Dr. Steen autograph pick ups!

[btcarfagno]

I picked up a few...


























And....wait....I think there was one more.


Oh yeah. That's right...








Wait for it....

















Tom C

[milkit1]

Nice stuff Tom! I was the underbidder on that Archer. Love that autograph

[thenavarro]

Great image of the Peach and Wagner
Stellar pickup Tom

Congrats

[vintagehofrookies]

nice wins guys! Tom, that Wagner/Cobb is easily one of my favorite SN Supps and for it to be signed by Honus, damn! congrats!

[btcarfagno]

Thanks guys. It is easily my favorite of the Sporting News supplements. The signature just floors me. Not sure why it went for less than the Cy Young and half of the Cobb. The personalization maybe? To me, this collection will have become a rather famous one, so to me the personalization does not detratct at all from the piece.

For those who consider the supplements to be "cards", I suppose this may be the earliest signed Wagner " card" in existence.

With the Archer, I was waffling on that last bid. The amazing look of the signature made me hit the button one last time.

Tom C

[milkit1]

I was really wanting the orval overall but I'm guessing whoever snoozed on the schulte went all out on it.

[thenavarro]

What did the Cobb itself go for?

That one intrigued me but I couldn't participate after Heritage.

[JeremyW]

Cobb went for $7,750 + 19% BP.

[vintagehofrookies]

Originally Posted by thenavarro

What did the Cobb itself go for?

That one intrigued me but I couldn't participate after Heritage.

Hey Mike, what did you get from Heritage? I was gonna go for a few things in there and REA but then I saw these signed beauties and had to shift my focus to these. Its funny that the M101-2 Cobb went for almost double what I bought my signed 1907 Dietsche for which makes me feel a little better for losing out on it.

[mschwade]

Nice pickups Tom!

[T206Collector]

I was really into this auction, but am a little disappointed as to how it all played out. The live auction format, with such a huge quantity of items I was interested in, was very hard to manage on a fixed budget. I would have loved to pick up one of the big guys that went for over $2,000 -- but not at the expense of just sitting on my hands while watching so many cool ones end so cheaply. As a general rule, I'll take all the signed M101-2s for $200 or less you can find! They're so sweet! What an amazing collection.

I managed to pull down 9 of them, and am super excited to own these. If anyone has buyer's remorse, please send them my way. I still have some of my budget left over for these!

[vintagehofrookies]

Originally Posted by T206Collector

I was really into this auction, but am a little disappointed as to how it all played out. The live auction format, with such a huge quantity of items I was interested in, was very hard to manage on a fixed budget. I would have loved to pick up one of the big guys that went for over $2,000 -- but not at the expense of just sitting on my hands while watching so many cool ones end so cheaply. As a general rule, I'll take all the signed M101-2s for $200 or less you can find! They're so sweet! What an amazing collection.

I managed to pull down 9 of them, and am super excited to own these. If anyone has buyer's remorse, please send them my way. I still have some of my budget left over for these!

Congrats on such sweet pickups! I really wanted to go after the Barry + Thomas,but I had a laser beem focus on what I considered the top 4 (in Order): Grover, Cobb, Wagner, Speaker and as you said I would have loved to picked up quite a few more because these are such nice pieces but to be able to have won 2 of my top 4, I can't complain.

[7nohitter]

Steen was a friggin jerk...I would have denied him if..what a moron, addressing people like that.

Steen was a JERK!

[CW]

Originally Posted by 7nohitter

Steen was a friggin jerk...I would have denied him if..what a moron, addressing people like that.

Steen was a JERK!

Is this an attempt at satire that whoooshed over my head, or are you seriously judging a man by the way he addressed people in letters?

[slidekellyslide]

I retrieved the letters from my bank today and I have 41 of them...some are just cuts or index cards, some are the letters Steen sent with notes from the player at the bottom, some are full letters from the player, and a few are from the wife of the player.

Stan Hack (signed by wife)
Johnny Vander Meer (signed)
Mel Harder (signed)
Charles Buddy Myer (signed)
Frank McCormick (signed)
Harlond Clift (signed)
Harry Danning (signed)
Ival Goodman (signed)
Glenn Wright (signed)
Buddy Hassett (signed)
Cookie Lavagetto (signed)
Luke Hamlin (signed)
George Case (signed)
Jeff Heath (signed)
Rudy York (signed)
Joe Moore (signed)
Dick Bartell (signed)
Jeff Tesreau (Letter from Dartmouth AD)
George Earnshaw (Unsigned with a note saying Mr Earnshaw would be glad to sign)
Dickie Kerr (Typed message from Kerr - unsigned)
Jimmie Foxx (signed by Red Sox secretary)
Sam Crawford (2 page letter, signed "Sam")
George Sisler (signed)
Bill Terry (signed)
Ray Schalk (signed)
Bill Dickey (signed)
Red Ruffing (signed)
Charley Gehringer (signed)
Buddy Lewis (signed "Buddy")
Bucky Walters (signed)
Bill Carrigan (signed)
Joe Gordon (signed)
Travis Jackson (signed)
Lloyd Waner (signed)
George Kelly (signed twice)
Frank Frisch (signed)
Napoleon Lajoie (unsigned, but did write a note)
Dizzy Dean (signed "J.H. Dean")
Hienie Zimmerman (signed by wife)
Bobby Byrne (two letters - one signed "Bobby Byrne" and the other signed "Robt M. Byrne")
Hank Greenberg (signed)

and the last one was sent to a man named Roscoe Ford, but was meant for Russ Ford. Roscoe got a kick out of being asked for his autograph.

edited to add: I did at one time own the Babe Ruth letter, but sold it to ease some of my expenses on the entire collection.