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Jodi BirkholmFunny, I was thinking of using Brian Taylor in my example in place of Ron Kittle! Exactly.
Also, Jeff's point of the overabundance of modern-day players' signatures is well-taken. I would much rather handle an autograph like Jack Chesbro's. He's a popular HOFer whose signature is incredibly rare. He died ages ago, and, I recently discovered, HATED to sign autographs! You heard that here first. This tidbit has not been known to the collecting public until now. I'm sure it will interest quite a few of you. A friend of mine (who is a Net54 "lurker") wrote a letter to Chesbro's niece more than 50 years ago. She replied that her family no longer had any Happy Jack signatures left, and that he was not fond of signing while still alive. There's one mystery solved.