August Autograph Pickups
 

Just got back from the National. It is true, if you can't find it at the national, it doesn't exist. It is also probably true-don't go to the National expecting to find a deal. Saw some beauties there including autographs of Oscar Charleston, Willie Keeler and Frank Chance-none of whom I could afford. However, did manage to pick this up

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Hopefully, he will get elected next year.

Very nice!

Nice pick up, I also think he will get in next year.

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tazdmb . . .
Nice pickup. If I may ask, which dealer did you pick it up from ?

Was still negotiating with my boss (my wife) to sneak away for a day to
attend the National this year, but then I noted that autograph dealer
Ron Gordon (Las Cruces, NM) was not listed among the dealers setting up.
Since Ron has consistantly come through for me at the National Show, with
at least one item on my want list, it seems less necessary to attend. It is still
a wonderous place to spend a day, but a much harder sell to the Mrs.

I got if from Kevin Keating after searching for 2 years. I knew Kevin had it, but tried to find it cheaper from somewhere else-to no avail. I will say that Kevin did work with me, but he knows exactly what he has and charges with that in mind.

You can always do what I did to get the wife's permission-not tell her ;)

I live near Detroit, so was able to get there and back in a day.

I literally scooped up this Marquard within 10 minutes of being listed. I just could not let this beauty go, and now have two of this pose.

The Cuyler is a good filler until I get a signed '33 of his and the Frisch predates my PB I have of his.

Nice grab!

Thanks! Had to beat you :)

At that asking price, you always will. ;)

Signed HOF T206 graded out to a 4, I'll take that all day :)

T206
 

Congrats Brent. If I may how much was it?

Got these two tonight. The baseball was a ball pitched to jeter on July 8th. Bought that Tuesday in Cleveland and was able to get jeter to sign it tonight.

He also signed my cervelli jersey from jeters 3000 hit game.

Wow, how crazy was it trying to get Jeter to sign it?

Lots of people trying to get him.

Made a purchase from Dave at daves_resale_shop and he threw in some extra goodies. I really like this one:

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That Trucks piece is unreal! Wow, I may have to change my focus lol

Here's the link:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/251595021771

Nationals
 

Had a productive day at Nats Park on Saturday before they slaughtered the Phillies 11-0. :D

Left to right, top to bottom:

Tyler Clippard, Danny Espinosa, Scott Hairston, Anthony Rendon, Asdrupal Cabrera, Wilson Ramos, Danny Espinosa (again), Drew Storen, Tyler Clippard (again), former player/announcer F.P. Santangelo.

http://www.t206blog.com/wp-content/u...ust-2-2014.jpg

Nice haul ^^^^^

Did Jeter stop and sign outside the park?

Did he sign for everyone?

Really curious, I kinda want to make the trip to Tampa and try in a week.

Some recent pickups from Dave's Resale Shop...Thanks again David! I can't wait to get the Eleanor!!

And Thanks to JGMP!!!
 

He was kind enough to trade me this wags, had my framer rework it this afternoon & got the finished product back..

Wow Dave that looks great!

Wags envelope looks great, esp w the original photo and orig T206..hehe.

J did another awesome job, seems like one of those deals when both made out well

Dave,
I have seen your stuff on here for awhile and it is as impressive as it is artistically framed and appealing. You and your framer do a good job.

I appreciate the kind words! but frankly, I can't take any credit... I have been working with Jason at Framer's Edge for about 3 years now... he's friendly, provides good value, and does great work... I am tremendously lucky to have a guy like him in my corner!

Joe D. 1936 Album Page
 

Got this really neat 1936 Album page with a rookie Joe Dimaggio on it...

The Ted Kleinhaus signature helps date the page to 1936 (Only year with the Yanks)...

What I find to be real interesting about this one is that it has a bold (almost spiteful) E.V. Doc Painter signature directly below Joe's...

[ATTACHAttachment 155863[/ATTACH]Joe apparently sprained his ankle in the preseason... Doc was the team trainer and an early adopter of progressive rehabilitation techniques...

Rather than Icing Joe's sprain, he stuck his leg in a diathermy machine which gave Joe 1 st degree burns on much of his ankle and foot... As a result he was out nearly a month and didn't make his debut until May 1936...

Striking that these guys would be on the same page, never mind right next to each other

Shouldn't have since Im dead broke, but don't care. Loved it because its VINTAGE, not the "card show special"

Busted it out of frame and mat that made it look "weird" under a scan...

Long and interesting career of Dave Danforth

http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/9ea2e3b9

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Great read and nce auto!!

Thought this was going too cheap, and I don't have a Barrow in my collection, so I got it.
Ken

I was going to grab that one but completely forgot about it! Congrats!

