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I didn't pay close attention to who all was in this lot. It started low and I like winning oddball auto lots. I saw Garvey, Steve Carlton, Garry Templeton and that Charlie Grimm card and figured I'd give it a shot. I sure lucked out on this one, as I don't think i bid more than around $30. Unpacking them now, I see that the seller failed to properly identify 2 significant signatures, Emmett Ashford and Gavvy Craveth! Both of these make this lot much more than just a steal! I am fairly confident these are legit and who I believe them to be, based on some quick research. Here are certified copies of both from ebay. Cheapest Cravath I saw was $700 and it looked like it was dropped in the toilet. Ashford was a little easier on the wallet, but still would set you back $115. Not bad for under $10.This went super cheap. Nothing amazing, but for $9 + s/h, worth it. View attachment 351291
I didn't pay close attention to who all was in this lot. It started low and I like winning oddball auto lots. I saw Garvey, Steve Carlton, Garry Templeton and that Charlie Grimm card and figured I'd give it a shot. I sure lucked out on this one, as I don't think i bid more than around $30. Unpacking them now, I see that the seller failed to properly identify 2 significant signatures, Emmett Ashford and Gavvy Craveth! Both of these make this lot much more than just a steal! I am fairly confident these are legit and who I believe them to be, based on some quick research. Here are certified copies of both from ebay. Cheapest Cravath I saw was $700 and it looked like it was dropped in the toilet. Ashford was a little easier on the wallet, but still would set you back $115. Not bad for under $10.
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Craveth was Babe Ruth, before there was a Babe Ruth. Playing in the deadball era, he lead the league in HRs 6 times between 1913-1919. He retired with the hefty sum of 119 HRs in 1920. He died at age 82 in 1963.
Emmett Ashford was the first black umpire in MLB, when he made his debut in the AL in 1966. He was a seasoned ump by that time, but only caught the tail end of his career, as he reached the apparent (at the time) AL retirement age of 55, quickly. He also died relatively young at 65 in 1980. There is a tape stain bleeding through the center of the signature, but still a nice little surprise!
Here are the sigs from my lot:
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I would agree, but finding the perfect picture with everything obscured, but still there (no airbrush or digital manipulation) is probably not worth the time. Obviously this isn't a logoless card on purpose, as evidenced by the Mariners logo in the corner.Not a knock on this card…but this is how “logoless” cards should be done!
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