Fun article about a Tiger autograph collector

[SAllen2556]

https://www.motowntigers.com/2023/02...rs-autographs/

"He counts more than 1,100 autographed Tigers’ baseballs — he’s got lots of doubles, but doubles don’t count — most of them single-signed, including almost all the players from the Tigers’ four World Series championships: 1935, 1945, 1968 and 1984."

[Scott Garner]

Hi Scott,
Good story! Thanks for sharing this...

[HexsHeroes]

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Thanks for sharing. I could not imagine attempting to collect that many individually signed ballplayer baseballs for that entire period. Hell, it was tough enough to collect 75-80% of the Tiger ballplayers from between 1901 - 1945 on various flat mediums.

Curious to know how complete a run of Detroit team signed baseballs he happened to purchase over 35 years. That is one of the valuable lessons (IMO) about this hobby; it can be very humbling to realize that as nice a collection as one might think they have built, there are other collections vastly superior.

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Ouch. You'd really have to know what you were doing in order to amass a run of Tigers team balls if you wanted to avoid all the inevitable clubhouse issues. One of the most problematic teams to collect in this regard. It would be a practically impossible task to assemble a lengthy run of entirely authentic Tiger team balls. There's a period of more than half a century where you really have to be careful. In particular, the 1960's was a minefield.

[roarfrom34]

Neat article for sure although I'm left wondering if that Eddie Gaedel signed baseball he mentioned was from Coaches Corner (or something along those lines)?

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

His Bucky Harris team ball sure looks like an Autoball from here...

[mrmopar]

Article said the Gaedel was on paper, not a ball.

Originally Posted by roarfrom34

Neat article for sure although I'm left wondering if that Eddie Gaedel signed baseball he mentioned was from Coaches Corner (or something along those lines)?

I noticed they inducted Pete Rose into the HOF in the article, a small mistake that I can forgive.

I would feel the same way as his wife, advertising something like that nationally or even regionally, with your name and hometown, stating you have a $500K collection in your house. No thanks.

Cool article though. I prefer flats and could maybe give him a run for his money with Dodgers, but I am not spending $11K or anywhere near that on any one hobby related item, so I will always have to accept that my collection will never be top tier.