Adventures in Autographs, The Cuban Connection III, Conclusion

[JimStinson]

Thanks a million but to quote a REAL writer Ernest Hemingway who spent much of his life in Cuba he said

We can’t ever go back to old things or try and get the 'old kick' out of something or find things the way we remembered them. We have them as we remember them and they are fine and wonderful and we have to go on and have other things because the old things are nowhere except in our minds now.
~Hemingway

[mr2686]

"You can't go back home to your family, back home to your childhood ... back home to a young man's dreams of glory and of fame ... back home to places in the country, back home to the old forms and systems of things which once seemed everlasting but which are changing all the time – back home to the escapes of Time and Memory." Thomas Wolfe.

[JimStinson]

Found these pictures too from the original article , hope they come out clear enough
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[scmavl]

Incredible, Jim. Thanks for sharing!

[mschwade]

Jim - Have you been able to track down any of the three autographs you sought? Whether it be on your trip or sometime after.

[JimStinson]

I have been looking for the autographs of Cristobal Torriente and Jose Mendez since long before they were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. There are only two known examples of Mendez signature and one of Torriente's Both of which are going to be in Ron K's upcoming book on Hall of Fame autographs.
But neither of them are in private hands. I know of no autographs ever being offered for sale or housed in private collections which I guess would probably make them if not the TOUGHEST at least among the toughest of all hall of fame autographs to find. I would not be surprised if either of the two were ever offered on a Bona fide authentic item, ie document, letter etc. I would expect them to sell for upwards of $50,000 to blue sky.
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[mschwade]

Originally Posted by JimStinson

I have been looking for the autographs of Cristobal Torriente and Jose Mendez since long before they were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. There are only two known examples of Mendez signature and one of Torriente's Both of which are going to be in Ron K's upcoming book on Hall of Fame autographs.
But neither of them are in private hands. I know of no autographs ever being offered for sale or housed in private collections which I guess would probably make them if not the TOUGHEST at least among the toughest of all hall of fame autographs to find. I would not be surprised if either of the two were ever offered on a Bona fide authentic item, ie document, letter etc. I would expect them to sell for upwards of $50,000 to blue sky.
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Wow, that's an incredible $ amount. So I assume that the baseball historian did not have any of them in the "not for sale" box then either?