Got some graph poppage today, Christy Mathewson, Ty Cobb, Kid Gleason, George Washington
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Had my first ever oral argument tonight at school, so decided rather then being nervous all day at work, I'd take a day of vacation. Went up to Beckett since JSA was in town and got these three done on same day turnaround. (the perfect solution for the impatient people like me) I wish PSA/DNA would come my way and bring their slabbing machine, but alas, it doesn't happen.
Once again batted 100%.
First up is not an athlete, but someone pretty important to the history of the United States. 1st President, George Washington on a cut from a Mountain Peak Lottery ticket. Pretty nice shape to be almost 250 years old. Grade is on the back of the flip and it graded an 8
Next up is kind of a "different" piece. I can't drop 20 g's on a Christy Mathewson signed check, so I picked up one in which someone cut the signature out of, but left the rest of the check intact. A decent space filler for my collection, a fine example of this tough HOF'ers handwriting:
Finally, is a neat signed baseball that displays as a Ty Cobb single, but in reality it's signed by 4 people including 1919 Black Sox Manager William "Kid" Gleason (Gleason not shown from this angle). They use really neat ball holders, although one downside is they don't stack. Pretty nice holder though with a bold, quality Ty Cobb playing era signature.
And to top it off, my oral argument actually went fairly well, all in all a good day!
Once again batted 100%.
First up is not an athlete, but someone pretty important to the history of the United States. 1st President, George Washington on a cut from a Mountain Peak Lottery ticket. Pretty nice shape to be almost 250 years old. Grade is on the back of the flip and it graded an 8
Next up is kind of a "different" piece. I can't drop 20 g's on a Christy Mathewson signed check, so I picked up one in which someone cut the signature out of, but left the rest of the check intact. A decent space filler for my collection, a fine example of this tough HOF'ers handwriting:
Finally, is a neat signed baseball that displays as a Ty Cobb single, but in reality it's signed by 4 people including 1919 Black Sox Manager William "Kid" Gleason (Gleason not shown from this angle). They use really neat ball holders, although one downside is they don't stack. Pretty nice holder though with a bold, quality Ty Cobb playing era signature.
And to top it off, my oral argument actually went fairly well, all in all a good day!
Buying US Presidential autographs
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Eric
I just finished reading one his biographies by Ron Chernow.
How many president autos do you have so far?
What's the story behind the hardest one you've obtained so far?
https://www.psacard.com/psasetregistry/pdub1819/othersets/6204
PDUB ... I believe this is Mike's 2nd go-round on the Presidents. IIRC, he once had ALL the presidents' autos ... and sold them many years ago thru an AH.
Doug
Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
<< <i>That Washington is awesome!!!
I just finished reading one his biographies by Ron Chernow.
How many president autos do you have so far?
What's the story behind the hardest one you've obtained so far? >>
Thanks. Doug is right, I've had them all before but sold them in 2005. On my current run, I think I have around 20 or so of them. I don't really have any cool stories about obtaining ones that are hard to obtain. They are all kind of easy as long as you are willing to pay for them. As far as toughness in relation to each other, it all depends on what medium and time frame. What I mean is some are tough or non existent on photos, but common on sigs. Some are tough on documents as President, but easy in all other time periods. William Henry Harrison and James Garfield are VERY tough to find on Presidential documents. A William Henry Harrison as President on a document might run you $70,000, whereas a William Henry Harrison on a routine non-Presidential document might set you back only $1200 or so. Some Presidents are common on checks, some are tough. The modern guys such as Obama and Clinton, are basically non-existent on checks as far as I've seen. I'm sure at some point someday, some will hit the market, but as E-payments become more prevalent, checks of modern ones will be TOUGH. If one just wants a signature of each, then they are really not that difficult, it's just that some are relatively expensive no mater what they are on.
Probably the five most valuable for routine, simple sigs are:
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
John F. Kennedy
Mike
<< <i>Holy crap these are impressive. What's the going rate on a Washington auto? That's amazing. It actually makes me feel like an idiot posting a diamond studd auto. Congrats on getting them all slabbed >>
Kinda like cards, it's all in condition. You can probably find a very, very light Washington simple sig for around $4,000 and a choice, mint bold one for around $10,000. Washington letters depending on content, would probably run you from $15,000 to $175,000. Washington documents, again depending on condition, would be around $7,000 for not too good to up to $75,000 depending on what kind and what condition.
It's kind of all over the board.
Don't feel bad about posting diamond stud autos!! We all have different tastes. Heck, I post 5 cent Jim Sundberg cards and those are some of my favorite items because they remind me of when I was a boy doing things with my dad.