Picked up this signed Joe dimaggio mickey mantle whitey ford yogi Berra and Catfish hunter signed baseball at an auction.

Happy to pick this one up.

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Willie Foster
 

Just got Willie Foster tho my scanner is down. Front page from the Bible with the 4 sigs. Puts me at 245 plus one set of initials (Effa Manley). Does that count? Miller Huggins should be on the way too. The rest are way above what I want to pay if they ever come up except for Turkey Stearnes
Passion though is signed cards and may be willing to trade Hanlon or Cooper for some amazing signed vintage HOFers on cards.

Glad to see three deserving members, myself included, all got to add Bill Foster to their collection. Personally, I wouldn't count the Effa, but that is just my opinion. Good luck on getting Stearnes , as he tends to pops up once a year.

Wow, that is an impressive number. I am jealous of the Huggins, as I still need him myself. Be sure to post it when it comes in.

Nice work Michael! Glad to hear the other Foster ended up in a great collection.

Nice pick-up, Ken. Also, thanks for stopping by at the National - it was great to meet you!

Since I didn't want to spend a fortune on Foster myself, I have the last piece of the bible where Foster writes his son and wife's name, his son, also William foster, just has as diff. middle initial. l guess it's a technical issue when it comes to 'his' auto or not, but he pens William Foster, and for the price, it's good enough for me. Picked up Comiskey so I'm at 229. I'm pretty much done where I sit unless something incredible comes up.

Since you are "done" why not not update your website :D

The DiMaggio and Koufax are both JSA. The Mantle looks better then the scan. Yes I know PSA & JSA does not guarantee that they are real, but the person I picked them up from I trust.

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I hear you there, man. I have been at 240 for a long time and, given my current employment situation, I'm most likely done myself. It is very hard to move on from numbers like these!

#222 and #223-Like others, this may be it for a while.

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Beautiful!

3 autos
 

Great win win trade with Jason.

Excuse the glare in the pictures

Michael,
Wow. That is a great grouping. I have to wonder what Jason got in return. It must have been something special.
Best,
Mark

Multi-signed vintage no-hit pitcher ball
 

I just picked up a neat multi-signed ball featuring 11 vintage no-hit pitchers (8 are deceased). The pitchers that signed are:

Rex Barney (SS)- D
Johnny "Double No-Hit" Vander Meer (D)- 2 no-hitters
Ewell "The Whip" Blackwell (D)
Bob "Rapid Robert" Feller (HOF-D)- 3 no-hitters
Warren Spahn (HOF)- 2 no-hitters
John "The Count" Montefusco
Allie "Super Chief" Reynolds (D)- 2 no-hitters
Gaylord Perry (HOF)
Jim Maloney- 2 no-hitters plus an "unofficial" no-hitter
Mel Parnell (D)
Bob Lemon (HOF-D)

Cost of the ball including shipping = less than $77! Such a deal! :cool:
The sigs are all dark and crisp now that I have it in hand....

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I cannot think of Rex without hearing him announcing O's games at old Memorial Stadium. I always loved his tagline "Give that fan a contract!" when someone made a nice grab of a foul ball. When the O's were especially awful in the late 80s my friend and I would joke that it couldn't hurt to let the fan at least try out.

You couldd'a been a contenda! :)

Very true, that 1988 season was brutal for the O's... I forget how many games that they lost in a row, but it was amazing. I was on a business trip to Las Vegas and I remember thinking every day that maybe I should place a bet for them to win, but every dy they continued to lose. Some teams are just plain BAD! ;)

BTW, I never heard Rex Barney behind the mike that I recall, but I understand he was a solid broadcaster. He was considered to be quite a fireballing prospect when he first came up to the majors, but he, like many fastball pitchers, lacked the control to be successful. He did capture lightning in a bottle on September 9, 1948 when he hurled a no-hitter against the NY Giants, prevailing 2-0. Here are two ticket stubs to Barney's 1948 no-hitter from my personal collection.

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So this is a ticket stub from last night's game that I got signed by Columbus Clippers shortstop Francisco Lindor. Lindor, was the 8th selection in the 2011 draft, and won't turn 21 until November 24th.

Why I wanted to post this... Two things...

Unprepared for this
Lindor was the only one signing and he was working his way to the dugout of about 10 fans after warming up minutes before first pitch. He got to me, maybe the 4th person and I had an index card. He looked at me and said "I can't sign that, I can't sign on white." I've heard of some agents advising their clients/athletes not to sign index cards because of the risk of fraud (I previously wrote about that here).

While I know it's not his fault, he's been advised by his agent so he's listening to what he's told, I was caught off guard and a little unprepared as I had nothing else for him to sign at the moment. Luckily our seats were in the second row so I didn't have far to run, but I had to think quick what else I had.

