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03-01-2008 08:25 PM |
Autograph research pays off!
Posted By: <b>Leslie Westbrook</b><p>I posted a few weeks ago about a T-206 Leach card that I bought on Ebay that has the signature of a "Chas. Kelly" and his address written below his name. I became curious about the remote possibility of this being the Charles, or Charlie, Kelly that played for Philadelphia in 1883-86. I looked up the address on Google Earth and determined that that house was only about 5 blocks from the Phillies' first ballfield.<br /><br />According to the online Baseball Almanac website, Charles H. Kelly played three games total in the big leagues between 1883 and 1886. Also, Kelly is pictured on an N172.<br /><br />All that said, my research came to a conclusion tonight when I got an email response from Paul Davis (grandson of H.K. Shigley). Shigley had owned an extensive collection of baseball autographs and Davis inherited them. Paul emailed me a scan of his Chas. H. Kelly signature. Below are photos of both my T206 and his signed index card.<br /><br />He said that on the back of the index card his grandfather wrote, "May 2, 1927, Philadelphia"--probably the date and place it was signed.<br /><br /><br />This is the index card.<br />[IMG]<img src="http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z56/lesliewestbrook/ChasHKellybaseballplayer.jpg">[/IMG]<br /><br /><br /><br />A very photoshopped version of my t206:<br />[IMG]<img src="http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z56/lesliewestbrook/leachwordsdark.jpg">[/IMG]<br /><br />Original image of the T206:<br />[IMG]<img src="http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z56/lesliewestbrook/leach.jpg">[/IMG]<br /><br /><br /><br />Anyone think this could be authenticated by a grading company based on this information? What would the tag on the holder say?<br /><br />This is the first time I've seen a card of one player that is signed by another. I think it's pretty cool.
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