Questions on gold HOF plaque postcards

[dgo71]

That is a fascinating story, as always I appreciate the knowledge of the subject that you bring. I would imagine with Goslin front signed plaques selling in the $6-7K range, Weiss would easily be into five figures, should the collector ever choose to sell it. I would love to see scans of both the legit plaque, as well as the ones signed by his caregiver/wife for comparison. Thanks for your input Jim!

[RichardSimon]

The only signed gold plaks of Weiss that I have ever seen have been ghost signed.

[dgo71]

Thanks Richard! As for Waner and McKechnie, safe to assume they don't exist? Would either of you, or anyone, know if the gold plaques were in fact made available to the public for the first time in late 1965?

[RichardSimon]

Waner and McKechnie do not exist as far as I know.
While I have seen a few ghost signed Weiss plaks I have never seen a Waner or McKechnie plak with any signature on it.
I have always believed that the gold plaks became available in 1966, making it impossible for Waner or McKechnie to have signed them.

[dgo71]

That makes even more sense. McKechnie passed in October of '65, so surely if the plaques had been issued prior to that, you would think a forgery at the very least would have entered the market. Thanks again Richard!

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by dgo71

That makes even more sense. McKechnie passed in October of '65, so surely if the plaques had been issued prior to that, you would think a forgery at the very least would have entered the market. Thanks again Richard!

No opportunity would pass the forgers by. After this thread, I would not be surprised to see a discovery of these two plaks coming out of a Southern state .

[dgo71]

Originally Posted by RichardSimon

No opportunity would pass the forgers by. After this thread, I would not be surprised to see a discovery of these two plaks coming out of a Southern state .

Doh! I certainly hope not!

[sicollector1954]

I would be curious to confirm the fact that Weiss did not attend his own induction as I sold a HOF autographed baseball through Heritage about 6 months ago. It had a PSA letter with it and also a George Weiss sig on it. Only the Campanella was determined to be secretarial or signed by his wife if I remember.

[WizardofOz1982]

Originally Posted by RichardSimon

No opportunity would pass the forgers by. After this thread, I would not be surprised to see a discovery of these two plaks coming out of a Southern state .

This one didn't come out of a Southern state, at least by the provenance I have for it. Given the tight signing window I had my doubts about it but it was in a lot of 70 or so other plaques that I'm without doubt on the great majority of due to familiarity. I'm in no way trying to say this is legit because I don't know his signature at all but I would think if someone forged one they would have forged more than one. Perhaps it was just some kid filling in signatures on cards for a set. I don't know.