Summer Premier Auction 2018
Wed, Jul 25, 2018 04:00PM EDT - Sat, Aug 11, 2018 11:00PM EDT
Timed Auction
Lot 11
1945 JOHN EVERS HANDWRITTEN & SIGNED LETTER WITH "TINKER TO EVERS TO CHANCE" NOTATION TO WW2 SOLDIER
Sold for
$2,282.40
Sold Price includes BP
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Presented here is a wonderful handwritten letter by Hall of Fame second baseman Johnny Evers (1881-1947) on Johnny Evers Company, Sporting Goods stationary, dated December 6th, 1945, in which Evers responds to an autograph request from a private overseas during World War II. He mentions he is "glad you received Joe Tinker's autograph, a great man and a great ballplayer." He ends the heartfelt letter with, "May God bless you, watch over you and return you to the one and only U.S.A. Good Luck, John [private's name]. Sincerely yours, John J. Evers." For good measure, his adds the famous "Tinker to Evers to Chance" inscription at the bottom. Evers' handwriting is done in beautiful cursive in 7-8/10 strength black ink. The 8.25" x 10.75" piece paper with light foxing. The Chicago Cubs double-play combination of Joe Tinker (SS) to Evers (2B) to Frank Chance (1B) was immortalized in baseball history by Franklin Pierce Adams' famous 1910 poem, "Baseball's Sad Lexicon."
Full LOA from PSA/DNA. (Auto. Grade 9)
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