Signed T206 Fred Snodgrasses

[T206Collector]

This will probably be the last in the series (though I suppose I could see room for Crawford or Livingstone at some point down the road). Please let me know if you have own or have ever seen a signed T206 of Fred Snodgrass other than the ones shown here. I will try to keep a running tab of these, as well as the Marquards and Doyles I have in other threads. I definitely feel like there are more of these floating around in the hobbysphere, and am a little surprised I wound up with so many fewer than Doyle (24), and just a few more than Crawford (9). Of course, Marquard (53) is unapproachable!

Show 'em if ya got 'em!

TOTAL: 14
Composites Updated (08-31-17)

[36GoudeyMan]

Pardon what doubtlessly is a stupid question, but are these (all, some) signed contemporaneously with his playing days, or later in life? Besides the decaying handwriting of older individuals, is there some way to tell if a signature is vintage or not (other than the obvious, like felt tip pens, etc.)? As a collector of signed 41 Play Balls, I'm interested in the field of signed cards, and just wondering about all of this... thanks!!

[btcarfagno]

I'm not aware of any career contemporaneous signed T206 examples. Baseball players autographing such things didn't really become much of a "thing" until Babe Ruth became...well...Babe Ruth. That's why 95% of the signed T206 examples out there are of players who lived into the 1960's and 1970's.

Tom C

[T206Collector]

Originally Posted by btcarfagno

I'm not aware of any career contemporaneous signed T206 examples. . . . 95% of the signed T206 examples out there are of players who lived into the 1960's and 1970's.

+1

[Leon]

Originally Posted by btcarfagno

I'm not aware of any career contemporaneous signed T206 examples. Baseball players autographing such things didn't really become much of a "thing" until Babe Ruth became...well...Babe Ruth. That's why 95% of the signed T206 examples out there are of players who lived into the 1960's and 1970's.

Tom C

Makes sense. I guess T206 cards of guys who died young would be hard to obtain with a signature of them.

ps....T206collector is a hoarder!!

[mantlefan]

That's a very impressive grouping of autographed T206's.

[btcarfagno]

Originally Posted by Leon

Makes sense. I guess T206 cards of guys who died young would be hard to obtain with a signature of them.

ps....T206collector is a hoarder!!

T206 player signatures of players who died young are often nearly impossible to obtain...forget about a signed T206. The only Larry Maclean signature I have ever owned I sold for over $1,000.

Tom C

[Steve D]

I recall seeing pictures of T206s signed by Ty Cobb and Walter Johnson, and I think a Tris Speaker, but other than those, I can't think of any others (except for the ones T206Collector mentions). Even with Cobb, the known signed T206s of him may well be in the single digits.

It may be a good indication, that of the Christy Mathewson signatures I've seen, I can't remember ever seeing a T206 signed by him.

I wonder, and I suppose they would be well known if they did exist, but does anyone know of a signed T206 Eddie Plank or Honus Wagner?

Another indication of baseball cards not being used for autographs until after WWII, might be the fact that the only N172 I recall hearing about, is a Connie Mack. Heck, with all the Babe Ruth autographs around, you don't see his Goudey cards signed by him.

Steve

[mantlefan]

Originally Posted by Steve D

Another indication of baseball cards not being used for autographs until after WWII, might be the fact that the only N172 I recall hearing about, is a Connie Mack. Heck, with all the Babe Ruth autographs around, you don't see his Goudey cards signed by him.

Steve

Sometimes, Steve. Sometimes.

[Steve D]

Originally Posted by mantlefan

Sometimes, Steve. Sometimes.

Oh YEA!!!!!

You are correct, they are out there, but not that many relative to the amount of Ruth signatures in total.

Steve

[T206Collector]

Originally Posted by Leon

T206collector is a hoarder!!

Just to be clear, I own just 3 of the signed Snodgrasses, just 3 signed Marquards, and just 3 signed Doyles - one of each pose (and dupes of the Sno batting). The rest are scans I've kept over the years or found online someplace.