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12-06-2014, 10:04 AM
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Circa 1938 Williams
Tony, that Ruth is exquisite! and Chris, the Mantle looks great!
As some of you may know, for the last year and a half (maybe two), I have been transforming my three year old son's room into a Man Cave of sorts...The focus has been on my favorite player: Ted Williams... I prefer flats over other mediums as i feel they make for great displays... Now to the point: I have been looking for a Pre-Rookie Williams signature for quite some time, and I can never seem to find the fish hook "T" variation on anything but a ball. This one recently came to market & I had to grab it... First off, its a monster (rougly 5x7"), has the graphs of 4 other Hall of Famers My research leads me to believe it was signed some time during Ted's first spring training with the Sox in 1938. Hall of famers aside, I think the Bob Daughters signature is very interesting... Bob played in one major league game (april 24, 1937-Boston's home opener), versus the Yankees. Daughters pinch ran for Rick Ferrell in the 10th, managed to score a run... he never got to bat and his big league career was over... Very Happy to add this one to our collection, not sure how I'm going to display it, If anyone has suggestions please pm me... Many Thanks & Happy Holidays to all of the great members that make this board what it is... Dave 
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12-06-2014, 01:10 PM
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I love Teddy Ball Games early sigs, nice pick up!
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12-06-2014, 05:32 PM
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Over Thanksgiving weekend I picked up a lot of items saved by a 1904 Olympic gold medalist. All of the items in the group are from his participation in the 1906 Olympic Games in Athens also called the intercalated games. There are 36 signatures all signed on the back of his business/calling cards. It includes every U.S. gold medalist, every U.S. medalist except one and 27 of the 38 U.S. team members. Also includes two James Sullivan signatures; a card and TLS. The Sullivan Award, top U.S. amateur athlete, is named after him. There are also the signatures of the King of Greece and his three sons. One of his sons, Andrew, is the father of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinborough, husband of Queen Elizabeth.
Here are a few signatures: Martin Sheridan (1881-1918) – 5 gold and 9 total Olympic medals. Three-peat in the discus (1904, 1906, 1908 gold). In the top three in rarity for U.S. gold medalists for the sports that people collect. He is on all want lists for serious Olympic collectors. This is the first one I have seen that I recall. For baseball collectors think Rube Wadell. Unfortunately not as valuable, still a low 4 figure signature. Myer Prinstein (1878-1925) – 4 gold and 1 silver medal, 1900, 1904, 1906, all in the long jump and triple jump. Top 5 in rarity of U.S. gold medalist for the sports that people collect. Also on everyone’s want list. This is the only one I have ever seen. All records give his first name as ‘Meyer’. This signature actually corrects that mistake. Ray Ewry (1873-1937) – The ultimate Olympic champion. He competed in 10 events in the 1900, 1904, 1906 and 1908 Olympic Games and won a gold medal in every event. This includes 2 4-peats. Some people do not count the 1906 games since they do not follow the quadrennial rule, but many real historians treat them as such as they fulfill all other requirements. Including the 1906 games, only Michael Phelps has won more gold medals. Excluding the 1906 games he still has 8 golds without any other medal. The only active athlete who could tie or pass him is Usain Bolt with 6 gold medals. Hugo Friend (1882-1966) – Bronze medal in the long jump at the 1906 Olympics. He became a lawyer and was then appointed a judge. He is well known to baseball collectors as the judge for the 1919 Chicago Black Sox trial. He lived a long time, but this is his signature as a young man about 15 years before the trial. Lastly, the jersey patch worn by the athlete. Any pre-WWI 'games used' item is very rare.
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'Integrity is what you do when no one is looking' "The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep” Last edited by Michael B; 12-06-2014 at 05:44 PM.
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03-30-2015, 12:15 AM
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1906 Olympics Athens
Fantastic autographs!
What about Paul Pilgrim, Robert Leavitt, Fay Moulton, William Frank and Edward Glover? Do you have scans of these five, too? I am ust curious!
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#5
03-30-2015, 07:33 PM
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Heere they are in alphabetical order.
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'Integrity is what you do when no one is looking' "The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep”
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03-30-2015, 08:18 PM
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I am very happy to show my newest signed 1934 Goudey. It's my first new one in 2 yrs. Thanks to Andrew for making this available to me.
I am now at 76/96 of the set. 
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My signed 1934 Goudey set(in progress). https://flic.kr/s/aHsjFuyogy Other interests/sets/collectibles. https://www.flickr.com/photos/96571220@N08/albums My for sale or trade photobucket album https://flic.kr/s/aHsk7c1SRL
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#8
12-14-2014, 05:32 PM
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Quote:
Last edited by daves_resale_shop; 12-14-2014 at 05:33 PM.
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12-15-2014, 04:33 AM
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Thanks
For the compliments guys, I really do appreciate it.
Happy Holidays!
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#12
12-18-2014, 10:26 PM
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Some pick ups from the past month or so.
1. Ernie "Tiny" Bonham 2. Tom Gastall In keeping with my death while on a MLB roster I added those 2. Also picked 2 full name checks: 1. A full name Orestes Minnie Minoso check, and 2. A full name John H. Wagner check. This is my 4th Honus Wagner autograph, and my 3rd signature variation of his and my first check of his. Lastly picked up: 1. A full name Leo "Gabby" Hartnett and 2. A vintage Chief Bender GPC from 1931 signed Chief C A Bender. I had been looking for this vintage and rarer version of his signature for a while to go along with my HNS of his from 1949 signed more commonly as Chief Bender. Interestingly I was the under bidder on this exact piece when it was auctioned this past October, so I feel lucky to have had a second chance to get this , albeit at a little higher price. Happy Holidays and Happy Collecting
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#13
12-19-2014, 06:42 AM
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All great pickups! (as usual)
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