Posted By:
Ted ZanidakisGil
These two players are not obscure, and to serious NY Yankee autogragh collectors are highly valued; how-
ever, I would bet that at least 33 % of Forum members have never heard of them.
George Stirnweiss' autograph commands big $$......much more so than a Joe DiMag or a Mantle autograph.
Stirnweiss died in a tragic train accident shortly after he retired from BB, and therefore there are very few
signed items by him that are available.
Joe Page's autog. is scarce and goes for more $$ than the sum of Joe DiMaggio's and Mantle's autographs.
His tremendous relief pitching made the difference and enabled the Yankees to their World Championship
victories in 1947 and 1949. For unknown reasons he didn't sign much and he passed away in 1980.
There are many ballplayers, like George and Joe, whose signatures are now very highly valued; simply due
to the fact that they were not around in the early 1980's, when there were "tons" of BB card shows with
their huge autograph sessions.