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Joe DiMaggio

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Autographs Start Price:NA Estimated At:200.00 - 400.00 USD
Joe DiMaggio

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Auction Date:2011 Feb 09 @ 19:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
TLS, one page, 8.5 x 9, no date. DiMaggio reflects on the end of his career. In full: “I certainly agree with your philosophy that a person should never do less than his or her best. It is an admirable belief to be instilling in your students. In fact, I ended my active baseball career because I felt some physical problems would preclude me maintaining the standards I had been previously been able to accomplish.” Light creasing and wrinkling, a mailing fold touching the end of the the “J” in his first name, and a trimmed bottom edge, otherwise fine condition. After a season fraught with injuries, DiMaggio made the difficult decision to retire. This letter casts interesting insight on the character of the Yankee legend and his drive to be the best.