Speaker Autograph Question

[Bosox Blair]

Originally Posted by JimStinson

To my knowledge Tris Speaker never used a proxy on through the mail requests. In fact he was SO accomodating to fans that he even went through the trouble of having postcard photos of himself made up and would often include them with autograph requests.
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jim@stinsonsports.com

Thanks Jim - just the kind of info I was looking for! What got me wondering was that I've seen a few Speaker autos that don't have the big looping part of the "p" through the capital "S", but some of those were on GPCs...so that got me wanting to make sure these were not known to be signed by a relative!

Cheers,
Blair

[Bosox Blair]

For example, this one:

[JimStinson]

The signature posted above is GOD awful, Its either not signed by him or he was at deaths door.....like maybe "minutes" away.
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[JimStinson]

Can you post an image of the verso ?
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[Bosox Blair]

Originally Posted by JimStinson

Can you post an image of the verso ?
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jim@stinsonsports.com

Hi Jim,

I have no image of the reverse on that Speaker I posted above - it is advertised as a 1955 GPC (though the slab says "index card").

I deduce from the other offerings of the seller that this Speaker is a companion to (from the same collection as) this Sam Crawford, addressed to someone named "Alan":

[Bosox Blair]

And also from same collection as this Schalk auto to "Alan", I'm assuming:

[JimStinson]

Both the Ray Schalk and Sam Crawford you pictured are "spot on" , I did notice the dates on the Schalk and the Crawford were 1955 & 1957, Speaker died in December of 1958. So who knows ......Maybe he WAS at death's door.

I've attached an image of an early 1950's signature on a GPC that is typical of all I've seen. Except for very early Tris Speaker signatures. They have all been very consistant.
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