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Posted By: Jodi Birkholm

As far as I know, both Flohr and Hauser used to send these postcards out to fans who wrote requesting an autograph. Hauser was a good friend of mine, and he stored literally hundreds of copes of this photo, all signed in advance, for fans' requests until his death in 1997 at age 98. Sam Chapman, to my knowledge, never sent "extras" to fans. He would simply sign whatever a person sent and return it in the SASE.

Edited to add: Sorry, didn't initially see your side note. Your cousin was a very obliging signer, and, as far as I know, never turned down an autograph request. Hasson, on the other hand, became tougher as he got older. Unfortunately, neither carry any significant value. Chapman and Hauser were also tremendously wonderful signers, and all but your cousin lived into their 90's.