Let's load this thread up with signed baseball cards of HOF'ers

NGS428 · January 19, 2022 7:02PM

@GilR said:
Thanks for the tips, 1951WheatiesPremium. I normally would scan separately, but this was just a quick one, and not a scan I would use, say, for eBay. The cards are where I left them, so I'll try that later.

I should have added that when I wrote the profile of Simmons during spring training of 1989 I contacted his recent Braves teammate Ken Griffey (as we then knew him) for comments, and during our conversation he mentioned that his son was on a mission to make the majors that year. Mission accomplished.

I wrote a scanning guide and have it linked in my signature. Check it out if you have a moment.

Nice cards by the way!

GilR · January 19, 2022 10:12PM

@NGS428 said:

@GilR said:
Thanks for the tips, 1951WheatiesPremium. I normally would scan separately, but this was just a quick one, and not a scan I would use, say, for eBay. The cards are where I left them, so I'll try that later.

I should have added that when I wrote the profile of Simmons during spring training of 1989 I contacted his recent Braves teammate Ken Griffey (as we then knew him) for comments, and during our conversation he mentioned that his son was on a mission to make the majors that year. Mission accomplished.

I wrote a scanning guide and have it linked in my signature. Check it out if you have a moment.

Nice cards by the way!

Thanks! I just downloaded the file, and that's quite an impressive piece of work.

And I did just scan the Simmons cards again in the dark, and can see a slight but definite difference. So I'll start doing that for scans that matter.

Kid4hof03 · January 20, 2022 4:31AM

What a great thread!

frankhardy · January 20, 2022 1:08PM

Here is another Stan The Man....1959 Topps Stan Musial Baseball Thrills.

DBesse27 · January 20, 2022 1:27PM

Keeping up with the Smiths.

DBesse27 · January 20, 2022 1:29PM

This is my favorite card in my whole collection:

frankhardy · January 20, 2022 1:33PM

@DBesse27 said:
This is my favorite card in my whole collection:

For good reason! Superb!

DBesse27 · January 20, 2022 1:35PM

@frankhardy said:

@DBesse27 said:
This is my favorite card in my whole collection:

For good reason! Superb!

Thank you! The card was originally given to me for Christmas 2013 from my sons. That alone makes it special. I got it signed and reslabbed later.

frankhardy · January 20, 2022 2:59PM

@DBesse27 said:

@frankhardy said:

@DBesse27 said:
This is my favorite card in my whole collection:

For good reason! Superb!

Thank you! The card was originally given to me for Christmas 2013 from my sons. That alone makes it special. I got it signed and reslabbed later.

I definitely agree. I am nostalgic in that way too. I still have a few cards my parents got me for Christmas when I was a kid in the 1980s. A 1985 Fleer Update Complete set comes to mind. I wanted it for the Vince Coleman rookie. I still have it in an album from 36+ years ago.

Kid4hof03 · January 20, 2022 3:15PM

@DBesse27 said:
This is my favorite card in my whole collection:

I can never seen this one enough!

Kid4hof03 · January 20, 2022 3:16PM

Browns1981 · January 20, 2022 4:39PM

Somehow the only baseball hall of fame auto I own. Have several football, but not really an auto collector. Unfortunately this is a reprint card but it’s still Doby!

picklepete · January 20, 2022 7:48PM

From my Topps baseball card book..

picklepete · January 20, 2022 7:55PM

GilR · January 20, 2022 8:22PM

Here are the rest of my autographed cards, all put in a scrapbook 30+ years ago. The Bench, Concepcion, McCovey, Rice, Garber and Fisk cards were all signed in 1978-79, and I got them by sending the cards to the players through their teams; the Robinsons card I got signed at a show; the Perry cards I got by writing to Perry in 1988 (and ordering some of his peanuts); the Bunning card I got in person when he was in Congress (along with a signed baseball); and, those Mariners cards were obtained by writing the players at their stadium in 1986-87. (Yes, I know that Mike Trujillo is not in the Hall of Fame.) The other autograph is Yoko Ono's, obtained when we were shopping in the same store in Moscow 35 years ago.

Kid4hof03 · January 21, 2022 6:11AM

DBesse27 · January 21, 2022 10:48AM

@Kid4hof03 said:

Abe, awesome Hawk!

