FS: RARE 1944 Debut Charlie Osgood Single Signed OMLB

[mschwade]

Notorious non-signer... Got this signed TTM in May of 2012, he passed away January 23, 2014. I just listed it on eBay with a starting bid of $14.99: http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-Charles...:L:LCA:US:1123

[mschwade]

Friendly Bump... Less than 24 hours in the auction! Currently less than $30 on a ball that's probably close to $500

[dgo71]

Just curious, how did you convince him to sign this TTM for you? He was next to impossible I thought.

[mschwade]

Originally Posted by dgo71

Just curious, how did you convince him to sign this TTM for you? He was next to impossible I thought.

Ball has less than an hour and a half left and it's just over $100 so I think it's still an awesome deal considering the rarity.

dgo71, to answer your question... The latter is true, but he started to sign a little bit towards the end of his life. Jim Stinson can confirm as he talked to a relative. Giovanni I believe was able to get him TTM at that time too.

Osgood signed briefly TTM, maybe for a month or so, before going back into his autograph hiding. I have two young boys (now 4 & 3) and this was at the time I wanted to start their autograph collections TTM and decided to write a lot of the older ball players that were still living. A lot of the address research was done on my own and I found Osgood's address in WhitePages.com. When I went back to compare to a lot of the sports address lists, many omitted his apartment number so that may have contributed to some of the failures as well.

It literally took me a week to get some index cards and my ball back signed by him. Yes, I was very surprised. A friend of mine tried him a couple weeks later and never received anything back.

Hope that helps. Feel free to ask any questions you may have!

Thanks,
Matt

[mschwade]

Didn't sell for what I was hoping for, but glad one of the Net54 guys got a good deal!

[stat192]

I am really surprised it didn't sell for more. I also obtained a single signed baseball through the mail but don't think there can be to many out there.

[dgo71]

Originally Posted by mschwade

Ball has less than an hour and a half left and it's just over $100 so I think it's still an awesome deal considering the rarity.

dgo71, to answer your question... The latter is true, but he started to sign a little bit towards the end of his life. Jim Stinson can confirm as he talked to a relative. Giovanni I believe was able to get him TTM at that time too.

Osgood signed briefly TTM, maybe for a month or so, before going back into his autograph hiding. I have two young boys (now 4 & 3) and this was at the time I wanted to start their autograph collections TTM and decided to write a lot of the older ball players that were still living. A lot of the address research was done on my own and I found Osgood's address in WhitePages.com. When I went back to compare to a lot of the sports address lists, many omitted his apartment number so that may have contributed to some of the failures as well.

It literally took me a week to get some index cards and my ball back signed by him. Yes, I was very surprised. A friend of mine tried him a couple weeks later and never received anything back.

Hope that helps. Feel free to ask any questions you may have!

Thanks,
Matt

Very interesting. Just goes to show how these guys can sometimes change their signing habits like they change socks. Thanks!

[mschwade]

Originally Posted by stat192

I am really surprised it didn't sell for more. I also obtained a single signed baseball through the mail but don't think there can be to many out there.

I was surprised too, but like I said, it's going to a great collection. Is yours on the sweet spot? Mine was a side panel, could possibly make a difference.

Thanks,
Matt

[stat192]

Yes mine is sweat spot, but regardless, i remember a time seeing a return receipt signed by Osgood for sale for a over a thousand. The only way any one was able to get him, was to trick him to sign.