Ted Williams’ salacious 1950s love letters to his mistress to cross the auction block at Heritage Auctions

DALLAS, TX.- Six handwritten love letters penned by Boston Red Sox legend, and the greatest hitter the game has ever known, Ted Williams, written in the early 1950s to his mistress, Norma Williamson, are expected to bring more than $4,000 as part of Heritage Auction’s Nov. 11 Vintage Sports Collectibles event. “Now when I got your letter I also got one from Doris (Williams) ‘quoting’ a letter that was sent to me from you but got back to Miami someway & she got it,” reads a letter in the trove from Williams to Williamson. “Now isn’t that dandy? I really don’t care to (sic) much but don’t ever put your return address on them…” So reads just one of the many juicy selections from this collection of a half dozen letters, purchased by the consignor from Williams’ former mistress, Norma Williamson, providing an intensely personal and private insight into the game’s greatest hitter. “Collectors know that handwritten letters fr

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