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10-20-2018, 06:32 AM
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What's Your Favorite Baseball Player's Signature?
These days, signatures are becoming less and less legible. Speaking for myself, mine is still legible ONLY if I take my time and I'm writing on a 'low-tech' surface aka paper, cardboard, etc. These check-out machines have become the bane of my existence.
As far as collecting signatures, I only have experience collecting Baseball players' signatures, mostly on cards. Of active players, there are a lot that look quite similar to my check-out samples. Many Old-Timers had very 'neat' legible signatures, though some have aged just as the players themselves have. My personal favorite was fashioned by, appropriately enough, 'The Mechanical Man' Charlie Gehringer. Let's see your favorite! 1935 DIAMOND STARS w GEHRINGER AUTO.jpg
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10-20-2018, 06:52 AM
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My favorite sig, also happens to me my all time fav player, is Harmon Killibrew. Rarely do I see his autograph that doesn`t look like he took time and made the effort to please the recipient. Maybe 4 or so years ago a fellow 54`er had a sheet with what looked like Harmon actually practicing his sig, had to be at least 12+ examples on the page. Still regret not purchasing it.
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10-20-2018, 10:26 AM
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 Always liked this style/version of Wags. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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10-20-2018, 01:29 PM
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Certainly a man ahead of his time!
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10-20-2018, 01:45 PM
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10-20-2018, 09:56 PM
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David - those are okay I guess.
LOL & W-O-W!
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10-21-2018, 04:46 AM
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Ted
Lived his pre rookie signatures.
This ine was likely signed during spring training of 1938
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10-21-2018, 01:21 PM
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Zach Wheat.
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10-21-2018, 05:30 PM
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10-22-2018, 09:20 AM
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for baseball I love Clemente
While it wasn't asked I would love to give a shout out to a gorgeous FB autograph Gale Sayers
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10-22-2018, 09:39 AM
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The Battle We Face:
Here are two 'Old-School' followed by two actives:
1989 Perez-Steele- TED WILLIAMS Auto PSA-DNA.jpg1994 Upper Deck- MICKEY MANTLE Auto with Griffey Jr.jpg 2014 Topps Supreme- Evan Gattis Auto.jpg2018 Topps Stadium Club- Ronald Acuna Jr Auto.jpg
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. "A life is not important except in the impact it has on others lives" - Jackie Robinson “If you have a chance to make life better for others and fail to do so, you are wasting your time on this earth.”- Roberto Clemente Last edited by clydepepper; 10-22-2018 at 09:40 AM.
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10-22-2018, 10:37 AM
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Always liked Eddie Collins flair
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10-22-2018, 10:58 AM
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T206s are tough to sign with flair. Given a little more room, Speaker and Grove have the nicest signatures in my signed card collection:
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10-23-2018, 05:29 PM
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10-23-2018, 05:34 PM
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10-24-2018, 01:23 PM
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The very first one I thought of, aesthetically speaking, when I read the thread title was Gehringer. He had a beautiful signature, even towards the end. Most of the old-timers had nice, legible signatures.
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10-24-2018, 06:26 PM
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My "To Chris, Best Wishes............"
JoeDiMaggio-ToChris-1.jpg My "To Chris Best Wishes............" JeterToChris2.jpg My 1994-Circa Jeter autographed baseball. Very rare. I have yet to see another single-signed, 1994-Circa Jeter autograph on a baseball. Jeter1994Sig-1.jpg Mickey Mantle. MantleProgram1.jpg Last edited by thetruthisoutthere; 10-25-2018 at 05:45 AM.
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10-24-2018, 08:46 PM
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10-25-2018, 05:49 AM
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"Babe Ruth" is the king here.
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10-25-2018, 05:00 PM
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Hard to beat this guys signature....
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10-27-2018, 01:06 PM
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Four more notable Lefties whose signatures I like
1931 Lefty Grove early sig with flourish (album page)
1955 early Sandy Koufax (album page) 1940's era King Carl Hubbell (snapshot) 1938 Johnny Vander Meer on Goldsmith baseball Last edited by Scott Garner; 10-27-2018 at 01:36 PM.
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10-27-2018, 03:43 PM
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The best baseball autographs, judged by how masterful their signer's penmanship skills were, were 1) Barney Dreyfuss; and 2) Alexander Cartwright.
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11-02-2018, 09:16 AM
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As far as just enjoyable autographs go I like Gene Lillard's signature but I think an ornate Duffy Lewis (often signed as G.E. "Duffy" Lewis) may be my favorite as it really does remind me of a more intense Walt Disney signature (as you can tell I like the artistic signatures).
Two of the stranger autographs that are hard to even recognize as autographs (unless you know what you are looking at) are former Reds owner John T. Brush and umpire Bill Klem. Just strange looking autographs.
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11-02-2018, 12:51 PM
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2nd from the top, 1939. I really enjoy the evolution of Ted Williams' signature up to the 1960's. Same with Mickey Mantle - nothing like a 1940's Williams or a 1950's Mantle.
I would say "Nothing like a 1939 Williams", but I'm sure I'll never own another.
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11-07-2018, 05:33 PM
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BABE RUTH Single-Signed 4x5 Photo.jpg
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11-07-2018, 06:57 PM
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Billy Pierce’s signature never varied. It was essentially the same when Bowman used it on their ‘54 and when he signed a card for me a year or so before he passed in 2015.
EACC9894-F000-41E2-8DC1-8694EB8D2DE6.jpg BC910768-CF7A-459E-B507-89711E387004.jpg
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11-07-2018, 08:32 PM
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Two of my favorites, on the same ball, and in black sharpie to boot!
 They really are two of my favs, though I don't own an example of either. Also a big fan of The Mechanical Man's signature.
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11-07-2018, 09:26 PM
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11-11-2018, 01:56 AM
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`John Brush
John Brush isn't on this list yet is he? His signature is pretty intricate. This one comes from the CooperstownExpert.com website. Brush has his own page, as does every Hall of Famer and a couple hundred other baseball people. Many interesting autographed pieces there, most of the guys mentioned on this topic too. Enjoy!
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