Top 10 autographs / signatures

KNAPP

I am always interested in seeing what others have in their collections. I just wanted to share my top 10 autographs/signatures. Please post if you have any to share. Please share.

1. Cassius Clay 1962 medical form
2. Cassius Clay pre-Olympic ticket
3. George Wagner / Texas Flash before he was Gorgeous George
4. Michael Jordan - early signature
5. Ruth - enough said
6. John L. Sullivan huge cabinet
7. Frank Gotch - probably the most undervalued of the bunch
8. Sonny Liston boxing license application - full name
9. Joe Louis - only boxing license of Joe louis I have seen
10. Andre the Giant - promo
honorable mention - Jack Johnson - not rare, but just a nice auto

totallyradd

Nice collection, that Ruth sig is a beauty!!!

1. Robin Yount signed away jersey
2. Hank Aaron signed baseball
3. Eddie Matthews signed baseball
4. Brett Favre signed jersey
5. Ryan Braun signed gamer batting gloves
6. Ray Nitschke signed 8 x 10
7. Desmond Howard signed SI (not the most valuable but I loved that guy in 96, was a great BDay present from my Dad)
8. Prince Fielder signed home run derby ball
9. Sandy Koufax signed baseball
10. Willie Mays signed baseball

Dpeck100

Awesome stuff!!!

Yankees001

The top 10 that I've had would look like this:

1) (4) Nolan Ryan Jerry Koosman Rookies
2) Ted Williams Signed Ball
3) Mickey Mantle 8X10
4) 1973 + 1975 Nolan Ryan Steve Carlton LL Cards
5) Casey Stengel 3X5
6) Jacob Ruppert T.L. Huston Signed Check 1920
7) Jacob Ruppert Ed Barrow Signed check 1938
8) Mickey Cochrane 3X5
9) Hank Greenburg 3X5
10) 1940 Play Ball Carl Hubbell

That would be my top 10. Most of them have been sold off in the last few years. But I did have an incredible collection at one time.

Dave

oaktown

Great stuff to the OP!

To others, pics or it didn't happen

vladguerrero

Knapp the quality of those pieces is amazing, beautiful collection.

I've sold most of mine, but here's a few I can rhyme off the top of my head...

1. 1994 Topps Vladimir Guerrero signed contract (first card was in 1995, rookie season 1997)
2. 2003 Vladimir Guerrero signed one of the game used bases from Hiram Bithorn Stadium where the Expos played 22 Home Games, MLB Authenication
3. Ritchie Valens signed promotional photo (Rock N' Roll) SOLD
4. Buddy Holly and The Crickets signed promotional postcard (Rock N' Roll) SOLD
5. 1951 Mickey Mantle RC signed with "rookie" signature, PSA/DNA SOLD
6. 2003 Vladimir Guerrero signed game used jersey, last season in Montreal, MLB Authentication SOLD
7. 1972 Topps Baseball Set signed, a monster at almost 800 cards and many multi signed SOLD
8. 1988-89 Fleer Basketball signed set, lots of big rookies and stars SOLD
9. Early Ali huge signature signed on back of glossy 8x10 SOLD
10. 1995 Bowman's Best Vladimir Guerrero RC signed

Yankees001

<< <i>Great stuff to the OP!

To others, pics or it didn't happen >>



I've sold off most of my stuff. But here is what I still have (for now)









I originally copied the wrong Code from Photobucket

goraiders

My favorite autos at my house are,

1-Ted Williams moxie
2-Mantle ball&8x10
3-ty cobb cut auto
4-500 hr ball
5=Biletnikoff rc. auto
6-Jim Brown helmet
7-Namath rc auto
8-1980 miracle on ice signed by all embers
9-Mike Tyson glove-In person so even that much better!!
10-Michigan helmet with Woodson,Brady,Rocket,shoelace Denard ana a few others.
Some pics I could find,









Now photobucket bucket is acting up.Get more up later

KNAPP

Nice stuff everyone. Keep them coming.

goraiders

<< <i>Nice stuff everyone. Keep them coming. >>



I sid it in another thead,those are some amazing autos!! Love the Jordan auto.

