me to be associated with the Dodgers and you personally." All here relates to Brooklyn Dodgers announcers: 1946 Connie Desmond contract notes with multiple initials by owner Walter O'Malley, Ernie Harwell letter re. 1949 contract, and Al Helfer in Ebbets Field booth publicity photo by Barney Stein.

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