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Lou Gehrig Christmas Card From Japan
On tour in Japan in either 1931 or 1934, stuck in an exotic world for the Holidays, Yankee Baseball Great Lou Gehrig sent this Christmas card back to the States. Quite different from the ornate (and occasionally gauche) greeting cards that flood our mailboxes here in America, this precise and simple Asian evocation of winter was seen by the Iron Horse as the perfect representation of both Japanese art and Christmas cheer. Inside is printed “Seasons Greetings from Japan, Lou Gehrig”, in Japanese style, written right to left in vertical columns. EX.
Past Sports Card, Memorabilia, Non-Sports Card and Collecitble Auction Items
Other past auction items that may be of interest to you.
1977 Thurman Munson Testimonial Collection
2001 Paul O'Neill Last Yankee Stadium Game Used Baseball
1978 World Series Black Bat Set of 2
1930's-60's New York Yankees & Others Signed Baseballs (13) & World Series Programs (5)
1996 New York Yankees Team Signed Baseball
1964 New York Yankees Yoo-Hoo Cardboard Advertising Sign (11x14”)
Circa 1968 Joe DiMaggio & Mickey Mantle Signed Photograph (8x10")
