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Lot 535: Hank Greenberg Signed Letter with Brooklyn Dodger Content

ITEM DESCRIPTION

 
Reserve: $100.00
Winning Bid: $130.87
Price Realized: $156.39
Auction Date:9/10/2005 9:00 PM EST

Nov. 3, 1959 letter from White Sox GM Hank Greenberg on the team's Comiskey Park stationery to Arthur R. Macoskey, wishing him luck on his efforts to bring a big league team back to Brooklyn after being abandoned by the Dodgers. Writing that the borough "certainly deserves a major league franshise," he concluded: "With all good wishes. Sincerely yours, Hank Greenberg," the left-handed signature in green ink a solid 9/10. Rare 8.5 x 11" letterhead is VG with folds used at one time to highlight the body of the letter and is mildly shredded and soiled in spots.

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