October Autograph Pickup

[tazdmb]

Not a HOFer, but a strong Hall of Very Good inductee, Bobby Veach. Plus, I love my Tigers!

[Wrightfan85]

#173 Earle Combs:


Probably the last one for a while.

[scooter729]

Was happy to add this sheet signed by 14 from the 1914 Miracle Boston Braves team (likely signed at a 1940s reunion)....

[Kaneen]

October has been great for my signed 1948 Bowman set project...picked up these 3 tough cards. That puts me at 45 of 48 for the set, needing only 3 for completion. If interested, you can see scans of all my signed 48 Bowman cards here:
Kaneen's Signed 1948 Bowman Set

My October Additions:

#1 - Bob Elliott


#8 - Phil Rizzuto


#29 - Joe Page

[mr2686]

Just picked this one up. It will go with my other signed magazines of players from the 1960 WS that will be on my Pirates wall...one of my all time favorite covers also.

[ocjack]

Originally Posted by mr2686

Just picked this one up. It will go with my other signed magazines of players from the 1960 WS that will be on my Pirates wall...one of my all time favorite covers also.

Great looking cover and signature.

[mr2686]

Just picked up this Bettye Avery autograph on a signed contract. This will go nicely with a display I'm working on in my memorabilia room.
For extra credit, can anyone tell me what Bettye Avery has to do with baseball?

[cnote08]

Originally Posted by mr2686

Just picked up this Bettye Avery autograph on a signed contract. This will go nicely with a display I'm working on in my memorabilia room.
For extra credit, can anyone tell me what Bettye Avery has to do with baseball?

I had to look that one up. She was the nightclub singer in the 1942 film "Pride of the Yankees".

[cnote08]

Just won this one last night. Cannot wait until it arrives....

[mr2686]

Originally Posted by cnote08

Just won this one last night. Cannot wait until it arrives....

Wow, you not only got his full name, but you got the "fancy" T for traynor...my personal favorite by the way. Great pickup.

[mr2686]

Originally Posted by cnote08

I had to look that one up. She was the nightclub singer in the 1942 film "Pride of the Yankees".

Yep. Always loved the song "Always" from Pride of the Yankees. I have the original sheet music along with some other items and autographs that are going in to a display.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEQQydcZf9o

[Michael B]

Eddie Eagan - mistakenly credited with being the first athlete to win a gold medal in the Summer and Winter Olympics. Gillis Grafstrom won a gold medal when figure skating was competed at the Summer Olympics in 1920 and won again in 1924 and 1928 the first two Winter Olympics.

Eagan has one of those stories that seems like fiction. He enrolled in the University of Denver. After one year enlisted in the army and served as an artillery lieutenant in France during WWI. He enrolled in Yale after the war. He was named captain of the boxing team. He won the AAU heavyweight boxing championship in 1919. Later that year he competed in the Inter-Allied Games in Paris which were only open to those who served in the military. He won the middleweight championship. He was a member of the 1920 U.S. Olympic boxing team where he won his first gold medal. After graduating from Yale in 1921 he enrolled in Harvard Law School. He left after one year as he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship. While at Oxford he became the first American to win the British amateur championship. He was a member of the Olympic boxing team in 1924, but was eliminated. After touring the world for 2 years he returned to the U.S. where he trained Gene Tunney for the 'long count' match with Jack Dempsey. He started a legal career. In early 1932 the head of the U.S. Olympic Bobsled Committee, a friend of Eagan, asked him to compete in bobsled as one of the four man team members decided to compete in two man bobsled. It may seem odd, but besides boxing, Eagan also competed in tennis, fencing, swimming and wrestling in college. Eagan would go on to win a gold medal at the 1932 games in Lake Placid. His bob mates were Billy Fiske one of the first U.S. pilots to die in WWII while flying for the RAF, Tippy Gray a songwriter of over 3,000 songs and the aforementioned head of the U.S. Bobsled Committee who was 49 years old. Eagan would join the U.S. Army Air Corps during WWII becoming chief of special services and achieving the rank of Lt. Colonel. He became an assistant U.S. Attorney, head of the NY State Athletic Commission and director of sports for the 1964 World's Fair.

This is the first TLS I have encountered of Eagan. I have owned multiple signed copies and editions of his autobiography "Fighting for Fun". The only other item of his signed that I have had was an envelope where he signed his name as the return address, sent to boxing coach Spike Webb, while Eagan was at Oxford.

[MikeGarcia]

....autographed Bob Feller....... has anyone ever seen this particular 1941 5 x 7 picture premium before ? It's a scarce card , of which I would much prefer an unsigned example.....thanks .

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[rschisler]

Really excited to add these two letters from the Walter Johnson estate. #s 219 and 220 for my HOF autograph collection. Many thanks to Hank Thomas!

[Bigdaddy]

Originally Posted by MikeGarcia

....autographed Bob Feller....... has anyone ever seen this particular 1941 5 x 7 picture premium before ? It's a scarce card , of which I would much prefer an unsigned example.....thanks .

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In general, with as many times Rapid Robert signed his name, unsigned cards and photos of him are much more scarce than signed ones . He was a friend to the hobby, along with a great pitcher.

[Lordstan]

Got this in a trade today. Am very excited as i have been waiting for this inscription to show up. The auto looks faded in the photo, but shows better in person.
It's one of my favorite baseball movies. It's very underrated in my opinion.


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[mr2686]

Definitely in my top 5 baseball movies.