November autograph pick ups

[CooperstownExpert]

Let's see what everyone picked up this month.

My latest acquisition has me pumped and a little worried at the same time. Found two Harry Stovey autographs and had to have them both. Stovey debuted in 1880, was the first MLB player to hit 100 homers and held the career mark for 8 years. Have yet to see a neater piece on him. Finding Stovey's signature has me pumped.

What has me worried is the excitement of getting a guy most casual or even great baseball fans don't care about or have never heard of. Sometimes I wonder how I got here. Do you ever feel that maybe you're in too deep?

Anyway, I added a page for Stovey on my website CooperstownExpert.com. You can see his page by clicking here. The website has a page for every Hall of Famer and 394 player pages of guys not in the Hall. It's a labor of love that also has me both pumped and worried...

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by CooperstownExpert

Let's see what everyone picked up this month.

My latest acquisition has me pumped and a little worried at the same time. Found two Harry Stovey autographs and had to have them both. Stovey debuted in 1880, was the first MLB player to hit 100 homers and held the career mark for 8 years. Have yet to see a neater piece on him. Finding Stovey's signature has me pumped.

What has me worried is the excitement of getting a guy most casual or even great baseball fans don't care about or have never heard of. Sometimes I wonder how I got here. Do you ever feel that maybe you're in too deep?

Anyway, I added a page for Stovey on my website CooperstownExpert.com. You can see his page by clicking here. The website has a page for every Hall of Famer and 394 player pages of guys not in the Hall. It's a labor of love that also has me both pumped and worried...

Very cool, Jim! Congrats!

[CooperstownExpert]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Very cool, Jim! Congrats!

Thanks, Scott!

[theshleps]

I understand what you are saying. I try to get at least one of every HOFer that is priced say under $4000. But if someone comes up I need that if I stopped 100 folks on the street and no one has a clue who they are I'm alittle less likely to bid vs a player that has some degree of name recognition.

[CooperstownExpert]

Originally Posted by theshleps

I understand what you are saying. I try to get at least one of every HOFer that is priced say under $4000. But if someone comes up I need that if I stopped 100 folks on the street and no one has a clue who they are I'm alittle less likely to bid vs a player that has some degree of name recognition.

It's not as much fun when you get to that point where the HoFers missing from the collection are $4K+. I'm lucky to cross one off of the list every couple years or so.

Luckily, I still find it fun getting a really neat piece on a more common guy or picking up a guy like Stovey.

[CooperstownExpert]

Pete Gray's autograph is common. I've thought on and off about putting a page of Gray on my website but didn't want a basic 8x10 or other "manufactured" memorabilia.

Decided to pick up this inexpensive piece on Gray, original artwork drawn by John Raitt. Here is Pete Gray's page on my site.

[mikecala98]

Love this!