March autograph pickups

johnmh71 · #1 02-28-2014, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by esiason14

Scott,
Just out of curiosity, was there a reason you chose checks for your project? Who are the toughest no-hit guys that you have?

As a collector of checks, I was wondering the same thing.

btcarfagno · #2 02-28-2014, 09:10 PM

WW2 hero Elmer Gedeon signed 1939 Senators mini bat. Just added it to the B/S/T for anyone interested.

Tom C

Michael B · #3 03-11-2014, 10:19 PM

This arrived in the mail today. It is a menu from the S.S. Manhattan for July 18, 1936. It was one of two ships that took the U.S. Olympic team to Europe for the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. It is signed by:

Ernie Crosbie - 1932, 1936 & 1948 50km walk
Al Mangan - 1936 50km walk
Harold Manning - 3000m steeplechase - 5th
Glenn Hardin - LSU star 1932 silver and 1936 gold 400m hurdles
Archie Williams - 1936 gold 400m. Also a world record holder at the distance. He graduated from UCal/Berkley. Flight instructor at Tuskegee Institute during WWII (the Tuskegee Airmen). Later a bomber pilot and retired as a Lt Col.
Foy Draper - 1936 gold medal in the 4x100m relay with Jesse Owens, Ralph Metcalfe and Frank Wykoff. Set a world record and the first 4x100 relay to clock under 40 seconds. He ran a 10.3 100m in 1935 losing to Owens. Killed in action during WWII. His plane went missing while flying over Tunisia during the Battle of Kassarine Pass on January 4, 1943.

Draper is the only U.S. Olympian who died during WWII that I have owned. This is my second one, the first was signed during the 1934 AAU championships.

Interestingly I have owned signatures of a Filipino medalist who died during the Bataan Death March, a Japanese gold medalist and army officer who died on Iwo Jima (suicide), German medalist who died on the Russian Front, German medalist who died in a POW camp in France just as the war ended and a Polish gold medalist soldier and resistance fighter who was executed by the Gestapo.

thenavarro · #4 03-12-2014, 08:32 PM

Picked this one up tonight. Ronald Reagan wrote this to instruct his staff how to respond to general congratulation letters, kind words, etc. that he would receive. His staff would type up the reply and generally affix a Reagan autopen to the letters. Here's the original, all in his hand. Shows the attention to detail that Reagan had for this type of stuff, as well as an apparent willingness to micromanage the little things.

Mr. Zipper · #5 03-12-2014, 09:11 PM

Very cool and interesting item, Mike.

Any idea of when this was used?

thenavarro · #6 03-12-2014, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Zipper

Very cool and interesting item, Mike.

Any idea of when this was used?

thanks Steve. My gut tells me probably as Cal governor but that's pure speculation on my part. Haven't had time to research yet. The next lazy Saturday I have I'll Google search until I find a typewritten match with date

Mike

Mr. Zipper · #7 03-13-2014, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by thenavarro

thanks Steve. My gut tells me probably as Cal governor but that's pure speculation on my part. Haven't had time to research yet. The next lazy Saturday I have I'll Google search until I find a typewritten match with date

Mike

I think you are probably right. Likely not presidential, but not old enough to be when he was the president of the screen actors guild.

tazdmb · #8 03-13-2014, 03:15 PM

This one is a beauty, the example used in Ron's book:

daves_resale_shop · #9 03-30-2014, 05:18 AM

Pretty excited to Add this one to my son's Ted Williams collection... And I have loved the image ever since I first saw it...

Some of you may have seen this photo... PSA/DNA uses it as an exemplar for its autographfacts site, and I have used (a copy) to display with one of my vintage Ted album pages...

In any case, I was trolling ebay the other night and saw that it was up for sale... I contacted the seller (Who purchased the item in 2009 from Leland's) and was able to make a deal at the Wilmington show yesterday...

GrayGhost · #10 03-30-2014, 06:00 AM

Cool Vintage Ted sig and photo, Mr. Presale.

GoCubsGo32 · #11 03-30-2014, 06:46 AM

Nice pick up! I was watching that and thinking of getting it since it was signed on my birthday!

Runscott · #12 03-31-2014, 11:07 AM

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theshleps · #13 03-31-2014, 11:47 AM

signed CJ's are so rare. congrats!!

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