Mid-Summer Classic Auction 2013
Wed, Jul 24, 2013 08:00PM EDT - Fri, Nov 8, 2013 12:00PM EST
Timed Auction
Lot 864
WALTER JOHNSON HANDWRITTEN AND SIGNED LETTER ON DR. PEPPER BOTTLING COMPANY STATIONERY
Sold for
$1,252.80
Sold Price includes BP
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| $500,000 | $50,000 |
This is a wonderful two-page bit of correspondence from Hall of Famer Walter Johnson to a friend (Hastings) that is written on stationery of the Dr. Pepper Bottling Co. in Washington D.C. On the letterhead which features the Dr. Pepper logo Johnson crossed out the Washington D.C. address and added in his hand "Germantown Md." which was where he lived in retirement after his baseball career ended. The content of the letter is intriguing mostly personal talking about children worrying about children and then later on talking about the weather and farming even mentioning his wheat yeild and the price he got. He signed off by urging his friend to "stay well and (I hope) your turkeys are doing better." No hint in the letter about what the turkeys were up to. Signed by Johnson in his attractive signature 8/10 to 9/10.
Full LOA by PSA/DNA.
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