Vintage Negro League Autographs

[Topnotchsy]

I collect Negro League related items, especially autographs. A particular area of interest are items that were signed back when the league was still active.

I imagine there are some remarkable pieces residing in member's collections.

Here is one of my coolest pieces. A paper signed by the 1946 Satchel Paige All-Stars who toured the country with the Bob Feller All-Stars.

Would love to see what others have from when the Negro Leagues were active.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by Topnotchsy

I collect Negro League related items, especially autographs. A particular area of interest are items that were signed back when the league was still active.

I imagine there are some remarkable pieces residing in member's collections.

Here is one of my coolest pieces. A paper signed by the 1946 Satchel Paige All-Stars who toured the country with the Bob Feller All-Stars.

Would love to see what others have from when the Negro Leagues were active.

Hi Jeff,
WOW! That is an impressive team sheet!
Congrats on owning that, because that's such a cool piece of baseball and Negro League history...

Not autographs, but here is my ticket to the very 1st game of the 1946 Satchel Paige All-Stars vs. Bob Feller's All-Stars barnstorming tour that was played at Forbes Field on 9/30/46.

[Seven]

More of a question than a contribution, I apologize in advance

I understand why there aren't a whole lot of Josh Gibson signed pieces because of how he died so young. It surprises me more that there aren't more items signed by Oscar Charleston. He played organized ball, for a long time. He lived until the age of 57, not very old, but certainly a decent amount of time. He pretty much worked in baseball until his death. You would think more pieces of his would come up.

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

His lack of availability is not surprising whatsoever. He died far before the collector interest in the Negro Leagues.

[theshleps]

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[Topnotchsy]

Originally Posted by theshleps

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That is absolutely spectacular!! What year is it from?

[Topnotchsy]

Originally Posted by BillyCoxDodgers3B

His lack of availability is not surprising whatsoever. He died far before the collector interest in the Negro Leagues.

I'm not surprised that fan signatures are not common, but he also managed etc. and so I'm surprised there aren't more documents out there.

[Topnotchsy]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Hi Jeff,
WOW! That is an impressive team sheet!
Congrats on owning that, because that's such a cool piece of baseball and Negro League history...

Not autographs, but here is my ticket to the very 1st game of the 1946 Satchel Paige All-Stars vs. Bob Feller's All-Stars barnstorming tour that was played at Forbes Field on 9/30/46.

Scott, that display is absolutely stunning! And the ticket is amazing.

What is the other ticket that is in the display?

[Klrdds]

To The Shleps :
Enjoy the piece !
It was originally in my collection for over 20 years from the mid 1990s when I purchased it from Ron Oser ( I'm sure some older collectors remember him ) when he auctioned off the Bill Yancey collection in the mid 1990s . I loved it because the Yancey collection had great stuff and wonderful provenance ; it was never sold before Ron sold it so all the winners were 1st generation holders of this material. Rumor was some of his material came from either Bill Wright or Webster McDonald. Jim Stinson sold it for me in 2016 when I began to downsize my HoFer , and Negro League , and baseball autograph collections. It was always one of my favorite pieces in my collection of over 3,000 autographs . It still looks great and well taken care of .

[Rad_Hazard]

Wow, amazing stuff! I've always been a big fan of the negro leagues and have quite a few autos, but this First Day Cover is my favorite, mostly due to the rare Doc Sykes auto. The Paige is my 2nd favorite, love that auto as well!

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by Rad_Hazard

Wow, amazing stuff! I've always been a big fan of the negro leagues and have quite a few autos, but this First Day Cover is my favorite, mostly due to the rare Doc Sykes auto. The Paige is my 2nd favorite, love that auto as well!

very nice pieces

Congrats

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by Topnotchsy

Scott, that display is absolutely stunning! And the ticket is amazing.

What is the other ticket that is in the display?

Thanks Jeff!
It's an undated ticket from when Satchell Paige was with the KC Monarchs prior to coming to the Bigs. This ticket had them playing The House of David.

[tlwise12]

Have a few autos left including this one...

[Topnotchsy]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Thanks Jeff!
It's an undated ticket from when Satchell Paige was with the KC Monarchs prior to coming to the Bigs. This ticket had them playing The House of David.

Incredibly cool! Is there a way to date it? Maybe using newspapers.com?

Originally Posted by tlwise12

Have a few autos left including this one...

That's a beauty!