Bill Hongach Signed Photos?
Back in the 1970s, I'm thinking between 1976-1979 Bill Hongach, erstwhile Yankees batboy and budding entrepreneur, sold signed photos of Hall of Famers and stars printed on Kodak photo paper. Most were copies of old photos, some seemed like they were printed from original negatives.
If I recall he would sell them in "series" like baseball cards.
Hongach later became more famous, or maybe infamous as the behind the scenes brains of Renata Galasso, Inc aka the World's Most Beautiful Sports Card Dealer.
I don't have them in hand, but going through my stuff it jogged my memory that I might still have a few of these.
Do any of you remember these signed photos, and more importantly, were they legit or forgeries? This was long before Operation Bullpen but there were other forgers at work back then too. If I come across any I'll post scans.
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