Lipman Pike
here is his wiki page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lip_Pike |
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My dream signature would be Sockalexis...but I have only heard of two in very private collections.
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1912 Red Sox Autographs?
I have been searching everywhere but cannot find the following:
Jake Stahl Heinie Wagner Clyde Engle Hick Cady Jack Bushelman Chester Thomas Les Nunamaker Olaf Hendricksen Any leads would be appreciated! |
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1955 Topps Harry Agganis!!
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How about James "Swat" McCabe, I've got a possible autograph but can't find any exemplars anywhere.
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Among Negro League greats there are quite a few for whom there are no known examples. Kevin Keating, in his Negro League Autograph Guide has a section that lists a whole bunch of names. I believe over time a couple from the list may have been found, but there are certainly some major names from Negro League history that haven't been found yet.
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Our hometown boy HOF'er Jake Beckley is a tough one. I think in 35 years I've seen 3 up for auction and they were all pencil cut return addresses.
Of course there was an autographed baseball on Ebay this year and people actually bid on it.:eek: |
As some have said already, there are probably many lesser known players that only a team collector might covet. Those guys who maybe played 1 game, or played and died long before collecting autographs was popular or never signed anything for whatever reason. Without a strong demand for them though, who knows.
I'm sure that there are plenty of turn of the century Brooklyn players that I would never find if I tried to complete that run. I won't, because I don't have the patience, expertise or funds to do it, but I do enjoy the story of Clancy Smyres. I learned of him from this site. He appeared in 5 games for the 1944 Dodgers and lived to the ripe age of 86, dying in 2007, yet good luck finding his autograph. |
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