Lot # 610: Incredible Bill Hongach "In Their Own Write" Collection - 100+ Autographs & Letters!

Category: Baseball

Starting Bid: $250.00

Bids: 3 (Bid History)

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Item was in Auction "Summer, 2015 Premier Auction",
which ran from 7/21/2015 4:00 AM to
8/9/2015 8:42 AM



Our Summer 2015 auction is filled with historically important baseball cards and memorabilia exciting autographs rare cards a Lou Gehrig game-used bat a Babe Ruth rookie card and original Graig Kreindler painting. In an auction as special as this one most auctioneers would have a tough time telling you which item was their favorite. Not us. It's this one. By a wide margin. Bill Hongach is a former Yankees batboy who over a 40-year period wrote to every living and former major leaguer asking them to respond with their greatest thrill and most memorable moment in baseball. Thousands responded. The results were compiled into two books titled In Their Own Write. Most people would be interested in the responses from the game's stars. What's Hank Aaron's most memorable moment? Frank Robinson? Pete Rose? A true baseball fan understands the value in the lesser known players. Those players that truly understand the importance of the game and how hard it was to get there. In a short career each individual moment takes on more importance and becomes more memorable. Presented is a collection of more than 100 responses directly from players the most notable of which is former San Francisco Giant Will Clark. The majority of the players are relative unknowns and their responses are priceless. Read - in their own handwriting - how Jeff Cirillo steps up to the plate in his first Major League at bat against Roger Clemens suddenly realizing that Clemens' poster is still on his childhood bedroom wall in his parents' house. Read about Doug DeCinces' home run in the 1979 World Series. Laugh at how Pete Charton struck out Mickey Mantle but just wanted his autograph. A fantastic collection of absolutely priceless baseball memories in the handwriting of more than 100 players. As an auctioneer it's very easy to see the historical importance of a Gehrig bat a handwritten letter from Mickey Cochrane or a 1952 Los Angeles Angels uniform. But a collection like this is what baseball is all about.