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Lot 590: James Corbett Signed Letter (8.5x12") and James Jeffries Playing Cards

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Reserve: $200.00
Winning Bid: $686.41
Price Realized: $820.26
Auction Date:6/18/2003 9:00 PM EST

Letter addressed to the Managing Editor Journal in Biddeford, ME. with regards to a weekly letter on boxing which he was offering to get published: "Dear Sir: I am supplying a 750 word weekly letter on boxing, over my signature, at the rate of $1 a week. This is a special letter I am issuing to meet demands of papers in the smaller cities which desire a live sporting feature; it is practically the same high class service I supply the largest dailies, but at a greatly reduced price…" Signed in black fountain pen. Signature grades a 9.5 out of a possible 10. Letter is EX with original folds. Dated Jan. 1912 on James J. Corbett letterhead with printed portrait in corner. Included is a set of playing cards printed with James Jeffries on the backs and different photos of fighters on the fronts. EX in original box.

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