Yanks21 New York Yankees Autograph collection

Yanks2151 · Nov 16, 2015

Following [MENTION=1995]dano7[/MENTION] lead it is time to better organize my collection. I found that the best way for me to actually get this done is to share the collection here slowly. It has worked well with other parts of my collection. This gives me a chance to take a picture, post them, keep count, put the cards in brand new holders and actually put them together in one place. Feel free to comment, share a story or show off your own.

I will start with 24 of a 25 card 1979 Wallin Diamond Greats Yankees set. I am missing just one:

#1 Roger Maris

#2 Joe DiMaggio

#3 Atley Donald

#4 Joe Beggs

#5 Elston Howard

#6 George Pipgras

#7 Lefty Gomez

#8 Joe Dugan

#9 Johnny Kucks

#1 0 Andy Carey

#1 1 Don Larsen

#1 2 Tony Kubek

#1 3 Dr. Bobby Brown

#1 4 Johnny Lindell

#1 5 Russ Van Atta

#1 6 Buddy Rosar

#1 7 Marius Russo

#1 8 Whitey Witt

#1 9 Spud Chandler

#2 0 Babe Dahlgren

#2 1 George Selkirk

#2 2 Joe Sewell

#2 3 Bob Shawkey

#2 4 Ben Chapman

AnthonyCorona · Nov 16, 2015

Nice! Who are you missing?

joey12508 · Nov 16, 2015

Wow super nice.

dano7 · Nov 16, 2015

Those Diamond Greats are fantastic. I've got a couple.
I'd suggest that you make a spread sheet, put the player's names alphabetically and then have a column with what set its from. You might also want to put the date purchased/arrived and purchase price!
DANNY

Yanks2151 · Nov 17, 2015

AnthonyCorona said:
Nice! Who are you missing?

Duffy Lewis is the last one. He passed away the same year the set was released, 1979. [MENTION=1995]dano7[/MENTION] thanks for the advice.

#25 BumpHadley
#26 Oral Hildebrand
#27 Tommy Henrich
#28 Charlie Keller
#29 Johnny Murphy
#30 Monte Pearson
#31 Red Rolfe
#32 Red Ruffing
---Repeat signatures of
Babe Dahlgren
Atley Donald
Lefty Gomez
Buddy Rosar
Marius Russo
George Selkirk

dano7 · Nov 17, 2015

Yanks2151 said:
Duffy Lewis is the last one. He passed away the same year the set was released, 1979. @dano7 thanks for the advice.

#25 BumpHadley
#26 Oral Hildebrand
#27 Tommy Henrich
#28 Charlie Keller
#29 Johnny Murphy
#30 Monte Pearson
#31 Red Rolfe
#32 Red Ruffing
---Repeat signatures of
Babe Dahlgren
Atley Donald
Lefty Gomez
Buddy Rosar
Marius Russo
George Selkirk

You're welcome. That is a nice group of sigs in one place! Story behind it?
DANNY

Yanks2151 · Nov 17, 2015

dano7 said:
You're welcome. That is a nice group of sigs in one place! Story behind it?
DANNY

It was just an eBay purchase. It came with a JSA letter and I thought it was a cool item. Grabbed this one on a BO sale:
#33 Bill Dickey

Yanks2151 · Nov 21, 2015

#34 Yogi Berra

dano7 · Nov 21, 2015

I went through your Diamond Greats to see who I didn't have autos of. I won't be able to find all as Diamond Greats, but I'm working on getting the autographs! See, help works both ways!!!
DANNY

Yanks2151 · Nov 22, 2015

#35 Frank "Spec" Shea

#36 Dave "Rags" Righetti

dano7 · Nov 22, 2015

Love signed vintage cards.....especially Yankees!
DANNY

Yanks2151 · Nov 22, 2015

dano7 said:
Love signed vintage cards.....especially Yankees!
DANNY

Thanks Danny, me too. Here are a couple of repeats:
Tony Kubek

Elston Howard

mrmopar · Nov 22, 2015

I chased autographs as a kid, but it was always on programs, ticket stubs, random slips of paper or an occasional practice ball. I never thought to bring cards to the games and it wasn't until many years later that I started buying signed cards in quantity. It is addicting! I can't get enough of them and wanting all different types of a players card keeps it interesting. For example, some might be happy with one autograph from a player, but I may chase their entire Topps run or I may try to complete a certain team set. Ultimately, I am getting as many Dodger signatures as I can, and I prefer cards over anything else, especially vintage cards.

I will continue to enjoy your updates.

Austin · Nov 22, 2015

Can't wait to follow this thread.

I have more than a thousand signed Yankees cards, photos and balls, mostly of '30s-'70s Yankees. I was once going for a complete run of vintage Topps Yankees signed cards of the '50s and '60s Yankees my Dad watched (except Mantle, Maris and Howard of course). Guys who used to sign through the mail 20+ years ago, like Rizzuto, Richardson, Skowron, McDougald, Turley, Larsen, Bauer, etc. Even Yogi Berra used to sign TTM for free in the '80s.

I've always wanted to make a thread, but the thought of scanning everything intimidates me. And now that there are two Yankees autograph threads, I don't want to look like I'm competing.

Anyway, great thread and I'll check it out every week for updates.

Brewer Andy · Nov 22, 2015

Sounds like a great collection! But I'm not seeing pics for some reason on mobile

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yanks2151 · Nov 22, 2015

Brewer Andy said:
Sounds like a great collection! But I'm not seeing pics for some reason on mobile

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I'm not sure why your not seeing pics? I'm actually on my IPhone replying to you now. Hmmmm.
[MENTION=1900]Austin[/MENTION] I am the most unorganized member on this board and by posting these pictures slowly it is motivating me to get it done. It sounds like you have a great collection. I don't have a lot of high end so soon enough you will be seeing more lower end player sigs.
[MENTION=4047]mrmopar[/MENTION] I also would grab sigs when I was a kid at the Waterbury Reds games and most of them were on the ticket stubs of the games or the scorecards. The only sig I can remember getting on a card back then was Corey Snyder when he was with the Waterbury Indians.

Yanks2151 · Nov 23, 2015

#37 Bob Turley 1979 TCMA #136

#38 Jim Abbott 2013 Topps Tier One Crowd Pleaser Autographs #JA1

#39 Sean Henn 2004Donruss Elite #178

#40 Ryan Bradley 2000 Fleer Autographics

Yanks2151 · Nov 24, 2015

#41 Whitey Ford
1957 Topps #25

2004 Sweet Spot

#42 Jimmy Key
2004 Donruss Timelines Recollection Autographs #740 Jimmy Key 96 21/31

2012 Topps Archives Autographs #JKE

psj · Nov 24, 2015

I loved Jimmy Key. What a great pick-up he was

Yanks2151 · Nov 28, 2015

#43 Ruben Sierra

#44 Horace Clarke

#45 Bryan Mitchell

#46 Pat Venditte

#47 Kei Igawa

Repeat Auto Jim Abbot

Welcome to our community

Be apart of something great, join today!

Yanks21 New York Yankees Autograph collection

Active member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Active member

Well-known member

Active member

Active member

Well-known member

Active member

Well-known member

Active member

Member

Well-known member

Active member

Active member

Active member

Active member

Active member

Active member

Similar threads

Log in