Making it right
I picked up my sons hat off his head. Nope navy blue, even under the bill was navy blue, that won't work. Light bulb goes off. Ticket Stub! "You have our ticket stubs?" I asked my wife and mom. My mom hands me a ticket. Lindor was somewhat paying attention to me and with him finishing up the 10th person, he came back to me and signed my ticket stub for me (above).

So while I was a little bit flustered he wouldn't sign my index card for me, I wanted to give him props for coming back and making sure he signed an item that I found that he could sign (per his agent).

Glad to add his signature because I think he's the Indians shortstop next opening day and I expect him to get called up on September 1st.

Later in the game with the Mud Hens threatening, Lindor made a hell of a play in the field to end the inning and my son got thrown the ball so that was pretty cool as well.

Here's a recent article on Francisco Lindor from MLB.com: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/cle/...&vkey=news_cle

Neat story, Matt! Thanks for sharing.

BTW, I noticed that all-time IL HR leader Mike Hessman (Mud Hens) went yard again in last night's game (26th HR this season even with trips to the DL).

signing on white
 

Starting a few years back some players won't sign index cards. That is why people bring custom generic cards with light backgrounds of colors and baseball scenes and some won't even sign those

Four additions to my collection this month:
1. A full name check of Monford (Monte) Irvin
2. A TLS with a full name signature of Osborne (Ozzie) Smith on his company's letterhead. I have never seen a letter let alone a full name signature before for him, so I had to pick this up.
3. A TLS of Hank Greenberg on Indians letterhead, Not too hard to find, but one had been on my list for a while.
4. A HNS of Ed Barrow. Again not hard to find, but a nice addition to go along with my Barrow TLS on Yankees letterhead. Interestingly, I remember when this item was last auctioned and I was the under- bidder. Everything always comes around again eventually it seems like in this hobby.

Nice pickups, Kevin!

Thank You Scott

Very nice, as usual

Thanks taz,
Personally, I like the Francisco Lindor autographed ticket and the story behind it. They will remember that forever, sometimes that is much rarer and more valuable than buying an autograph.

Walter johnson
 

Pretty excited to unexpectedly add this one to the collection!
1931 who's who album page (made a slight mistake here... the photo is actually from a 1933 who's who Book)

Why unexpected? u get lucky more times than anyone I've ever seen. Nice

Whoa Dave! Nice!!

Happy to add these 1919 Sox signatures this week...

Ed Cicotte
Harry "Nemo" Leibold
Grover Lowdermilk
Chick Gandil

So absurd. What color do they think a ball is? It would be just as easy to photoshop a signature off a white ball as an index card. Or anyone even slightly skilled in Photoshop can easily remove a background. WHat do they think is going to happen? Someone photoshopping signatures onto checks? Are there any cases of this actually happening?

Since when have professional ballplayers been the sharpest tools in the shed?

Besides, these days players treat "autographs" and "signatures" as two quite different things. An autograph is a highly stylized, completely illegible glyph which they think looks cool. A signature is their actual name, is (at least somewhat) legible, and is used on legal documents.

So what the hell are they worried about?

4 new acquisitions
 

been working for 10 years to purchase these from a friend. Finally succeededAttachment 157938

Walter Johnson-Now Framed
 

My framer (and Friend) turned this one around quick for me... I figured I'd share the finished product...

David,
I completely agree and could not have said it better.

Nice Dave.
How big is it?

HOLY COW!! Nice. You've had some really nice additions recently.

2 more
 

These aren't August acquisitions but am taking them to my safe deposit box
The Dodgers card I've had for a long time. Bad contrast but signed by Jackie Robinson, Koufax, Hodges, Gilliam, Snider, Spooner, Hoak, Alston, Amoros. Have some for some other teams too (not Yankees) but this oe is the bestAttachment 157992

Picked up a Maddux Southland Plastics statue as an addition to my HOF auto collection.

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This was my end of the win-win trade the Michael mentioned a few pages back.

That is some trade! Congrats to both.

Happy to finally pick up my first Joe D. 132 HOFers and counting... A long ways to go to catch up to most of you guys!

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George Sisler
 

Not a pickup from this month, but just got it back from the framer & thought I would share

End the month on a good note.
1.A 1931 GPC signed by Bill Terry. It is the earliest single signed Terry item I have seen, signed at Spring Training March 1931. All of my others are from the 60s, 70s and early 80s.
2. The 1919 Cleveland Indians Team Signed Baseball from Heritage Auctions at The National. I purchased it to get the Ray Chapman signature. I have looked for a Chapman signature for 20 + years and have see none. I have seen this ball sold twice before and figured bid on it and the third time might be lucky. So this is my Chapman until a flat item comes my way.
Happy Collecting.

Nice pickup on the Chapman!