Q: Earliest baseball card signatures?

[sreader3]

Thanks Jay. That answers part 1! (And maybe part 2).

While on topic, what is the situation with signed OJs?

[oldjudge]

One Mack signed on the back. The signature looks like it was late in Mack's life. I know of no others.

[sreader3]

Awesome! Thanks.

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[edhans]

Originally Posted by sreader3

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While on topic, what is the situation with signed OJs?

I seem to recall a signed Hoy, but that could just be my memory playing tricks on me. It would be plausible, as he died in the sixties.

[Baseball Rarities]

Originally Posted by edhans

I seem to recall a signed Hoy, but that could just be my memory playing tricks on me. It would be plausible, as he died in the sixties.

REA had this signed Hoy cabinet card five years ago or so.