Vintage Negro League Autographs

[Topnotchsy]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Hi Jeff,
WOW! That is an impressive team sheet!
Congrats on owning that, because that's such a cool piece of baseball and Negro League history...

Not autographs, but here is my ticket to the very 1st game of the 1946 Satchel Paige All-Stars vs. Bob Feller's All-Stars barnstorming tour that was played at Forbes Field on 9/30/46.

Scott, that display is absolutely stunning! And the ticket is amazing.

What is the other ticket that is in the display?

[Klrdds]

To The Shleps :
Enjoy the piece !
It was originally in my collection for over 20 years from the mid 1990s when I purchased it from Ron Oser ( I'm sure some older collectors remember him ) when he auctioned off the Bill Yancey collection in the mid 1990s . I loved it because the Yancey collection had great stuff and wonderful provenance ; it was never sold before Ron sold it so all the winners were 1st generation holders of this material. Rumor was some of his material came from either Bill Wright or Webster McDonald. Jim Stinson sold it for me in 2016 when I began to downsize my HoFer , and Negro League , and baseball autograph collections. It was always one of my favorite pieces in my collection of over 3,000 autographs . It still looks great and well taken care of .

[Rad_Hazard]

Wow, amazing stuff! I've always been a big fan of the negro leagues and have quite a few autos, but this First Day Cover is my favorite, mostly due to the rare Doc Sykes auto. The Paige is my 2nd favorite, love that auto as well!

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by Rad_Hazard

Wow, amazing stuff! I've always been a big fan of the negro leagues and have quite a few autos, but this First Day Cover is my favorite, mostly due to the rare Doc Sykes auto. The Paige is my 2nd favorite, love that auto as well!

very nice pieces

Congrats

[Chris-Counts]

I have an old Pirates batting helmet, which I was told by the seller once belonged to Lino Donoso. I was intrigued by his story, including the anecdote that the famous scout Howie Hack signed him to a contract in a Mexican brothel. While I am always wary of player attributions, that led me on a quest to find his autograph. I googled the topic, and learned from a Net54 thread that's his signature is one of the toughest from the past WWII era. I settled for a baseball signed by the Hollywod Stars.

[jimq16415]

Sam Jethroe had a tryout with Boston in 1945 with Jackie. They never heard from the Red Sox again. AL Rookie of the year in 1950. Had a restaurant locally after he retired, plenty of stories to tell.

[jerseygary]

Here's Negro Leaguer and Hall of Famer Willard Brown on a 1953 Dallas Eagles team ball:

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[jimq16415]

Originally Posted by Chris Counts

I have an old Pirates batting helmet, which I was told by the seller once belonged to Lino Donoso. I was intrigued by his story, including the anecdote that the famous scout Howie Hack signed him to a contract in a Mexican brothel. While I am always wary of player attributions, that led me on a quest to find his autograph. I googled the topic, and learned from a Net54 thread that's his signature is one of the toughest from the past WWII era. I settled for a baseball signed by the Hollywod Stars.

Did you ever Google Jack Lohrke?(3rd down on the ball) He had an amazing run of good luck!

[Schlesinj]

1980 Reunion Ball w Effa Manley1980 Negro League Reunion Ball Manley, O'Neill +.jpg

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1932 Philadelphia Royal Giants w Mackey and Cooper.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by Topnotchsy

Scott, that display is absolutely stunning! And the ticket is amazing.

What is the other ticket that is in the display?

Thanks Jeff!
It's an undated ticket from when Satchell Paige was with the KC Monarchs prior to coming to the Bigs. This ticket had them playing The House of David.

[tlwise12]

Have a few autos left including this one...

[Topnotchsy]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Thanks Jeff!
It's an undated ticket from when Satchell Paige was with the KC Monarchs prior to coming to the Bigs. This ticket had them playing The House of David.

Incredibly cool! Is there a way to date it? Maybe using newspapers.com?

Originally Posted by tlwise12

Have a few autos left including this one...

That's a beauty!

[tazdmb]

I just want to add something here-be careful with all rare negro league cut autographs.

A former well known dealer in the past "supposedly" bought a rare collection from the South (Oklahoma/Texas)-all on cuts of big/rare names. I learned the history of this directly through Kevin Keating (who literally wrote the book on this stuff). I was nearly duped out of literally thousands, so caution is warranted on all cuts.