I'm surprised that most would rather let this vintage DiMag ball go for less than the common show-era ones, but it works for me!!

Because its personalized

And don't forget it's on the side panel!

Yet I'd still rather have a 1970 personalized side panel HOFer than a 1995 NRMT Bobby Brown. Guess that's what makes the collecting world great!

+1

I usually do not collect autographs but when I seen this listed for sale on our great forum I had to buy it. It is from my hometown. I knew we had a minor league team in 1994 but did not know we did from 1965-70. We had a Phillies A ball team from 65-68 and a Cubs A ball team in 69 & 70. Manny Trillo and Greg Luzinski played here in 68 and Rick Reuschel played here in 70. With out finding this great item I might not have ever known about us having minor league teams for those 6 years from 65-70.

Just picked up this Dummy Hoy signed GPC. Postmarked 1948. I thought the signature was especially bold:

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:):):)

Excited to add these...Ty Cobb full letter (finally framed), Derek Jeter (repost), and Walt Disney check (soon to be framed)

First thing Ive got for me in a while. What some don't know won't hurt them...

the OLD REDHEAD;)

Very nice Scott! That's a nice one to add!!

Nice letter from Cobb! My favorite is the Walt Disney which might be my favorite autograph in existence… guess you need a nice sig if your going to draw all of those cartoons :D

Not prewar, but a cool modern autograph, never the less...
 

Congrats to all SF Giants fans. That was quite a World Series that just ended.
Madison Bumgarner's performance was one for the ages...

Another 2014 Giants regular and post season pitching star was journeyman Yusmieiro Petit. Petit first became interesting to me in 2013 when he pitched 8 2/3 innings of a perfect game before eventually giving up a hit.

I'm not sure how many of you picked up on this Yusmeiro Petit factoid, but on 8/28/2014 he set a very cool ML record by retiring 46 consecutive batters in a 4-1 Giants win over the Colorado Rockies. Petit broke Mark Buehrle's record of retiring 45 straight batters in conjunction with his perfect game on 7/23/2009. Petit's record was unusual in that it was accomplished through both relief appearances and as a starter.

The good news is really that Yusmeiro Petit's autograph is one of the rare current players that has fairly nice penmanship. This ball was actually signed in spring training with the Mets in his rookie 2005 season a decade ago. ;)