Key autographs from postwar sets?

[woods1999]

Originally Posted by dgo71

Forster was out of baseball after '86 and I had heard he was basically homeless for a while, living in an RV and bouncing between the US and Canada. I know at one point he was tracked down by a super-collector who had an impressive run of signed sets, but I don't think he got more than a handful of cards signed, and most were absorbed into collections immediately afterwards. I don't think it's as rare as the Howser from the same set, but it's definitely a toughie.

Another toughie from the same era is Joe DeSa. His only MLB cards were the 1986 Topps and Donruss issues. DeSa passed away in a car accident in December of 1986, and played exclusively in AAA that season. He did have the whole year to sign the card but it's still a tough find considering there weren't hundreds of minor league graphers in those days.

Steve Bechler is another toughie on his later 2002 and 2003 issues. He passed away in Spring Training of '03 and cards that came out the previous offseason had a window of only a few weeks (barring TTM requests) to be signed.

Forster did a private signing back in 2012 for $30 a card. ALOT of collectors got their setters done during this signing. I personally got my 78 and 87 topps done.