January Autograph Pickups

[AstroJake09]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Happy New Year to all.

I'm happy to have been able to recently pick up this nice vintage signed 3 x 5 of Gas House Gang no-hit pitcher Paul "Daffy" Dean.
As the card states, Dean signed this card in March of 1939.
Love these fountain pen autographs!

Paul Dean pitched his no-hitter on September 21, 1934 in game 2 of a doubleheader. Brother Dizzy Dean pitched and also got a win in game 1 of the DH.

That's a beautiful piece! I love that it has a period photo attached as well!

Here's one that I just picked up, a seldom seen signature of William "Kayo" Lam, quarterback/halfback for the University of Colorado from 1933-1935. Lam led the nation in rushing yards back to back years and was the first CU athlete to play in a post-season all star game, the 1936 East-West game. Lam was a very achomplished man over eight decades and one of my personal favorites when it comes to our alumni at the University of Colorado.

Lam signed the 3x5 at the above mentioned East-West game in what would be his final time padding up for Colorado.

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Scott,

That one is originally from the Harold Esch collection, obtained in person at spring training. He didn't usually attach a photo, though.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by BillyCox3

Scott,

That one is originally from the Harold Esch collection, obtained in person at spring training. He didn't usually attach a photo, though.

Thank you for the information about who's collection it came out of.
I actually like to document provenance whenever I can trace it back to the original collector.

[tazdmb]

Had a Monster mail day yesterday with #282 and #283, leaving me with exactly 50 HOFers left. Have no idea if/when/who will be next. They are all rare and expensive from this point on.

1937 GPC

[tazdmb]

Here is #283

If you haven't yet, I hope you will subscribe to my YouTube channel which I will discuss collecting Baseball HOF autographs.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCob...gJqMfAw/videos

[mr2686]

Wow, great pick-ups Frank. I guess I just assumed you alread had a Ruth and a Gehrig. So, what's next on the radar?

[tazdmb]

Originally Posted by mr2686

Wow, great pick-ups Frank. I guess I just assumed you alread had a Ruth and a Gehrig. So, what's next on the radar?

I was never in a rush for either 2, as they are commonly available if you had the money. That said, Ruth has really gone up this year....so I bit the bullet. Gehrig was just happy circumstances.

As for next....probably the most common name I need is Christy Mathewson, but I want a check and that is never cheap. If I can add one or two current HOFer in 2021, I will be ecstatic. More likely is working on upgrades and searching for old "potential" HOF.

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by tazdmb

Here is #283

If you haven't yet, I hope you will subscribe to my YouTube channel which I will discuss collecting Baseball HOF autographs.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCob...gJqMfAw/videos

Just checked out and subscribed to your youtube channel Frank. Very well done, you could really have something there. Very instructional.