MASSIVE HOF AUTO Mailday!! My Rarest HOF Auto yet and its on a Rookie!

chromerookies · Dec 4, 2013

before today, this was my rarest HOF Rookie Auto (Died 1956)....

and after arriving in the mail today, this is now my rarest (Died 1948 and wasn't inducted into HOF until 1979)

I'm very excited to get this in!

michaelstepper · Dec 4, 2013

Wow.. Amazing autos man. Congrats!
I hope one day I can say the same

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George_Calfas · Dec 4, 2013

Wow [MENTION=1845]gracecollector[/MENTION] my be jealous.

chromerookies · Dec 4, 2013

michaelstepper said:
Wow.. Amazing autos man. Congrats!
I hope one day I can say the same

Sent from my iPhone

thanks man! It took me almost 20 years of collecting to finally decide what my main collecting interest's were (signed HOF R.C Auto's)

chromerookies · Dec 4, 2013

George_Calfas said:
Wow @gracecollector my be jealous.

honestly, if I was him, I'd be jealous as well, lol. This is a beautiful auto.

MaineMule · Dec 4, 2013

Amazing pick-up!!! Congrats on the addition to your HOFer collection!

BTW, the Simmons is a beaut too!

metallicalex777 · Dec 4, 2013

Outstanding pickup! Very nice sig as well

69MetsFan · Dec 4, 2013

Wow! So much better than a chrome card, scribbled on by an 18 year old.

Mighty Bombjack · Dec 4, 2013

Very cool. I have always been jealous of your Simmons, now I will be same over this Wilson.

well done!

chromerookies · Dec 4, 2013

MaineMule said:
Amazing pick-up!!! Congrats on the addition to your HOFer collection!

BTW, the Simmons is a beaut too!

Thank You! Being an A's fan, that Simmons is right at the top of my favorites, next to my Lefty Grove and Mickey Cochrane signed Rookies.

chromerookies · Dec 4, 2013

metallicalex777 said:
Outstanding pickup! Very nice sig as well

Thank You and those Stan's were signed IP at a show back in 07' after I flew out to St. Louis just to meet him. It was more than worth it. That Bowman and Leaf will not leave my collection for a very long time.

chromerookies · Dec 4, 2013

69MetsFan said:
Wow! So much better than a chrome card, scribbled on by an 18 year old.

I totally agree with you! I use those scribbled chrome's to fund my vintage pick-ups.

chromerookies · Dec 4, 2013

Mighty Bombjack said:
Very cool. I have always been jealous of your Simmons, now I will be same over this Wilson.

well done!

Thank You and I will admit that I am Very jealous of your massive HOF Auto collection. I really liked that Wilbert Robinson auto steal, especially with him being a former Philadelphia A and all. Its always interesting to see who your next HOF auto will be, especially with the total you have, you KNOW its gonna be a good one!

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chromerookies · Dec 4, 2013

Thanks Scotty!

gracecollector · Dec 5, 2013

[MENTION=1797]chromerookies[/MENTION] - this is hard to say, but I'm a little concerned about that Hack auto. I've seen a lot of them (I used to run a Hack Wilson website, it's not active right now). If it was me, I wouldn't have bought that one. And I know it has JSA authentication. It's too angular to me, and the letter shapes aren't consistent with the examples I've seen. The W isn't rounded on the bottom, the last N is odd, other letters just worry me. It's enough to scare me off. I may well be wrong, but I'm conservative when it comes to investments like that. Hack usually didn't just sign Hack Wilson either - although he did on occassion. Usually he signed with Hack in quotes as Lewis "Hack" Wilson. It also seems "pinched" to me - whereas most Wilson autographs are elongated and smooth. Compare to other examples:

https://www.google.com/search?q=hac...1280&bih=796#q=hack+wilson+autograph&tbm=isch

I do hope I'm wrong.

chromerookies · Dec 5, 2013

thanks for the info and I hope your wrong as well

gracecollector · Dec 5, 2013

Also, just curious, are you collecting strict rookie cards? Wilson had a 1926 Exhibit and a 1927 York (some don't consider Exhibits cards, but postcards). The 1927 York is an error card though - actually pictures Art Wilson, not Hack.

chromerookies · Dec 5, 2013

I collect what would be considered closest to a r.c, which for pre-war HOFers varies depending on who you talk to. the 1926 exhibit is actually a 1926-29 (so you can't really pinpoint a specific year) and his "true" rc would be a 1925 Universal Toy (rare) and his next would be the 1927 York which as you said doesn't even picture him and next would be the 1928 Exhibit which is the most common of the 3. I personally favor the exhibits and they are by far my favorite "card" of the 20's.

gracecollector · Dec 5, 2013

The exhibits are very nice for autographs, and yes - RC designations for early HOFers are a bit nebulous. Good luck with the collection, it's impressive! And if you are curious for other opinions on the Hack auto, I'd ask the knowledge base at Net 54.

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