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05-21-2010, 07:14 PM
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Well, in all fairness to 'ol Red, I don't believe his wife started signing for him until after he got sick. I read somewhere that there are a lot of people that started collecting in and after the 80's that are unaware that they have Mrs. Red Faber's signature.
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05-22-2010, 08:09 AM
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I have yet to be able to pinpoint the exact year that Mrs. Faber started "assisting" Red with the requests, but it would have been sometime in the mid-late 1960's (the last decade of his life). Surprisingly little through-the-mail material seems to exist which dates from Faber's immediate post-career all the way into the late 1950's. Most Faber material that I've encountered dates from either his playing days or the era when Mrs. Faber signed the majority of the time. An authentic Faber gold HOF plaque PC is tougher than the much-storied Dave Bancroft. Bancroft plaques shouldn't fetch the prices they do, whereas a genuine Faber should sell for far more. I've only encountered 7-10 authentic Faber plaques versus 2.5-3 times as many Bancrofts. More of each continue to turn up, but Bancroft always outweighs Faber. Over the past five years I have seen perhaps 10-12 new Bancrofts. Compare that to perhaps four Fabers. Let's hope that the hobby comes around to seeing these items for the investment pieces they truly are.
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05-22-2010, 08:41 AM
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Jodi, I've always thought that just about anything signed by Faber, post mid 60's, was probably signed by his wife due to his two heart attacks around that time. It's getting harder and harder to find really good quality Faber signatures on any type material, especially plaques...this might be because he was inducted in 1964 which wouldn't have left him much time to sign the number of requests that would have come in from HOF collectors.
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05-22-2010, 09:12 AM
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You're correct. I would surmise that over 99% of material dating from that era was signed by the Mrs.
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05-26-2010, 12:45 AM
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Jodi, I was researching that Mays sig online and I...
thought you would find this interesting. Seems I stumbled onto an old REA auction with a very similar Mays auto on a 64 Topps Giants card. Even signed in nearly the same spot. Thoughts? Guess a few have slipped by over the years.
I noticed the same break in the "a" and "y" in Mays and the squirlly u shaped "dot" above the "ie" in Willie on the auction Mays and mine. Here is the link and pic http://www.robertedwardauctions.com/.../2005/592.html Last edited by LEIDEMEG; 05-26-2010 at 12:49 AM.
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