Dean Autographed Artvue Plaques

[Duluth Eskimo]

This is a crazy price. With this bidding, more will appear. Who bids like this?

[RichardSimon]

Many years ago there was an article in the UACC magazine.
It contained the bio (maybe an interview also, cannot remember for sure) of a man who was a professional ghost signer for celebrities.
One of his clients was Dizzy Dean.

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by Duluth Eskimo

This is a crazy price. With this bidding, more will appear. Who bids like this?

It is in a plastic tomb like cage and the "professionals" have graded it.
Hmmm,,, guess we have never seen anything else like that.

[johnmh71]

While we are on the subject, who else is considered a rare autograph on these postcards?

[jad22]

Originally Posted by johnmh71

While we are on the subject, who else is considered a rare autograph on these postcards?

Albertypes: Alexander, Collins, Ruth, Burkett (if it exists) are rare.

[brooklynbaseball]

Insanity... I sold a couple in the past 10 years or so for under a grand

[Klrdds]

Huggins and Scott auctioned many of these plaques autographed including a complete set of them over the past year . Check their website under past auctions and you can see the results. They were really good prices .

[Duluth Eskimo]

Call me an uninformed buyer or seller, but who can justify having an encapsulated plaque and paying $17k for the plastic? As Richard said, obviously the kool aid tastes that good, but this is an item that cannot be that rare given the time frame given to sign. I understand a small premium for something that is "authenticated" by a "trusted" third party, but $16,000? Come on.

[Wrightfan85]

Originally Posted by johnmh71

While we are on the subject, who else is considered a rare autograph on these postcards?

Gold: Foxx, Jackie, Goslin, and Bancroft. Bancroft easily the Holy grail as there was only a one year window.

[dgo71]

Front-signed Goslin is much more rare than Bancroft as I understand it. Not to say Bancroft is by any stretch easy to come by.

[Wrightfan85]

Originally Posted by dgo71

Front-signed Goslin is much more rare than Bancroft as I understand it. Not to say Bancroft is by any stretch easy to come by.

I have yet to be convinced any front signed examples exist. The JSA one has been disproven if I recall.

[mr2686]

Originally Posted by Wrightfan85

I have yet to be convinced any front signed examples exist. The JSA one has been disproven if I recall.

I have to agree. Considering he was too frail to attend his induction ceremony, and he died less than a year later, I find it hard to believe that there are any legit examples.