February autograph pickups

[jbhofmann]

Picked this up for $13.16 on eBay. Seller said his brother played with it and the family dog might have loved on it a little. The Sandlot is one of my favorite movies ever and this ball reminded me of the Ruth ball that the gang played with and Hercules got a hold of.

[sbfinley]

Took a chance on a lot that just arrived today. These are the keys in it. Usually I'm usually weary of raw superstars grouped together, but the sigs look clean and the with the bad listing title it was easy to overlook. Won the lot for fairly cheap so if some are bad I'm not out enough to get in a huff. Still waiting on my last PSA/DNA sub, so I might try these with SGC to save a few bucks. Any opinions on these six are welcome.

[theshleps]

I don't have my examples with me but I do not like the Helton whom I have gotten 20+ times in person

[packs]

Don't know about that Brandon Phillips. Here's the one I got signed myself during spring training last year. Looks very different to me. Usually I use the rule of one bad apple, all bad apples:

[sbfinley]

Thanks for the replies guys. I knew bidding on them there was a chance they were junk and I'm only in them about $4 each.

[vintagehofrookies]

Joel,
Thats an awesome Aaron Ball! The second I saw it I was reminded of the Sandlot

[canjond]

Happy to pick this one up. Fitting personalization, too!

[dgo71]

Originally Posted by sbfinley

Thanks for the replies guys. I knew bidding on them there was a chance they were junk and I'm only in them about $4 each.

FWIW, I think they look like they were signed during those guys time in the minor leagues. I have several Phillips, Waino and McCann that look like these. Those guys were all in the minors around the same time frame (early 2000s) so if the rest of the lot fits, that's another good sign. That said, there's not much to those sigs and they likely wouldn't be too tough to forge, so without knowing who they came from or how they were obtained I wouldn't feel comfortable saying definitively either way, though I'd lean more towards good than bad. I think if someone were to go to the touble of forging someone like Phillips for example, on a recent, easy to find card, they'd at least use a blue sharpie.

[egri]

These are some great pickups everyone is posting!

My most recent is a 1953 Topps signed by Warren Spahn. I'd post a picture, but I'm having some difficulty figuring out how to post an image from a USB drive. I love getting those old Boston Braves cards signed.