New member would like some help with sports memorabilia.

Deveney

I am new to the forum. My husband's father recently passed away and we have acquired a whole lot of baseball cards and different things. I have come across a nfl card with a few signatures on it, and I would like some help identifying what exactly it is. I am not interested in selling or disposing of any of the things that we have acquired, they are family treasures, but would like some basic info, on what it is, and a general jist of how valuable it is (should I keep it in the shoebox it came in or possibly protect it better is what I mean by how valuable) I really appreciate any help and assistance in this matter. I am slowly going through boxes and boxes of baseball cards, and trying to determine which should be preserved and which are what I guess are common players. I subscribed to the beckett online price guide but it is tedious to say the least. But couldn't find anything that pertaining to this item. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks for all that you do.
Have a Great Day.

xbaggypants

The first photo... the top two sig's are Bob Griese & Fran Tarkenton, I can't make out the last, it looks like an officials score card.

carew4me

Agree with X.

Value is in the $50-$100 range if auto's are PSA authenticated.

Nice item.

jvineyard

Take all of this with a grain of salt, it's just my two cents:

"What" it is is fairly easy. It is a game card used bythe on field officials to keep track of the key events in the game. This one is from a regular season game between the Vikings and Dolphins on December 11, 1976 (Nothing special about the game that I can tell - Vikings won 29-7). Assuming they are authentic signatures, this card is signed by the starting quarterbacks on each team, Bob Griese and Fran Tarkenton. I can't find any NFL reference to any of the names in the inscription at the bottom.

As to value, someone else certainly can tell you more. I would think it has limited value other than sentimental. It might have some value to a Vikings or Dolphins collector - I would certainly have interest in something similar for a Saints game for example - but since there is nothing special about the game even hat value is probably limited.

Edited to say that you guys type faster than me.

Deveney

Thanks for all the advice and all the honesty, I really appreciate it. I have only went through one box that was full of shoeboxes so far and only came across one other item that had a signature. Actually this one looks like it has two signatures on it, but I can not make out the first signature, it is very faded.

Stone193

The card on the top is also signed by Tony Veteri who is an NFL Head Linesman #36 - that makes the card more interesting - I think this is a really cool item!

And if this is an original copy - it's a piece of NFL history - very collectible IMO.

Deveney
Was Dennis your father-in-law? Do you know who Fred Santore is?

Please post some more stuff as you go thru it! Thanx for sharing. Having both QB's and an officials GU game card is almost as good as a starting line-up to me.

mike

Stone193

Dev
Bob Feller signed his topps card but I can't make out what's above - did something get stuck to it or is it a light sig? The second Bob Feller is part of the card - a fax sig.

mike

Deveney

My father-in-law (Dennis) was a ticket seller in new york. I am not sure how he got the card, my husband said the officials are suppose to keep the cards not give them away. The official was a friend of fred santeve who was also a ticket seller I believe and got the card for my father in law. The bob feller card, my husband says that he remember's his father getting it. When my husband was playing little league as a kid, the had a spaghetti supper where bob feller was a special guest. This was in the mid 70's. My husband said that bob feller signed cards for all the little leaguers there, which his dad put up for safe keeping, my husband said he forgot all about the card until we came across it in a shoebox. the other signature I can make out To dennis, but it's very faded.(my husband's name is dennis too) The first signature is also Bob feller's according to my husband also. but it was a felt pen which didn't come out good so bob feller signed it again with a ball point pen.
I also haven't been able to find any dates on the baseball card. I am not even sure where to look, most of the card are from the seventy's with a few from the late sixties and a few in the early 80's until about 1986. I can find a copyright date on about 85% of the cards but some I just see copyright T.C.G.

Stone193

Dev
Your husband is not correct on the Feller card - that black sig is part of the card which is from the 1956 Topps set.

mike

Deveney

I knew that the black signature was part of the card I was refering to the green signature above that which is faded. My husband says that is also bob feller's sig but was done with felt pen. The next signature is the black sig which is part of the card and the last is in blue ball point pen.

shambo2000

As you can tell from Stone's scan the Feller card is from 1956. The Willie Mays beside it from 1962.

Here is a 2005 reprint of the 1956 Feller with his current day signature. His handwriting has certainly changed overtime. Notice in the reprint that his facimile signature has been removed.



Shannon

Deveney

I have a couple more here that I couldn't find dates on.

I have heard of nolan ryan, but not brooks robinson

Stone193

Dev
Sorry about the misunderstanding.

On the other cards - the first is a 71T and the second is a 68 Topps card.

In general, if you don't see a copywrite year - look at the last year of the stats - on the first card of Nolan, you will see statistics up to 1970 - the card is for the next year - so add one year to the stat year and you have the card year.

mike