DBesse27 · January 21, 2022 10:49AM

Another Yaz, gotten in person:

DBesse27 · January 21, 2022 10:51AM

And a final Yaz, to wrap up my contributions to this thread (for now):

swish54 · January 21, 2022 3:57PM

@Kid4hof03 said:

Love it! Dawson is my favorite player. Don't recognize that version of his signature. Is it an early one?

Kid4hof03 · January 21, 2022 4:15PM

@swish54 said:

@Kid4hof03 said:

Love it! Dawson is my favorite player. Don't recognize that version of his signature. Is it an early one?

It is, the postcard is from 1977, I believe the signature might be from a similar era.

redlegs · January 21, 2022 4:42PM

fiveniner · January 22, 2022 8:21AM

@NGS428 said:

@fiveniner said:

@NGS428 said:

I have the nabisco cards with Palmer,Gibson,Snider

Nice! Crazy to think you could get something of this significance from a nabisco mail order! Those were the days!

Being in the grocery business most of my life I had access to many promotions that were offered to me especially Detroit Tiger stuff and a few other small sets from Putin’s,Coca Cola ,Caines Potato Chips,etc.
I forget to add the Frank Robinson to my list of Nabisco cards to go with the Palmer,Gibson and Snider.. This was back in the mid to late 80s.

frankhardy · January 22, 2022 9:56AM

Going in order of my collection....

Here is a 1960 Topps Bob Gibson.

paleocards · January 22, 2022 12:10PM

Here's one of my favorites. Sandy's auto is as elegant as his pitching motion.

Halos2002 · January 24, 2022 9:08AM

Halos2002 · January 24, 2022 9:09AM

frankhardy · February 26, 2022 2:30PM

Surely this thread isn't dead! I got busy and forgot about it. There are some awesome cards posted here!

Here is a 1960 Topps Stan Musial

DotStore · February 26, 2022 5:34PM

Bronx_Boy · February 26, 2022 5:49PM

Bronx_Boy · February 26, 2022 5:58PM

frankhardy · February 26, 2022 6:27PM

@Bronx_Boy Those are incredible!

daltex · February 26, 2022 9:16PM

@DotStore said:

The aspect ratio makes me very uncomfortable.

DMasci · February 27, 2022 8:13AM

As a football guy I have very little baseball, but do have this one. I was having him sign a baseball for me and thought this was a cool card.

smallstocks · February 28, 2022 6:38PM

Just back from PSA after residing in my collection for well over 40 years. Seaver, Ryan and Mays cards were all sent through the mail requesting autographs when I was 10 years old in 1973. (I have no recollection how many cards I sent to players that were never returned!) Whitey Ford's autograph was obtained personally in the late 70's. He was very prophetic. Back then you went to card shows and the autographs sessions were free for paying customers. When I presented multiple items to Whitey he bitched that he really needed to start charging people by the card. A few years later every player was charging for their sigs!

farmboy27 · February 28, 2022 7:14PM

CMKL · February 28, 2022 7:40PM

picklepete · March 1, 2022 8:58AM

Love this thread..

frankhardy · December 27, 2022 2:45PM

Let's get this one going again.

Remember a few guidelines -

1) It must be a card
2) Every card must be a baseball HOF'er
3) It must be yours
4) One card per post

Let's roll with this thing and keep it going!

bswhiten · December 27, 2022 4:02PM

@JoeBanzai said:

@JoeBanzai
Love his auto. Here is another Wingfield from the later issue.

bswhiten · December 27, 2022 4:36PM

One of my favorites from the tough 1982 Topps Blackless set. Only signed Rickey.

frankhardy · December 28, 2022 8:37AM

@bswhiten said:
One of my favorites from the tough 1982 Topps Blackless set. Only signed Rickey.

I love the creative thinking on this one. No black ink on a blackless card. That green ink looks like it NEEDS to be there.

DBesse27 · December 28, 2022 1:38PM

@frankhardy said:

@bswhiten said:
One of my favorites from the tough 1982 Topps Blackless set. Only signed Rickey.

I love the creative thinking on this one. No black ink on a blackless card. That green ink looks like it NEEDS to be there.

Agreed, that’s awesome!

bswhiten · December 28, 2022 7:43PM

I love the creative thinking on this one. No black ink on a blackless card. That green ink looks like it NEEDS to be there.

Thanks. I took a bashing on a Henderson Facebook page. Said I never should have gotten such a rare piece signed. I’m all for collectors doing what they wish with their pc.