Q: Earliest baseball card signatures?

[GaryPassamonte]

Mine three.

[drcy]

Of non-sport note, people, including celebrities, used CDVs to sign in the 1860s-70s. So you can find early CDVs signed by folks ranging from Charles Dickens to Robert E. Lee

[barrysloate]

Mine four. And I was part of a small group trying to win that lot- hi Gary- but it wasn't meant to be.

Some may remember it was part of a group of ten, and the two others were offered in a Mastro Auction that literally closed the night before the
Sotheby's Auction. The winner of the two from Mastro also won the other eight, and told us he was not going to let them go for pretty much any price.

Arguably they are the finest set of 19th century cards in the hobby.

[insidethewrapper]

Check out these from PBS : http://www.pbs.org/video/antiques-ro...kings-archive/

Was this group ever sold ? Seems like a high estimate ?

Note: These are different cards than the auto card cabinets discussed previously. These were from scorecards I believe.

[Baseball Rarities]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Mine four. And I was part of a small group trying to win that lot- hi Gary- but it wasn't meant to be.

Some may remember it was part of a group of ten, and the two others were offered in a Mastro Auction that literally closed the night before the
Sotheby's Auction. The winner of the two from Mastro also won the other eight, and told us he was not going to let them go for pretty much any price.

Arguably they are the finest set of 19th century cards in the hobby.

I think that there were three offered separately - George Wright and a lot with Gould and Rogers.

[barrysloate]

So then there were eleven total. I'm sure you remember better than I do.

The thing I never understood about the lot is how it got split up and were sold in two separate auctions on consecutive days. I'm sure there is a juicy story there.

[insidethewrapper]

Here's the lot of 8 : http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/...155/lot.1.html

[theshleps]

Are there earlier front signed not oversized cards than this? Also has a PSA
Duffy 1895 Mayo Plug .jpg

[T206Collector]

Originally Posted by insidethewrapper

Here's the lot of 8 : http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/...155/lot.1.html

It would be great if anyone has better resolution scans than what Sotheby's has here. Anyone?