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Posted By: Jodi Birkholm

Outside of an odd T-type on very rare occasions, you only really see Goudey issues signed in fountain pen. I should amend one of my previous posts to discuss signed Goudeys. The 1933-34 sets were actually the earliest instance where I have seen evidence of signed set collecting. I'm fairly certain that many of these vintage-signed Goudeys were autographed in-person at the time (I have found more evidence of this being the case rather than these being sent through the mail, although both methods were certainly used). Some of these Goudeys were certainly signed while the players were still active, as I have seen examples of players like Johnny Welch and Earl Clark, who died only a few years following their retirements.