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09-21-2009, 05:59 PM
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I have seen three authentic Gaedel's in my lifetime. One on a Q and A card (Oser I think sold it like fifteen years ago), a beat up photograph and a government post card sized piece of paper.
As far as rarity goes, there are several (most of the 19th Century) that fit into the 0-5 known to exist category, "if that" and of course this is all debatable to who the most difficult one is. Radbourne (Coach's Corner has a beauty this week), Delahanty, Galvin, Brouthers, Keefe and even Hill and Torriente. Ron Keurajian is almost done wit the the mother of all Hall Of Fame Baseball Autograph books (800+ pages) and hopefully at this time next year, it will be available for sale...outdoing (won't be hard) the M.A Baker book. DanC 
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09-21-2009, 06:04 PM
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I attended a game of the 1960 WS at Yankee Stadium. Someone pointed to a man in a wheelchair and said, "There is Roy Campanella!" I took my scorecard and ran to him and asked him for his autograph. His reply was, "Son, I can't even hold a pencil." I was 13 years old at the time, and remember the incident as one of my first recollections of shame and embarassment. I felt as if thousands of people were watching me return to my seat after this encounter, and somehow I was the only one who didn't know Campanella "can't even hold a pencil." From this post I gather that 20 years later he had`learned how to sign his name. I thought he was paralyzed for life.
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09-21-2009, 06:08 PM
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Jim Creighton's signature would of course be a great find, but do enough collectors even know who he is? As I've mentioned a few times on the board, I live just a few blocks from both Creighton's former home and the Excelsior clubhouse; maybe I'll take a walk over there tomorrow and see if I can find any signed material lying around.
 I once had two separate letters signed by Ned Hanlon near the end of his life. I wish I kept them. How rare is his signature compared to other contemporary Hall of Famers?
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