KNAPP

Thanks raiders. I might have overpaid for the Jordan, but I like it.

FavreFan1971

Very Nice stuff.

Mine are the following

Johnny Blood McNally
Bart Starr personalized
Aaron Rodgers on a golf ball while golfing with him his rookie year
Clarke Hinkle
Cal Hubbard
Don Hutson
Ray Nitschke
Ken Bowman (roomed with his son in college)
Full 1980 GB Packer team ball
Greg Jennings sign jersey with #'s 400, 421 and 422. Favre TD's. Matted and framed with the tickets from each game
Lynn Dickey and Paul Coffman from the Snow Bowl. Great pic

Ironmanfan

some cool autographs that I've posted before

Donruss Cal Ripken/Raymond Berry card that I had both signed in person



Ball that Cal Ripken signed for me when I turned 50 last year



Cal & James Earl Jones dual signed ad piece



Topps Document signed in 1981 (used for facsimile signatures on cards; including the 1982 TT):

Ironmanfan

Here are also some self made postal cachets I made myself and got signed back in the day:



Happy Holidays!

IMF

BunchOBull

Some of my favorite Frank autos.

llafoe

My ex-wife LOVES my signature on her child support checks!

Planemonkey

Here are the 10 Topps cards I have so far.

gregm13

Here are mine:

GR

1.) 1963 hall of fame induction program signed by Curly Lambeau +ten others w/jsa cert
2.) 1935 gridiron all americans program, with the back page signed by members of the 1937 Gettysburg Bullets football team. I almost sold it for $20 at the auction when i bought a large lot of college autographs, i go home and check out that one of the names signed was Harry Oneill one of only two mlb players killed in action in wwII, Jim Stinson vouched for not only its authenticity but there are only a literal few of his signatures in existence.
3.)Turk Edwards 3x5
4.)Arnie Herber 3x5
5.) Bill George on a 1960s Bears 8x10 publicity photo
6.) Psa gem mint ten auto grade Al Davis check
7.) 1948 Baltimore Colts program, Y.A. Tittles rookie year vs. 49ers in nm condition, I had him pen his full name Yelberton Abrahma Tittle and rookie year #63 on the front.
8.) My ttm Dalai Lama
9.)57 Topps Bart Starr signed rookie (Card in bad shape, good auto tho psa slabbed)
10.) My letter from Raymond Berry regarding his feelings on the 57 championship game, as well as the Game film The Baltimore colts used to prepare for the greatest game ever played, Weeb ewbank's team used 1957 Colts vs. Giants regualar season footage in which Raymond wrote me saying that was the game film they had studied the week before the big one 2 cans labeled offense, two labeled defense...

NickM

Not necessarily my most valuable, but my favorites:

1) 2 Jimmie Foxx signed wire photos (auction house LOA)
2) '58 KC A's team signed ball, with an early Maris sig (Mike Gutierrez authenticated)
3) 2 Albert Szent-Gyorgyi (1937 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine) signed books (from my grandfather's collection)
4) Hank Aaron personalized (to me) ball (signed IP)
5) Fred Lynn game-used bat (signed at a show)
6) Catfish Hunter signed Sportscaster (PSA/DNA)
7) Frank Robinson signed photograph of him with me (taken at a show when I was a kid) (signed IP)
8) Dick Williams signed photograph of him with me (taken at a game when I was a kid) (signed IP)
9) 1970 Action Cartridges Willie Davis signed full package (signed IP)
10) Michal Handzus game-used skate (have the pair, 1 is signed) (signed IP at a team event)

Nick


[edited to add more info about which were IP sigs]

illinifan912

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truly some sick cards there!