Signed T206 Fred Snodgrasses

[btcarfagno]

I'm not aware of any career contemporaneous signed T206 examples. Baseball players autographing such things didn't really become much of a "thing" until Babe Ruth became...well...Babe Ruth. That's why 95% of the signed T206 examples out there are of players who lived into the 1960's and 1970's.

Tom C

[T206Collector]

Originally Posted by btcarfagno

I'm not aware of any career contemporaneous signed T206 examples. . . . 95% of the signed T206 examples out there are of players who lived into the 1960's and 1970's.

+1

[Leon]

Originally Posted by btcarfagno

I'm not aware of any career contemporaneous signed T206 examples. Baseball players autographing such things didn't really become much of a "thing" until Babe Ruth became...well...Babe Ruth. That's why 95% of the signed T206 examples out there are of players who lived into the 1960's and 1970's.

Tom C

Makes sense. I guess T206 cards of guys who died young would be hard to obtain with a signature of them.

ps....T206collector is a hoarder!!

[mantlefan]

That's a very impressive grouping of autographed T206's.

[btcarfagno]

Originally Posted by Leon

Makes sense. I guess T206 cards of guys who died young would be hard to obtain with a signature of them.

ps....T206collector is a hoarder!!

T206 player signatures of players who died young are often nearly impossible to obtain...forget about a signed T206. The only Larry Maclean signature I have ever owned I sold for over $1,000.

Tom C

[Steve D]

I recall seeing pictures of T206s signed by Ty Cobb and Walter Johnson, and I think a Tris Speaker, but other than those, I can't think of any others (except for the ones T206Collector mentions). Even with Cobb, the known signed T206s of him may well be in the single digits.

It may be a good indication, that of the Christy Mathewson signatures I've seen, I can't remember ever seeing a T206 signed by him.

I wonder, and I suppose they would be well known if they did exist, but does anyone know of a signed T206 Eddie Plank or Honus Wagner?

Another indication of baseball cards not being used for autographs until after WWII, might be the fact that the only N172 I recall hearing about, is a Connie Mack. Heck, with all the Babe Ruth autographs around, you don't see his Goudey cards signed by him.

Steve

[mantlefan]

Originally Posted by Steve D

Another indication of baseball cards not being used for autographs until after WWII, might be the fact that the only N172 I recall hearing about, is a Connie Mack. Heck, with all the Babe Ruth autographs around, you don't see his Goudey cards signed by him.

Steve

Sometimes, Steve. Sometimes.

[Steve D]

Originally Posted by mantlefan

Sometimes, Steve. Sometimes.

Oh YEA!!!!!

You are correct, they are out there, but not that many relative to the amount of Ruth signatures in total.

Steve

[T206Collector]

Originally Posted by Leon

T206collector is a hoarder!!

Just to be clear, I own just 3 of the signed Snodgrasses, just 3 signed Marquards, and just 3 signed Doyles - one of each pose (and dupes of the Sno batting). The rest are scans I've kept over the years or found online someplace.