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
Rare early ALS, two onionskin pages, 5 x 8, no date. Serving in the US Army at Fort Eustis, Virginia, Mays writes his girlfriend, Gladys Cofield, in St. Louis. In part (spelling preserved): “Hello Baby. Gee you must be sick are something. I haven’t get a letter from you in a long time. What wrong. Gee some time we think a girl love you & then he found longness in his heart for her. The only thing kind fix that is a letter from the girl. Baby I hope you haven’t not got time are right me. Because it not any time to stop now…You write & let me know that every thing is ok with you, then I think I will feel ok. My time in the army now is run out. Before you know it I will be out & play ball again & I will see you all the time. Baby don’t for get to write & let me know if you are ok.” Mays has also written his name at the top right corner of the first page. In fine condition. Accompanied by the originally mailing envelope addressed by Mays and postmarked May 20, 1953, with his name and return address written on the back flap.
The US Army drafted Mays in 1952 during the Korean War, resulting in the ‘Say Hey Kid’ missing more than 250 games over two consecutive seasons. Mays kept his skills sharp, however, playing baseball at Fort Eustis during most of his time in the service. Rejoining the New York Giants in 1954, he helped lead the team to a National League pennant and a four-game sweep of the Cleveland Indians in the World Series. An amazing, early thrice-signed letter and envelope as Mays looks forward to returning to the National Pastime and being reunited with his love.
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