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Posted By: Rhys

This is a little off topic, but when I was in 6th grade my teacher informed our class that her maiden name was Chapman, and that her grandfather was the only major leaguer killed during a baseball game. I didn't think too much about it at the time, but I wished I had asked her if she had any of his autographs, they would be worth well into the thousands for a cut signature. In 15 years of collecting obscure player autographs I have never even heard of an authentic Chapman signature.

I decent condition Collins McCarthy or Sporting News will set you back $200 of Chapman. Mays has a ton of cards and your best bets for a cheap example which looks really nice are the 1921 and 1922 exhibit cards. I bought one on ebay last year for about $15

Rhys