I was able to pick up this 1948 Indians (partial) World Series team signed baseball which has Paige with 2 L's. Listings on eBay confirm that by 1949 he was using just 1 L, so this may be as late as it gets for the 2 L Paige signatures.
Pretty excited about this piece because of the strong, early Paige signature, and the place this has in the integration. First AL team to have Negro League players, first Negro League players to win a World Series, and an early Paige auto.
Negatives are that it does not have Larry Doby, it's only partially signed (around 11 sigs) and the Joe Gordon sig was deemed a clubhouse (and that's the one next to Paige) but those helped keep the price very reasonable.
Last edited by Topnotchsy; 06-15-2017 at 08:27 AM.
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