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Auction archive: Lot number 388

TY COBB LETTER TO MAX CAREY

Auction 02.10.1993
2 Oct 1993
Estimate
US$4,000 - US$6,000
Price realised:
US$4,600
Auction archive: Lot number 388

TY COBB LETTER TO MAX CAREY

Auction 02.10.1993
2 Oct 1993
Estimate
US$4,000 - US$6,000
Price realised:
US$4,600
Beschreibung:

TY COBB LETTER TO MAX CAREY THIS IS A LENGTHY SIX PAGE HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM TY COBB TO FELLOW HALL OF FAMER MAX CAREY. THE LETTER, WRITTEN IN THE FAMILIAR COBB GREEN INK, CONTAINS SIGNIFICANT BASEBALL CONTENT. COBB DISCUSSES THE FACT THAT HE AND OTHER GREAT PLAYERS SUCH AS LAJOIE AND WAGNER SHOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING TO PASS ON THE SECRETS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE SKILLS TO FUTURE GENERATIONS OF PLAYERS. HE LAMENTS THAT PLAYERS OF TODAY (1954) DO NOT HAVE THE BASIC SKILLS OF HITTING, SLIDING, OR BASE RUNNING, AND THAT THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHICH FOOT TO TOUCH A BASE WITH. AN IMPORTANT LETTER BECAUSE OF IT'S CONTENT. THE FIRST PAGE HAS TWO FADE MARKS. THE LOT INCLUDES THE ENVELOPE AND A POSTAL RECEIPT.

Auction archive: Lot number 388
Auction:
Datum:
2 Oct 1993
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, East
Beschreibung:

TY COBB LETTER TO MAX CAREY THIS IS A LENGTHY SIX PAGE HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM TY COBB TO FELLOW HALL OF FAMER MAX CAREY. THE LETTER, WRITTEN IN THE FAMILIAR COBB GREEN INK, CONTAINS SIGNIFICANT BASEBALL CONTENT. COBB DISCUSSES THE FACT THAT HE AND OTHER GREAT PLAYERS SUCH AS LAJOIE AND WAGNER SHOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING TO PASS ON THE SECRETS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE SKILLS TO FUTURE GENERATIONS OF PLAYERS. HE LAMENTS THAT PLAYERS OF TODAY (1954) DO NOT HAVE THE BASIC SKILLS OF HITTING, SLIDING, OR BASE RUNNING, AND THAT THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHICH FOOT TO TOUCH A BASE WITH. AN IMPORTANT LETTER BECAUSE OF IT'S CONTENT. THE FIRST PAGE HAS TWO FADE MARKS. THE LOT INCLUDES THE ENVELOPE AND A POSTAL RECEIPT.

Auction archive: Lot number 388
Auction:
Datum:
2 Oct 1993
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, East
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