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Lot # 474: Charlie Ebbets Signed Letter To Mack D. Wheat & Original Ebbets Photo by Bain

Category: Dodgers

Starting Bid: $300.00

Bids: 1 (Bid History)

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Item was in Auction "June 2004",
which ran from 5/25/2004 12:00 AM to
5/31/2004 9:00 PM



Typed letter on :Brooklyn Baseball Club" letterhead, addressed to Mack D. Wheat, dated "Feb. 12th, 1916". Reads in part, "Manager Robinson has advised me that he will not want you to go to Hot Springs. Will advise you later when you are to report at Daytona. Signed by the Dodger owner in black fountain ben that has lightened from exposure and grades a 7/10. The letter, with original mailing folds, is VG-EX and is accompanied by its original VG envelope. Matted and framed to 12"x19". The 4"x6" photo of Ebbets, taken in the autumn of 1916, has "Bain News Service" stampings on the reverse along with additional copy, EX+.

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