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Glenn Burke--Has anyone ever seen one of his autographs/does it have any value?

TonyCTonyC Posts: 1,401 ✭✭✭
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I found this real oddball autographed 1979 OPC the other day:

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Has anyone ever seen one before? I couldn't find any Glenn Burke autos on eBay. Also, does anyone think PSA/DNA would authenticate it? I looked at their fee schedule and he wasn't listed, it may be too obscure a player for them to have enough other signatures for comparison.
Collecting Tony Conigliaro

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  • IronmanfanIronmanfan Posts: 5,517 ✭✭✭✭
    Burke has been given credit in some circles to "inventing" the High Five....also one of the few players to admit homosexuality and eventually dying of AIDS
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  • yankeeno7yankeeno7 Posts: 9,252 ✭✭✭
    Burke died in 1995. Im sure there are plenty of Burke signatures out there so probably not a big price tag. It's thought that in 1977 was the first high five and done with Dusty Baker.
  • MooseDogMooseDog Posts: 1,946 ✭✭✭
    Burke "high fived" Baker after Dusty hit a homer, then Burke followed up with homer of his own (first in the big leagues) and Baker returned the high five...so the legend goes...
  • 1989FleerBillRipkencollector1989FleerBillRipkencollector Posts: 4,590
    I didn't know that about the High Five. Off to Wikipedia I went and found this. Made me laugh...

    [edit] Butt Five
    The least used type of high five is the "Butt High Five". This is when two people go for a high five but miss and one or both of the participants' arms continue down the other's back, hitting the other person's butt. In a professional setting, this type of high five is called "Sexual Harrassment."
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