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Junior Griffey

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Aug 12, 2008
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This was generously sent to me by George Calfas, he pack pulled it from a pack at Wal Mart.

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DAVEPETERS239

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This is kinda neat I think.

It is a cut autograph of Ray Dandridge but the cut is actually of his wife Henrietta Dandridge.



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gmarutiak

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I worked for the Altoona Curve for a year, back in 2003. Somehow, an entire uniform made its way into my trunk.

Now, whenever I go to Piratesfest every year, I have Curve alum who made it to the Pirates sign the jersey and inscribe the years they played for the Curve:
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gmarutiak

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I believe the artist that did those paintings is Craig Pursley. He also did the cards in the 90 bowman set that were inserted in packs and I recall that Topps gave away the original paintings as well. He did illustrations for the Orange County Register. I remember doing him a favor and getting Griffey Jr. to sign a painting for him at a show. He gave me a color key of one of his super bowl paintings with Elway as a thank you that is really cool. I would scan it but it is in a storage unit I have. I should have it framed.

You are correct in Craig Pursley. It's odd, since his sig doesn't appear on either piece of original artwork, but does appear on the 8x10 giveaway version of each:
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cjedmonton

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Probably not a true one-of-a-kind, but there can't be too many like these out in the wild.

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I'm not getting too comfortable with it, though.....someone could very well take it home before the end of the season in my bingo contest.
 

TwinsWin

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Program from an ALS fishing tournament that Hrbek is part of each year. I have two years of these as I have fished in this tournament. If you didn't know Kent's dad died of AlS and has been a big advocate for ALS research and care of.

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I also have a Hrbek menu from Target Feild.
 

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muskiesfan

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There were several things I wanted to post, but I decided I would just go with this one.

My dad gave this to me. He is also a Reds fan and his all-time favorite is Johnny Bench. For his birthday in 1967, his dad took him to a Reds game at Crosley Field. They were playing the Giants and my dad was hoping to get Mays, Marichal, and McCovey. However, my grandfather told him to go up to the young Reds player and get his autograph. He had been in the majors for around a week.

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A 1967 scorecard signed by a very young Johnny Bench. Turned out to be my father's favorite player and a pretty good catcher too. One day I may get it authenticated and framed.

I forgot to add. I think it's unique because of the scorecard and I'm not too sure how many 1967 Johnny Bench autographs there are. I have no doubt that there are some, but it is a very different autograph than what we are used to seeing. The family story/connection strengthens the uniqueness to me.
 
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Juan Gris

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There were several things I wanted to post, but I decided I would just go with this one.

My dad gave this to me. He is also a Reds fan and his all-time favorite is Johnny Bench. For his birthday in 1967, his dad took him to a Reds game at Crosley Field. They were playing the Giants and my dad was hoping to get Mays, Marichal, and McCovey. However, my grandfather told him to go up to the young Reds player and get his autograph. He had been in the majors for around a week.

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A 1967 scorecard signed by a very young Johnny Bench. Turned out to be my father's favorite player and a pretty good catcher too. One day I may get it authenticated and framed.

I forgot to add. I think it's unique because of the scorecard and I'm not too sure how many 1967 Johnny Bench autographs there are. I have no doubt that there are some, but it is a very different autograph than what we are used to seeing. The family story/connection strengthens the uniqueness to me.

Awesome piece! Bench had a fantastic signature then and now.
 

JackLondon

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This Carew book was signed by him at a signing years and years ago. Special crossover item for me: a Carew item and an autographed book.


From my Fregosi collections, here are a couple rarish items.

First, this is a postcard he sent from Spring Training, way back in 1962 from Palm Springs (where Angels used to have their Spring Training)
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Also have this neat promotional radio poster with Jim right in the middle. Weird size, so tough to find a poster frame for it:


And for my Jack London collection, there are a ton of unique items, but here is an especially cool one. It is a personal check written and signed by Jack:
 

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