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Hey guys, I just thought this is something fun to share, and I haven't found anyone with as much interest in it as me.
I was given an autograph book my grandfather had. The book itself is in pretty poor condition but there are these pages that survived. I believe all signatures are from 1942 Spring Training (in Florida; Tampa/Clearwater area) There are more than 80 signatures in this book including 9 HoF—Mel Ott, Casey Stengel, Pee Wee Reese, Stan Musial, Lloyd "Little Poison" Waner, Paul "Big Poison" Waner, Ernie Lombardi, Enos Slaughter, Billy Southworth, also Hiram Bithorn (the first player from Puerto Rico) and more. Both MVP and "Top Pitcher" (no Cy Young awarded yet) of the year. There's a Stan Musial that is before his 1942 rookie season. He played only 12 games, in 1941, at this point. This is probably worth the most if I were to guess; since it is one of his first autographs he'd signed. Also it being 1942, it's pre-war and a majority of these guys went to military service after this. Instead of a bunch of images, I made this giant collage for now. I believe all are identified now! ![]() ![]() I don't know what something like this could be worth. But I'm really curious what it could draw. It'd cost a thousand to get it PSA authenticated and that's not worth it to me (when I know firsthand he didn't forge them too.) Right now I have no intention on selling it, I like having it. But I'd also like to know what sort of interest it draws too, and if there's a ballpark figure I could put on it. EDIT: So here is a big list of signatures identified. Sorry they are going to be all over the place from the pictures you see. Code:
NYG #Hank Leiber *Mel Ott Bubber Jonnard (coach) NYG Ace Adams Anthony "Tony" DiBartolo (minors) Gus Mancuso (traded to STL in '42) BRO Les Webber Augie Galan *Pee Wee Reese STL *Stan Musial (rookie) STL *Enos Slaughter Harry Gumbert Harry Walker Howard "Howie" Pollet STL *Mort Cooper (MVP of '42) STL Marty Marion STL #Whitey Kurowski Creepy Crespi STL *Billy Southworth Leo Ward (traveling secretary) CIN #Hank Sauer Joe Abreu Joe Beggs Gee Walker Ival Goodman CIN #Lonny Frey Ival Goodman Dick West Bucky Walters Eddie Joost PIT Pete Coscarart Bob Klinger Hank Gornicki #Rip Sewell PIT #Bob Elliott John Lanning Jim Wasdell Luke Hamlin PHI Al Glossop Dan Litwhiler Bob Bragan Johnny Podgajny Walter "Boom-Boom" Beck Hans Lobert (manager) PHI *Lloyd Waner Frank "Lefty" Hoerst Benny Culp Earl Naylor PHI Frank "Rube" Melton Merrill "Pinky" May Ernie Koy Mickey Livingston Si Johnson PHI Gordon Pixley BSN Lou Tost Manuel Salvo *Casey Stengel *Paul Waner BSN Al "Skippy" Roberge #Phil Masi "Tom" Dunn (NL Umpire; well-known then) Al Javery Jimmy Wallace John Cooney BSN Sibby Sisti Chet Ross Clyde Kluttz BSN #Eddie Miller Tommy Holmes Dick Errickson BSN Frank Demaree *Ernie Lombardi CHC Lou Stringer CHC Ed Hanyzewski Lennie Merullo Claude Passeau CHC #Hiram "Hi" Bithorn CHC Lou Stringer Chico Hernandez Bill Fleming Bill Nicholson Last edited by muggsy; 10-30-2017 at 12:29 PM. |
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