What is the toughest baseball HOF autograph to obtain?

[the-illini]

Jim,

Is this Keefe real? Seems like it went awfully cheap if it was in fact a Keefe cut.

http://www.milehighcardco.com/LotDetail.aspx?lotid=9559

[esd10]

bid mcphee i dont even know of a example thats been sold

[JimStinson]

There have been several real Bid McPhee autographs sold , A nice GPC sold right after his HOF induction for $7,500. There has been a few other nice McPhee items sell since then
As for the Keefe cut pictured in link above ...some "lucky" bidder got a real bargain

[mighty bombjack]

Originally Posted by the-illini

Jim,

Is this Keefe real? Seems like it went awfully cheap if it was in fact a Keefe cut.

http://www.milehighcardco.com/LotDetail.aspx?lotid=9559

I'm glad you found that as I was about to go searching for it. That is the only (purported) Keefe auto I've ever seen. It seems slowly drawn, but with nothing to compare it to, what else can anyone say? I sincerely doubt that Topps has a record of what the cut comes from. hell, I doubt they have a record of who they bought it from.

I love that the auction says that it comes with authentication from Topps. That means squat as they don't authenticate anything.

[mighty bombjack]

For giggles, here is another cut auto from that 2004 Topps Tribute set. Pop Lloyd is not as tough as most listed here, but you sure don't see many of them.

I wonder where Topps bought these cuts?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/POP-JOHN-LLO...item1c20daebf6

[JimStinson]

Does anyone think they could have picked up some choice autographs on this boat trip ?? S.S. Olivette from Cuba to Tampa May 1917. Look at the names of the first two passengers traveling together
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[JimStinson]

Also to negate the myth that Cristobal Torriente was illiterate , see top right of ship passage document , the question is "Able to read & write" and he answers yes to both

[GrayGhost]

Someone paid 4200 for this GEM

http://www.myccsa.com/Lot/236/cap-an...-baseball.aspx

[thetruthisoutthere]

I thought Josh Gibson was difficult to find, but not for Coach's Corner headed by Lee Trythall and Scott Malack.

As a matter of fact, they have a Josh Gibson autographed baseball listed right now.

To discover a Josh Gibson autographed baseball penned in blue ink was quite a discovery for Lee Trythall and Scott Malack.

http://www.myccsa.com/Lot.aspx?LotID=337534

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[prewarsports]

Didn't Keefe sign the Players League ledgers that sold about 10 years ago in Hunts Auction? I dont know if I can find it or not, but I thought he signed some of the pages of the "minutes" of the meetings as the secretary or something.