Here's something you don't see every day. Yeah, I overpaid a little bit. But you have to grab things when you see them. Because there's a good chance you might not see them again. Much less have a chance to buy the item. So today I was finally able to get a fix to my scanner that I posted about...
You can barely read his name and it looks like MJ used a paint brush to write it. I'm glad I never got into collecting autographs. Some people's autographs are just plain ugly the way they are done...
This video just showed up in my email. I have purchased low grade 1939 Horrors of War cards from Deans in the past. Most of his sports cards are a bit high priced.
His actual name is Cornelius McGillicuddy. He was born in East Brookfield Mass. in 1862. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connie_Mack
Here's some photos of his home.
See, you learned something new today. It's not a wasted day. :ROFLMAO:
An auction house has a signed 1925 pay check for Lou Gehrig in their current auction. The original check was made out to Gehrig for $331.66. With inflation, that would be $5880.66 in 2024 dollars. Chump change for some players today...
I belong to a google trading card group called Old Baseball Cards. There are about 120 members of the group. All the members have a want/trade lists of cards that they make on a webpage site. Where all the members can see the lists. The group has what they call RAOK (random acts of kindness)...
This is not my card. I just saw it a while ago on another forum. It's a cool post card from the 1907-09 H. M. Donovan post card series. It just makes me laugh every time I see it.
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The guy was forging signatures of long dead T206 players. Some were even encapsulated by 3rd party authenticators.
https://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com/t206-forger-sentenced/