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Vintage ballpoint signatures of 17 members of the 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers team on both sides of a 5.25 x 3.5 postcard depicting Milwaukee’s Hotel Schroe

ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, September 5, 1953. Letter to an admirer. In full (spelling and grammar retained): “Inclosed find photo of when I was worlds c

Partly-printed DS, one page, 8.5 x 13, January 23, 1962. State Athletic Commission of California application for renewal of his wrestler’s license, fi

ALS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, October 1, 1960. Response to an admirer. In part: “Your letter was buried in lots of mail which came

Vintage green fountain pen signature, “Ty Cobb,” on an off-white 5 x 3 card. In fine condition.

Superb vintage glossy 8 x 10 formal portrait of Corbett, signed and inscribed in bold black ink, “To my friend William Avanzi, with best regards, Jas.

ALS signed “Jas. J. Corbett,” one page, 6 x 7.5, wife’s personal letterhead, April 18, 1926. In full: “Am very sorry to say I will not close my season

Pioneering promoter of golf in the United States and president of the Spalding sports equipment company (1858–1944), he designed the first basketball

TLS signed “‘Babe’ D. Zaharias,” one page, 7 x 10.5, personal letterhead, October 12, 1954. Brief letter to an admirer. In full: “Thank you very much

Typed manuscript of the first eight chapters of Dempsey, co-written with Barbara Piatelli Dempsey, 97 pages, 8.5 x 11. Each page is signed at the bott