3 X 5 signed index cards from 1948 including Joltin' Joe DiMaggio, brought to you by the USPS
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Evening folks,
Last week I posted about a collection I've recently been handling, consisting of 1952-1955 Topps and Bowman cards. There were a few more cool items I thought you all would enjoy seeing and speculating on. Seems there was a guy named Arthur Eddy who lived in Massachusetts in the late 40's who collected autographs through the mail. I think he was a family friend who later gave some of his items away, but regardless, he had some success in the fall of 1948. All the 3 X 5 card reverse are as follows:
Very cool to know exactly when the signatures were acquired. Sadly, some players sent back stamp signatures (Ken Raffenslerger? Really? You couldn't take 5 seconds out of your day for a kid?) Others like George Kell sort of personalized their autograph.
But the strangest thing is that Joe DiMaggio sent a stamp auto on September 9, 1948 and then, on September 30, 1948 sent a real auto. I would to imagine that young Arthur's first request was followed up with a more determined piece of correspondence that was successful. No way to ever know, but it is pretty cool. Enjoy!
Last week I posted about a collection I've recently been handling, consisting of 1952-1955 Topps and Bowman cards. There were a few more cool items I thought you all would enjoy seeing and speculating on. Seems there was a guy named Arthur Eddy who lived in Massachusetts in the late 40's who collected autographs through the mail. I think he was a family friend who later gave some of his items away, but regardless, he had some success in the fall of 1948. All the 3 X 5 card reverse are as follows:
Very cool to know exactly when the signatures were acquired. Sadly, some players sent back stamp signatures (Ken Raffenslerger? Really? You couldn't take 5 seconds out of your day for a kid?) Others like George Kell sort of personalized their autograph.
But the strangest thing is that Joe DiMaggio sent a stamp auto on September 9, 1948 and then, on September 30, 1948 sent a real auto. I would to imagine that young Arthur's first request was followed up with a more determined piece of correspondence that was successful. No way to ever know, but it is pretty cool. Enjoy!
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Thanks for sharing...Donato
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Unfortunately, the "real" Joe D card is not real...I would guess that the had someone handling mail requests for him as during this period he was probably the most famous man (in sports, at least) on the planet.
The "real" one was traced to copy the rubber stamp exactly, and not done very well. Could well have been a clubhouse kid. Dimag was one of the highest paid players in the game at this time.
Good thing Arthur didn't know it was forged, as he obviously taped it to his wall or in a scrapbook or someplace prominent.
-Nathanael