Tris Speaker Autographed Program/Scorecard

[Bosox Blair]

The Speaker looks 100% good to me (not an autograph expert, but I have looked at a lot of Speakers over the last year - hundreds).

Plus, this just seems a very unlikely fake...not a real premium item...partial damage to the sig...why would anyone do that?

Cheers,
Blair

[GrayGhost]

Isn't that an unusual combination? What kind of game, etc is this from?

Signature wise, I personally LIKE all three tho. FWIW

[ATP]

I was able to locate a scan of the other side of the program that I had saved, but it is fairly low quality. The advertisements on it place it to Pittsburgh, it looks like it was against Philadelphia (American League?).

[prewarsports]

Sigs look fine and were obviously signed before the crease/wear to the program which would be almost impossible to forge after the fact. As for value, its tough because none of them are particulary scarce so people can afford to be picky about the items they want. Speaker is by far the best, but also has the crease/damage. The lines from the scorecard also make it a little unattractive.

Having said that, it is still a nice piece that would be desired by many people. If it were mine I would "ask" in the $300-$400 range for the piece and I bet you sell it for somewhere in that range.

Rhys

[bigtrain]

Looks to be Phillies vs. Pirates as you can see the ads are for Pittsburgh companies and the lineup features Richie Ashburn and Bob Bowman (Phillies). Any date on the program? It appears to feature an ad for what could be a 1957 or 1958 Dodge. Speaker died of a heart attack in December 1958. Program could be from 1956 or 57. In 1958, I'm guessing they probably would have pictured and advertised the new 1959 car model.

[ATP]

Thank you for the feedback posted. I, of course, feel that it is authentic as I have been trying to purchase it from the owner for awhile now. I appreciate people taking the time to weigh in, perhaps I will purchase it at some point.

[RichardSimon]

OP - it is not among the easiest pieces to sell so if you wait out the guy you should be able to get it at a reasonable price (like has been mentioned in the earlier post).