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04-19-2010, 12:33 PM
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Here's a real Browns Paige, along with five other authentic ones. The Browns clips are at least 15 times more difficult to find than the Indians clips. How rare they are compared to a Red Hindu, I have no idea.
The pencil clips were the brainchild of Bill Veeck when he owned the Indians. When he moved to the Browns, he recycled the idea in St. Louis. A friend has a letter from Veeck that he received in response to an inquiry he made when Veeck was with the White Sox. In it Veeck talks about the pencil clip promotion. I have a photocopy of the letter, which I'll post later if I can dig it up. Last edited by Rob D.; 04-19-2010 at 12:38 PM. 
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04-19-2010, 12:38 PM
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Interesting,
Looks like the image of Paige is lighter and more detailed on Robs group example.... Compared to the other 2 types I had linmks to. (larger and small image). I guess the authentic ones will have that clear more detailed portrait. Its been close to 30 years since Ive owned one 
Last edited by fkw; 04-19-2010 at 12:38 PM.
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04-20-2010, 12:22 PM
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Travis- I just looked but couldn't find it either. All I saw was your post from last week. Sorry, but I'm pretty sure we had a discussion about them. Maybe it was several months ago.
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04-20-2010, 12:45 PM
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Rob got that grouping from me.....the ones you see on ebay that are fake are pretty easy to tell. The interior photo of Paige is the same but smaller and there's much more border around the photo. In addition, the coloring of the white background is actually a little more creamy. The brown Cleveland Indians Satchell Paige clip is indeed real and, like Rob, I haven't seen any repros of it. Not to say it couldn't happen but haven't seen any. I have another good Satchell Paige Browns clip albeit not in as good of shape as the one I sold Rob. Paige is ONLY in the Indians Brown-Colored set of 1949. The Cleveland Browns are REALLY difficult and only show up on ebay about 1/20 or less of the time as their Indians counterparts. I sold about 70-75 Indians Clips to a guy in Cleveland at the same time I sold Rob the Browns clips.
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04-20-2010, 12:47 PM
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I also note Byrne, Hornsby and Rivera were part of the Browns Clips, totalling 9 but I didn't have the three of them. There may be more too but I'm not sure. Another collector of these is maris61 from ebay and sportman from ebay.
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#7
04-20-2010, 12:56 PM
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Cleveland Browns or St. Louis Browns?
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Hybrid Mode
