Thanks Scott! Not at this time on either.
This is one of several larger projects I would like to tackle at some point...

After seeing your last two pick-ups, I figured there must be some real eye-openers in your collection. I'm not an autograph collector, but there are a few I keep my eyes open for.

Scott,
WOW. It really has been a banner year so far. Awesome stuff.
I'm with Scott. Hopefully you get a site posted to show all these beauties off.
Congrats on all of them.

Added this one to my Presidential collection today. A signed check from the 6th President of the United States, John Quincy Adams.

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Signed twice, no less!

Great check, Mike!

Finally got the majority of my custom dawn of the dead set autographed. Attachment 114233

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1951 Willie Mays Bowman Rookie

Got the '56 Yankees ball yesterday and unfortunately, I think Vincent is right - the leather isn't going to lay flat without some work, and there's no way I'm taking chances on messing up the Mantle/Berra panel.

Take it to a shoemaker and show him your planes. You might be surprised.

Okay Shelly, but if he makes it into a shoe I am going to be pissed.

Found a Mays autograph I can actually read, plus Stengel when he was managing the Yankees and an early Hoppe.

I like that Stengel and Hoppe each added dates. My best guess on the Mays is 1952. Thoughts?

That's a cool looking Mays.

Here's one I picked up tonight.

A signed gift tag from Prince Charles and Princess Diana

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And I won these two:

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cool, David.

There was such a smorgasbord of autographs tonight - I had a hard time passing up some of them (Helen Keller, Amelia Earhart, great boxers, various Presidents) - but I'm happy with the few I got.

I was on them too.. Great collection. I forgot it ended tonight. Great pickups at great prices!

Picked up this letter to Zach Wheat and letter back to the fan with envelope. Thanks James Graham.

This is somewhat of a fantasy piece for me, glad to add it to my collection! Huge Yankees fan, grew up idolizing Don Mattingly. The reason I am a Yankees fan though is my grandma, who loved The Mick! I'll get this framed and matted and have it hanging in my Yankees den so it will always remind me of my grandma and I! :)

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You should get the matting thick enough to cover that sticker... make the piece look better :)

great piece though!!!

Not vintage, but I just picked up a signed 1969 topps Joe Niekro for my 69 Cubs project. It's a fun project that I work on when other projects come to a halt. This will be one of the first projects that I'll mat that will include some baseballs as well as cards, cuts and one of my favorite pictures of Ron Santo with the black cat going across the field.

Mike,
You need to find a ticket from the infamous "Black Cat game" for your framed Cubs project! ;)

Now only one short of having handwritten letters/notes of the initial HOF class. I'm wishing 'Big 6' was actually the 6th.

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Sweet letter, Scott!

Agreed sir. Love it

HILARIOUS!! I bid on this too! I must say.. you have GREAT taste. :)

Thanks guys. If it wasn't for Ben, I could be eating steak every now and then :)

That is a beautiful piece, Scott.

Thanks Chris. I was thinking of it as a placeholder until I can find a full signature, but I guess realistically a full-signature handwritten Wagner letter would cost me.....

Honus Wagner Handwritten letter

...over 5K? (and, while out of my 'budget', be well worth it).

That's a great Wagner!

I recently added a signed check of the 23rd President, Benjamin Harrison.

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Yep...I've kinda been on the lookout for one, but it's not exactly a big/famous game in the grand scheme of things so I might just have to be real lucky to find one.

baseball hall of fame autograph #37

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Picked up this really nice 62 Banks.

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Picked up this Tom Seaver auto three card sheet the other day.

Not a rookie, but earliest signed card I can get now until another surfaces.

This makes it my third signed E-AC card, I love this set. Great looking cards and great action shots as well.

I created a thred just for this item, but it also fits here as a September pickup. This is a competitors number worn by an American Olympian at the 1948 Olympics. It is also signed by 44 U.S. track and field athletes who competed in London. It arrived in the mail, completely unsolicited and free from the gentleman who wore it. I have also included a photo of him wearing it.

Early Tom Tresh autograph.

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Picked up the wonderful Ted Williams Circa 1940's album page from Jim Stinson... Got it framed and matted to add to the decor in my sons room...

Thanks again Jim!

