Robert Edwards preview is up

[prewarsports]

FWIW, the O'Day is real. Umpires are a different story, they would sign baseballs as a crew and give them away as presentation pieces or gifts. The Umpires signatures were there to show where the ball came from and not because of the "signatures". What I mean is that a group of Umpires (or a single Umpire) would keep game balls as souvenirs from World Series or Last Outs and write on them or sign them to show where the ball came from, so they are "signed" but mostly for presentation, not for the sake of autographing a baseball for a collector.

Players didn't really "sign" baseballs before about 1920 (or only for presentations), especially old timers without a current connection to the ball they were signing or the team involved.

[David Atkatz]

Oops. Wrong thread.

[GrayGhost]

Can't wait to get my catalog. HOURS of joy and drooling.

Far as the Brouthers, Cockroaches Corner has one this month too. haha.

I would think it would be tough, and I can sure see some skepticism is warranted. Never a dull moment in our great hobby.

[collectbaseball]

That 'Boston sports photographer' find is unbelievable

[David Atkatz]

Take a good look at those Ruth photos. They were all signed in the same ink, with the same pen. I'm reasonably certain they were signed at the same time.
Yet there are considerable differences in the "Ruth"s.

Real autographs are like that.