Autograph Book Featuring Gehrig, Ruth & Dozens Of Others...Opinions Needed/Welcomed

[Scott Garner]

Hello,
1933-1934 is an pretty good guess on date because of the presence of Russ Van Atta on one of the sheets. Van Atta's rookie season was 1933 so this sheet could not have been from any earlier. All the others present on the sheet were definitely players from this exact era, FWIW.

Nice looking sheets!!

[7nohitter]

Gorgeous signatures!

[Kco]

Hi all, just to clarify, as much as I wish this was an item for me or a pickup I scored, it's a piece a colleague of mine was shown and wanted an opinion on before sending it off to be authenticated and he wanted to get a gauge on if the signatures were good.

Many of them looked good to me so I took some photos of the book to get the opinions of many far more versed vintage autograph collectors and experts here.

The current owner is unsure if they want to sell the book as a whole, break it up into cuts, slab full pages (as not to ruin any signatures) etc. Once I have a better idea on what they are doing with it I will surely let you all know as it seems there is substantial interest from some members.

Kevin

[prewarsports]

Depending on whether or not the book was used for the contest or not, what you have is a 1932 Watermans autograph book. Kids were issued the book in Spring 1932 and by the Fall the books were "due" at Watermans for a contest. Now that does not mean it was not used later but that was the intent of these books.

FYI, the most valuable autograph in that book is neither Ruth or Gehrig. Its Eddie Bennett the mascot. I'm guessing whoever you send it to would know that, but you never know.

Rhys

[Mr. Zipper]

Originally Posted by Kco

The current owner is unsure if they want to sell the book as a whole, break it up into cuts, slab full pages (as not to ruin any signatures) etc.

Are the Ruth and Gehrig on the opposite side of Bennett and Lazzeri? If so, it seems like cuts are not an option. I hate to see waterman albums sliced up.