SCP Auctions April 2011 Internet Auction
Fri, Apr 15, 2011 08:00PM EDT - Sun, May 1, 2011 12:25PM EDT
Timed Auction
Lot 348
HONUS WAGNER HANDWRITTEN POSTCARD SENT TO HIS WIFE FROM SPRING TRAINING IN 1913 FROM THE WAGNER ESTATE
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$630
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Honus Wagner sent this postcard from Hot Springs Arkansas to his future wife Bessie Smith on March 13 1913 while away at Spring training with the Pirates. He has addressed it to "Miss Bessie B. Smith" and writes "Hello Mucher it is raining and thundering good and hard. This work by the weather man will mean a day off. Rest for us unless it stops soon. did not hear from you yet. i guess i will have to send you a duck. Jay". He has signed it "Jay" as he was known to her. It is written and addressed in black ink entirely in Wagner's hand. Postcard front pictures a cannon and is titled "Government Reservation Hot Springs Ark.". This postcard originates directly from the Honus Wagner Estate. Signature a 7-8/10 with postcard about EX. Slabbed "Wagner Estate Postcard" PSA/DNA AUTHENTIC.
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