Got my autographed print!! It's ready for hanging in my Yankees den :)

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It is a nice piece, don't get me wrong, the placement of the Mattingly signature is not the best. I wish sometimes athletes would take a second and look before signing items.

Don't worry, I 100% agree. The two of them together, though, I couldn't turn down.

Great piece and, as Isaac recommended, fantastic job with the matting!

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Another movie poster for the HT. This one is a new reprint that I cut out spaces for the Cooper and Wright signatures.

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A few months ago I Sent off a 1955 topps card to Ed Roebuck to see if he would sign it. Kind of wrote it off until yesterday when I went to the mail box. Finding goodies in the mailbox always makes my day!

Awesome piece, Mark.

My favorite actress of all-time is Teresa Wright. She was also wonderful in Shadow Of A Doubt with Joseph Cotton.

Thanks Chris.
I don't think I ever saw Shadow of a Doubt, but I'll put it on the radar.
I have one more Movie poster to do like this, but I need a reasonable Basil Rathbone cut or album page to complete it.

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"Shadow of a doubt" GREAT sleeper & was one of those movies that was horrible instance of poor casting and ended up being a classic !!!! TREMENDOUS movie ! Joseph Cotton and Peter Fonda probably the two most "underrated actors in history"

Actually the worst casting job in EVER was "Double Indemnity " with Fred MacMurray playing the heavy and he pulled it off to perfection !!!!!
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As a matter of fact, Jim, Double Indemnity is on tonight....I loved Edward G. Robinson in that movie....

Not the usual character for him, but like Fred, he pulled it off to perfection.

As for Joesph Cotton, you are correct; very underrated actor. He was perfect as Uncle Charlie.

Peter Fonda wasn't in Shadow of a Doubt, he would have been 3 if he was in it :)

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I know that Isaac...I was comparing him to Joseph Cotton in terms of being under rated actors. Its a matter of taste but I think Joseph Cotton's BEST role was in "The Third Man" with Orson Welles.

I liked Fonda in all his movies except "On Golden Pond" ...ugh ! His best "Sleeper" movie was "The Wrong Man" ...anyway I got a little off topic sorry, but fun stuff anyway :)
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And I meant HENRY Fonda ..not Peter , Geez ....Thank goodness my "memory" (so far) is the first to "GO" as I am getting older. Or maybe its Altzimers ......Anyway "Who ARE you people and where is my Horse?"
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Your horse is off drinking water :)

Henry Fonda is great, 12 Angry Men might be one of the greatest movies ever made... period

It certainly is right up there. Great cast.

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WAY...off topic now but .Not bad for a movie that was filmed almost ENTIRELY on one set , of the 96 minute film only 3 minutes are filmed outside of the jury room !!!! More from Wiki

The film is today viewed as a classic, highly regarded from both a critical and popular viewpoint: Roger Ebert listed it as one of his "Great Movies".The American Film Institute named Juror 8, played by Henry Fonda, 28th in a list of the 50 greatest movie heroes of the 20th century. AFI also named 12 Angry Men the 42nd most inspiring film, the 88th most heart-pounding film and the 87th best film of the past hundred years. The film was also nominated for the 100 movies list in 1998.[18] In June 2008, it revealed AFI's 10 Top 10—the best ten films in ten "classic" American film genres—after polling over 1,500 people from the creative community. 12 Angry Men was acknowledged as the second best film in the courtroom drama genre.
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12 Angry Men.

Classic....what an awesome cast....

Edward Binns, who flew the bomber that got through....in what movie?

Another classic.......

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"FAIL SAFE" which also featured "President" Henry Fonda
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Hey Leon ......I think its time to start a "Vintage film forum" :D
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Correct.

Dom Deluise actually had a small part in Fail Safe.

And who remembers Seven Days In May with Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas.

My favorite joseph cotten film is the magnificent ambersons. Anyone into turn of the century baseball will probably love this movie. No baseball in it but its mainly about the the change brought ti the world by the automobile.

Cool. With all this movie talk, it reminds of the great quote..
"Damn. I went to the fights and a hockey game broke out!"

Not Sports, but a letter to my great great grandfather from Jimmie Davis, the gentleman that wrote "You are My Sunshine". Sept Pick-up as my Aunt just found it in a pile of my GGGFather's belongings.


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I have a question that has always interested me.

What are the royalties on extremely old songs as this one?