[Lordstan]

Mike,
I still do get them signed, but with prices so high at shows and online, alot of times I would rather spend that money on other stuff. I did recently splurge and get the Aug 1951 cover signed by Yogi(haven't updated the pic yet). (I drove 2hours to Secaucus to get hime to sign that and another book, which was the real reason I went. He and Johnny Bench wound up looking through the mag. Bench told Berra, he was really pumped up when he was younger. Both got a good laugh. Yogi also tallked about his wife who was pictured inside. It was really pretty cool.) Another issue for me is that many of the magazines have pictures inside which are signed, so buying one with the cover signed may not help me. I am working on scanning the covers first. Then I will work on posting the inside pics.
I have begun to investigate sending some mags to people through the mail to have them sign. I did get favorable responses from a few older football players, like Charley Trippi and Johnny Lujack. We will see how it works out.

The story behing the Musial/Mantle cover is this. If you went to shows in the 1980's, you know that Mantle was a signing machine, who was often drunk at the shows. If you didn't get the page turned fast enough, he signed whatever was in front of him. I have another Sport mag from 1956, I think, with Billy Pierce on the cover, signed by Mantle and Pierce. Same story.

Fred,
Also, either I didn't know or don't remember knowing that the Jan 1952 edition doesn't exist. Thanks. Now I won't go crazy trying to hunt it down.