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Lot # 193: Dave Bancroft Letters from His Estate (90

Starting Bid: $100.00

Bids: 2 (Bid History)

Time Left: Auction closed

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Item was in Auction "Monthly 10-18",
which ran from 9/30/2018 7:00 PM to
10/14/2018 10:00 PM



1-2) Pair of 1967/68 Baseball Hall of Fame letters from Ken Smith with great content.  Mentions Honus Wagner and the children of Babe Ruth, Hornsby etc.  Best of all, it mentions a donation of an Abner Doubleday artifact before the realization that the Civil War Veteran had nothing to do with the invention of baseball.

3) 1972 Lee MacPhail letter on Yankees stationary inviting Bancroft to the Old Timers' Game schedules for July 22nd.

4)  1949 promotional letter with Max Carey content.

5)  1968 letter from California Angels on Angels stationary.

6)  Copy of letter to Connie Mack thanking him for electing him to the Philadelphia All-Time All-Stars.

7)  Letter from Morningside College notifying him that he was elected to the "Greater Sioux City Sports Hall of Fame."

8)  1970 letter to Bancroft from sportswriter with great content.

9)  Unsigned letter from "The Ring" magazine discussing Bancrofts attendance at the upcoming Mets Old Timers' on July 24.

 

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