Baseball Hall-Of_Fame Autographs

[parker1b2]

The autograph part of my collection is now really just focused on HOFers. Currently at 110. I pretty much collect anything, but for the older deceased players I really like the way 3x5 index cards frame up with a nice photo. Also they are usually less expensive then photo or ball.

[skyrunner]

Thank you guys for all the input. There are so many ideas and thoughts. I will give each idea a good look and I hope that in the very near future, I will start and I am pretty sure that I will adjust the way that I approach collecting these great ball players.

[mighty bombjack]

I know a guy who only collects them on 3x5s, and has a bit of ocd about that. Me, I prefer the variety and very much like unique items. I have a few baseballs, some cards and postcards, lots of books, scorecards, tickets, cuts, etc. I like GPCs because of the added history of the return address and postmark. I also love contracts and other documents.

I guess I'm just repeating what many others have said: buy what makes you happy!

[ocjack]

I spent the better part of 15 years taking two of these art posters from show to show. I was able to obtain 50 Hall of Famers on one display piece. (Well, 49 really because I had Pete Rose sign the bat - and I assumed he'd eventually make the HOF). Excuse the glare on either side of the poster from the holder I have it in. I was fortunate to obtain many signatures of now deceased players, including Mantle, DiMaggio and Williams. Every signature was obtained in-person.

[almostdone]

Originally Posted by ocjack

I spent the better part of 15 years taking two of these art posters from show to show. I was able to obtain 50 Hall of Famers on one display piece. (Well, 49 really because I had Pete Rose sign the bat - and I assumed he'd eventually make the HOF). Excuse the glare on either side of the poster from the holder I have it in. I was fortunate to obtain many signatures of now deceased players, including Mantle, DiMaggio and Williams. Every signature was obtained in-person.

That is a really cool piece. Great pen choices against the colors of the balls. What great memories you must have meeting all those guys. Very nice piece indeed.
Drew

[bender07]

Originally Posted by ocjack

I spent the better part of 15 years taking two of these art posters from show to show. I was able to obtain 50 Hall of Famers on one display piece. (Well, 49 really because I had Pete Rose sign the bat - and I assumed he'd eventually make the HOF). Excuse the glare on either side of the poster from the holder I have it in. I was fortunate to obtain many signatures of now deceased players, including Mantle, DiMaggio and Williams. Every signature was obtained in-person.

That's awesome. Who was the last one you added? Plans for more?

[ocjack]

Thanks guys. It was troublesome carrying two posters from show to show, but I think the results were well worth it. Berra was the last autograph on one poster and Schmidt was the last on the second poster.

And no plans to continue although I still have about 6 posters without signatures ( I originally purchased 12 from the art gallery and sold a couple when I was set up at shows).

[skyrunner]

Wow OCJack. That poster looks great. I can only imagine all the work you went through. I am trying to put some ideas together now on how I will approach this major project.