NEW FIND M114 Baseball Magazine SIGNED Photos

[Jobu]

Awesome group Dave. I don't know much about autographs but I am pretty sure that period signatures usually command a premium, especially if the signature changed a lot over time.

Please never split this lot up, it is too cool to meet that fate. I also suggest having the woman you bought them from write out the full story and sign and date it for you so you can keep it as a nice piece of provenance for the group.

Thanks for posting, I enjoyed looking at these.

[stoogeco]

Here is the photo of the Burke's.

[doug.goodman]

Fantastic stuff

[HRBAKER]

Originally Posted by doug.goodman

Fantastic stuff

Indeed!

[drcy]

I'm no autograph expert, but know that many period players purchased postcards and photos directly from Burke to fulfill fan autograph requests. That's why many Ruth, Williams, Foxx, Gehringer, Dean, Cochrane etc autographs are on Burke photos.

[HotSpringsBaseball]

That's an amazing collection, Dave. I agree with Bryan, that lot should never be split, the fact that it has stayed together so long and has such history, it deserves to remain together. Vintage signatures always command a higher price, certainly so if it is one of the earliest known signatures of said player. However, in this case, I believe to a collector it is worth exponentially more as the entire orginal collection. Great find, enjoy it!

Mac

[bcbgcbrcb]

That's an awesome collection, I was a big collector of the M114's (unsigned) for a good while. One thing I wonder about is how the original owner was able to send these out and have them returned signed while still maintaining their pristine condition? Due to their much larger than normal paper size, you would think that many would have been folded to fit into envelopes for mailing to the players but yet none appear to have any creases, unless I just can't see them in the scans.

[stoogeco]

There is slight water damage on a few of them (lower right corners) but you are right there are no creases. Weren't these shipped originally in tubes? He either met the players or shipped them in tubes is my guess. But who knows. It's the joy of the lot in speculating what might have been.