Your Dream Autograph list

[tazdmb]

Realistically: I would like to acquire a Barney Dreyfuss and/or Hughie Jennings autograph in the next few years.

Long term: Signed Checks from the original 5 inductees

Fantasy: Sam Thompson autograph, Ledger that Bombjack just listed and the hotel ledger from the Halper auction (assuming it wasn't stolen).

[baseballart]

My dream autograph would be correspondence between Christy Mathewson and any of his ghost writers with respect to any of the Matty fiction books.

Either that, or a Ten Million autograph signed "10"

[prewarsports]

First would be Barack Obama's autograph repealing Obamacare! (Totally a joke guys dont rip on me!)
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Actual list.......

The Ledger from the Halper sale is the greatest signed item in the Sports Memorabilia Hobby, that would be number one.

A James Creighton handwritten letter would be number 2.

The item previously mentioned with Keefe etc. would be number 3.

Next would be a Louis Sockalexis handwritten letter (a few exist in Notre Dame's archives).

last would be a Roy Castleton autograph (he basically does not exist despite his death date.

[bender07]

Originally Posted by tazdmb

Realistically: I would like to acquire a Barney Dreyfuss and/or Hughie Jennings autograph in the next few years.

Long term: Signed Checks from the original 5 inductees

Fantasy: Sam Thompson autograph, Ledger that Bombjack just listed and the hotel ledger from the Halper auction (assuming it wasn't stolen).

I don't recall this one...any pics? Description?

[mighty bombjack]

Originally Posted by bender07

I don't recall this one...any pics? Description?

I was about to ask the same thing. I recall seeing various references to this item, but have never seen the item or description. I would sure like to!

[tazdmb]

Scroll down to lot 14, try not to drool.

http://www.amazon.com/Barry-Halper-C...der_0962258873

-Does anyone have anymore pictures of this? Anyone know who bought it or selling price?

[bender07]

Originally Posted by tazdmb

Scroll down to lot 14, try not to drool.

http://www.amazon.com/Barry-Halper-C...der_0962258873

-Does anyone have anymore pictures of this? Anyone know who bought it or selling price?

Yeah but the Joe Kelley has an ink smudge. Ruins the whole piece!

I'd be interested to see the list in it's entirety (not just he HOFers/stars). Unbelievable piece.

[tazdmb]

Quick follow up to my question:

A gem with 113 signatures from major leaguers in 1894, Lot No. 14 commanded a final price of $96,000, once the buyer’s premium was tacked on. It was bought by John Brigandi, a veteran hobbyist and dealer more than astute enough to realize what a prize the ledgers represented. It was a nice reminder, if anyone needed one, that the next 2,475 lots or so would be material largely unlike anything ever seen before in the hobby.

[packs]

Any signed T3 Turkey Red cabinet.

[Runscott]

Many of the signatures in that ledger could be exemplars used to spot some of the obvious forged items auctioned recently. I don't want to incur the wrath of any major auction houses by giving specific examples, but we've discussed some of them here recently, especially a couple of baseballs with 1800's HOF'ers that were very questionable. I didn't realize at the time that exemplars were to be had from this hotel ledger.

[whyconform]

Dream? to have all 300 HOF'ers (or as close to it as possible. I am not even sure how many guys are still considered impossible)..lol Of course, it would take hitting the lottery and 5-10 years constant searching.....so my list would be 82 long....

Right now I dream to just get to 220 (preferably by way of a comiskey and gc alexander as I'm at 218 and those are the next cheapest)......I'd be satisfied with that considering 200 was a dream last year....