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Lot 523: Jackie Robinson NAACP Letter with Signed Note

ITEM DESCRIPTION

 
Reserve: $500.00
Winning Bid: $958.06
Price Realized: $1,144.88
Auction Date:4/28/2006 9:00 PM EST

A terrific Jackie Robinson item - a letter pertaining to a 1970 NAACP Benefit Concert "Sold on Soul - A Tribute to Duke Ellington" at Madison Square Garden. A handwritten note from Jackie Robinson reads "I am returning the tickets you sent complimentary. I was as I explained out of town. Jackie Robinson". Official NAACP letterhead, 8 1/2" x 11", overall VG, with light horizontal and vertical creases. Writing and signature are in dark pencil and rate a 9/10.

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