What is the toughest baseball HOF autograph to obtain?

[Mr. Zipper]

When I read about the guy having a Joe D + Marilyn dual signed ball, the radar goes off. I'd like to see some close ups of this collection.

[yanks12025]

Originally Posted by Mr. Zipper

When I read about the guy having a Joe D + Marilyn dual signed ball, the radar goes off. I'd like to see some close ups of this collection.

I remember a post months ago about a guy having a huge signed baseball collection in a vault, but in the video you could tell several were fake.

So unless this guy is VERY RICH, I doubt all of it is real.

[JimStinson]

there were some (more than a few) Legit ...Tim Keefe signatures sold at auction by the family , The author was aware of them but chose to err on the side of caution , There ARE examples of all the rest including Torriente and Mendez but they are not in the public domain. Ultimately to my knowledge the only Hall of famer that no one can even find an example of is FRANK GRANT.

[yanks12025]

Here's the video. It's actually the same person.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Szw6Yn18fHo

[packs]

I know this is going to sound crazy but a few years ago I was doing random searches on eBay and I came across a Cristobal Torriente signed postcard. But it was a weird postcard in that it had nothing to with baseball and had this really strange waiter-looking guy on the front. It was definitely signed by A Cristobal Torriente but I had no way to tell if it was THE Cristobal Torriente. It had a Buy It Now of $300. I still regret not taking a flyer.

[JimStinson]

Originally Posted by packs

I know this is going to sound crazy but a few years ago I was doing random searches on eBay and I came across a Cristobal Torriente signed postcard. But it was a weird postcard in that it had nothing to with baseball and had this really strange waiter-looking guy on the front. It was definitely signed by A Cristobal Torriente but I had no way to tell if it was THE Cristobal Torriente. It had a Buy It Now of $300. I still regret not taking a flyer.

It was pulled amost immediately from e-bay , bore no resemblence what so ever to Torriente's signature, it was supposed to have been witten to his mother.

[packs]

That makes me feel a lot better. The one I saw just had a pencil signature. I don't remember a note. But it's been a few years.

[yanks12025]

Here's another article with some more photos.

http://www.bigleaguebaseballs.com/ma...e-cooperstown/

[Jlighter]

Originally Posted by yanks12025

Here's the video. It's actually the same person.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Szw6Yn18fHo

Is his Joe Jackson auto real?

[mr2686]

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[Seven]

I'm wondering if anything over the past decade has changed? Any recent discoveries?

I still believe Mendez and Torriente are probably the hardest Negro League Players to get ahold of. Gibson and Charleston seem notoriously difficult as well, but at least there has been records of sales, of their autographs. Anyone have anything to contribute?

[tazdmb]

There was the northeast find that added 5 new Keefes, and a couple new Ward and and Ewing autographs to the market. Also, I know of two new Sam Thompson autographs (both first name only) discovered about 5 years ago.