Possible signed B&W HOF plaques?

[jad22]

Originally Posted by Wrightfan85

-There are no Mordecai Brown, Rabbit Maranville, or Joe Tinker signed postcards out there to my knowledge.

-The Jesse Burkett's out there are all fakes I believe.

-Alexander and Ruth both have only one known real signed postcard and there both sold at the same auction I believe.

I think the rest of the list is correct though.

Agreed. Brown and Tinker do not exist.

There are at least two Alexander postcards (the other was sold at the Weiss auction when the Ruth was sold):

http://huntauctions.com/live/imagevi...t_qual=&closed

[dgo71]

Thanks! I removed Brown and Tinker from the list, and will leave Burkett with a mental asterisk for the time being.

With Maranville, he passed away in 1954 and should have had a decent window to sign the Albertypes at least. I believe he was a pretty accommodating signer, is there a reason why his postcard would not exist signed? Is it just a matter of the state the hobby was in during the time, or did he not like the plaque a la Goose Goslin, a health issue..?

Does anyone else have more insight on the list?

[Wrightfan85]

Originally Posted by dgo71

Thanks! I removed Brown and Tinker from the list, and will leave Burkett with a mental asterisk for the time being.

With Maranville, he passed away in 1954 and should have had a decent window to sign the Albertypes at least. I believe he was a pretty accommodating signer, is there a reason why his postcard would not exist signed? Is it just a matter of the state the hobby was in during the time, or did he not like the plaque a la Goose Goslin, a health issue..?

Does anyone else have more insight on the list?

Marranivlle died in January 1954. Months before the ceremony.

[dgo71]

Originally Posted by Wrightfan85

Marranivlle died in January 1954. Months before the ceremony.

Duh, I don't know why I had 1947 in my head as his induction year.
I was cross-eyed by the time I got to the 1954 class I guess. Thanks!

[dgo71]

Removing Rabbit gets my list down to 50. I did see an article that stated there were 50 possible plaques, though it didn't do me the service of listing them. I will assume with the corrections made based on everyone's input that my list is accurate now. Thanks very much folks!

[Kco]

Great list this comes in very helpful especially for the older players. I have a Cy Young Albertype myself and love it

[dgo71]

Originally Posted by jad22

There are at least two Alexander postcards (the other was sold at the Weiss auction when the Ruth was sold):

http://huntauctions.com/live/imagevi...t_qual=&closed

That is an AMAZING item! Thank you for that link.

[scmavl]

Originally Posted by dgo71

That is an AMAZING item! Thank you for that link.

Agreed. They just don't get any better than that.