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    1925 HoFer handwritten letter

    I like your thinking there. Harris was wildly popular in DC by then after having delivered their first World Series title the year before. After comparing the handwriting to everything I could find, I'm very confident Harris wrote the letter. Not sure how to research that at all. Pretty...
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    1925 HoFer handwritten letter

    Here's an old boxscore from the Railroad league. I can't explain the Memphis postmark, but am feeling quite confident that he wrote the letter. Gosh I scoured the web for stuff on Barbour. If you get a chance, think of your favorite HoFer or star and look him up on my website. There's some...
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    1925 HoFer handwritten letter

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    1925 HoFer handwritten letter

    Thank you, Finestkind. I did post in net54 too. No word yet. Got in touch with someone in the hobby I really trust and he says Harris wrote the letter.
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    1925 HoFer handwritten letter

    Wanted to tap into the forum's collective expertise about this Bucky Harris letter. There sure isn't a market for Harris forgeries but the Memphis postmark bothers me a little. Here's a little more info...it's dated September 20, 1925. Harris' Senators were at home for a day game. Then the had...
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    MLB Lifetime passes

    They're still given out today to players with at least 8 years of service and team employees with 20 years.
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    MLB Lifetime passes

    Though my collection is primarily autographs, I've always been enamored with the lifetime passes. Here's link to a page that shows the passes in my collection. There are pictures of 20 passes on the page and I'll include a few here. The first pass is from 19th century player Sliding Billy...
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    My Mets autographs!

    Lots of Mets autographs on CooperstownExpert.com. I've sorted all player pages to a link here that includes every guy on the site who was ever employed by the Mets. There's a page on Gary Carter that shows a signed scouting report on him. Many true Mets are there like Tom Seaver, Mike Piazza...
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    August Autograph Pickups

    What will everyone pick up this month? Here's an August acquisition. The letter is signed by Christy Mathewson's primary catcher Chief Meyers referencing Matty's 342nd win and written on the same day - May 19, 1914. That victory tied Mathewson for 4th on the all-time wins list with Tim Keefe...
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    Contract negotiation between a 22-year old Stan Musial and Cardinal owner Sam Breadon

    The letters are in my collection. It was fun to finally put everything on a website. More of the collection can be found at CooperstownExpert.com. Hope you get a chance to view it. Every HoFer has a page and there are a couple hundred non-HoFers too. Everything on the site is in the collection.
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    Contract negotiation between a 22-year old Stan Musial and Cardinal owner Sam Breadon

    Stan Musial completed his first full season in 1942 and refused to sign the Cardinals contract offer of $5,500. Here are three letters from St. Louis owner Sam Breadon negotiating with the 22-year old Musial. The correspondence starts out cordially then heats up. “We have had great...
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    Mark McGwire Collector's Thread

    Here's something a little different. It's a letter from former Dodger pitcher and later a scout for the Expos, Marlins, and Nationals, Joe Moeller. He writes at length about McGwire. This and other stuff can be found on CooperstownExpert.com. Every HoFer has a page and so do many other baseball...
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    Vintage Pick Up Thread

    Treasure trove of autographs and memorabilia Picked this up recently. The lifetime passes really fascinate me. This one and a bunch of others can be found on the CooperstownExpert.com site by clicking here.
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    Phillies Pick Up Thread

    Very neat thread with cool contributions. Here's the document from the commissioner's office calling up Dick Allen to the Phillies for his MLB debut. This link redirects to the CooperstownExpert.com sit to guys who all once played or managed for the Phillies. It has Robin Robers' last MLB player...
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    The Atlanta Braves Discussion and Collectors Thread

    Glad you enjoyed it. If you get a chance, check out the site CooperstownExpert.com Lots of stuff there that you might like.
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    The Atlanta Braves Discussion and Collectors Thread

    Lineup card from Braves dugout for Chipper Jones 1st MLB hit. Great thread! Neat to see all the posts. Here's an item that might fit on this thread. It's a lineup card from the Braves dugout from Chipper's first MLB hit. Lots of other Braves pieces on the site too. CooperstownExpert.com
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    Official Jeff Bagwell Collectors Thread

    Here's the only Bagwell autograph in my collection. Lots of other guys there too. http://www.cooperstownexpert.com/player/jeff-bagwell/
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    All-time Milwaukee Brewers Autograph Project

    Very cool stuff here. Thanks for posting. Here's a link to my website that has a few interesting Brewers autographs. There's a letter from Del Crandall about a game early in Goose Gossage's career when Milwaukee lit him up and sent him to the minors, a nice handwritten quote signed by Young, and...
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    My Yankee autographs!

    Sure are some nice autographs here. For what it's worth, here's a link to some of the more prominent Yankee autographs that I've stumbled upon. Ruth, Gehrig, all the way to guy who aren't remembered at all as Yanks like Canseco...
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    Is there a more comprehensive HoF autograph site?

    That's a beautiful piece. I'll have to check out your site. The Anson on CooperstownExpert.com was not authenticated. Since the site launched you're the third person to have concerns over the Anson signature. Seems like it might not pass authentication. Thanks for responding. I'm currently...

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