Walter Johnson?

[Runscott]

It was being sold in RR as a complete book, and I thought the one offered here was pages removed from the book. I really thought they were two different items.

Here's the auction link: http://www.rrauction.com/bidtracker_detail.cfm?IN=850

Maybe none of the pages sold and he inserted them back into the book? If so, this description isn't accurate:

Signed book: Who’s Who in Major League Baseball. First edition. Chicago: Buxton Publishing Co., 1933. Hardcover, 9 x 11.25, 544 pages. Signed on the portrait on his biographical page in fountain pen, “Walter Johnson.” Also signed on several other pages by fellow players. Interior book pages in fine, clean condition but for collector’s pencil notations throughout updating the ballplayers’ career details, and slight skipping to ink in Johnson’s signature; book in very good condition, with a cracked and loose spine, and dings to edges and corners of the covers. This was the first edition of the Who’s Who ever published and is considered one of the more important baseball books of its era; other versions, released in digest form, would be issued annually until 1955. In addition to the historical importance of the book, signed images of Johnson are scarce and highly sought after. Pre-certified Steve Grad/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.

[ATP]

Originally Posted by Runscott

It was being sold in RR as a complete book, and I thought the one offered here was pages removed from the book. I really thought they were two different items.

Here's the auction link: http://www.rrauction.com/bidtracker_detail.cfm?IN=850

Maybe none of the pages sold and he inserted them back into the book? If so, this description isn't accurate:

Signed book: Who’s Who in Major League Baseball. First edition. Chicago: Buxton Publishing Co., 1933. Hardcover, 9 x 11.25, 544 pages. Signed on the portrait on his biographical page in fountain pen, “Walter Johnson.” Also signed on several other pages by fellow players. Interior book pages in fine, clean condition but for collector’s pencil notations throughout updating the ballplayers’ career details, and slight skipping to ink in Johnson’s signature; book in very good condition, with a cracked and loose spine, and dings to edges and corners of the covers. This was the first edition of the Who’s Who ever published and is considered one of the more important baseball books of its era; other versions, released in digest form, would be issued annually until 1955. In addition to the historical importance of the book, signed images of Johnson are scarce and highly sought after. Pre-certified Steve Grad/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.

Scott, here is the original post selling it


http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...ghlight=Walter

[Runscott]

I missed that listing!

I think RR did the book a disservice by not listing the other autographs, and providing some scans - it would have seemed much more credible and almost certainly would have brought more (I'm saying that based on all the positive opinions here regarding the Johnson signature).

[gnaz01]

I think someone got a great deal......