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Lot 925: Joe Tinker Handwritten Letter

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Reserve: $600.00
Winning Bid: $1,022.91
Price Realized: $1,222.38
Auction Date:6/18/2003 9:00 PM EST

Remarkable handwritten letter is en elusive and rare piece of memorabilia from the outstanding defensive shortstop, whose mention in Franklin P. Adams' poem, the most famous baseball poem of all time, helped him get into Cooperstown. Written in black fountain pen on "The Berkshire Hotel of Reading, PA." letterhead: "Dear Freud, was more than pleased to do this for you. Best of Luck, Joe Tinker" (not dated). Signature is a 9 out of a possible 10, paper is EX.

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