[mrmopar]

I won an ebay auction a couple weeks ago for a Frank Demaree autograph on an approximately 4x6 photo that looks like it may have come from a scorecard or other periodical. it was one of several fairly inexpensive items I won from the same seller. When they arrived, I was checking them out when I noticed the back of the photo had a photo of Tuck Stainback that was also signed. There had been no mention of the reverse side, so perhaps the seller didn't even realize it was also signed. A similar photo of Curt Davis from the same periodical (signed) was also won by me from this same seller and the reverse of his photo was Lonnie Frey, but that side was unsigned.

It was nothing epic, but a nice surprise bonus autograph that obviously could not have been separated from the Demaree, but may have possibly helped the seller get a little more $, had it been mentioned.

This reminded me of another item I won maybe 10-15 years ago. It was a Dodgers Media Guide. I bought it because I was trying to get a run of guides issued during Garvey's active years. When the item arrived, I quickly looked through it (something I have not always done with magazines/books and other printed materials) and happened upon a Sandy Koufax autograph. I have never shown it to anyone, but as it was not described in the listing and I found it by accident, plus it looked good to me based on other signatures, I have always assumed it to be authentic.

I also bought a lot of Dodgers program once that included one item with 5-6 Cardinals signatures, including Lou Brock, that was not shown or described. I am guessing the seller never looked and didn't realize one of the programs had signatures on it.

A couple nice bonus signatures that I was not expecting.

I am sure it is not uncommon for multiplayer signed items to be sold where the seller has not identified all of the signatures. Maybe some folks have even noticed a desirable signature on an item, where it was not described, thus making it the "bonus" signature of the lot.

I share this because I am curious to know what kind of bonus signatures others may have ended up receiving from a purchase that you had no idea you were getting, whether you identified something in an unidentified group as being significant after the fact or it was not shown/described, but you found it later.