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Autographs
9 Lots
 Lot 243. Outstanding Group of 19 vintage Baseball Autographs of players who debuted in 1905. All signatures are on 3 x 5 cards and have been encapsulated by SGC and authenticated by J. Spence. They were previously in the collection of major league pitcher Jerry DiPoto. All players had their first year in the Major Leagues in 1905. Includes W J Barbeau, Albert Bridwell, Andy Bruckmiller, Frank G. Delehanty, Gene Ford, 1881-1973, George Gibson, Bill Hinchman, George E. Howard (Del), John Hummell, Edward Kinsella, Otto Knabe, John W “Jack” Knight, Chas E Knoll, A.P. Leifield, Bristol R Lord, Rube Oldring, Frank X Pfeffer, Frank Shaughnessy, John H Siegle, Details of each card as to style and content is available on a separate list on request.
Winning Bid $605.
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 Lot 244. Lot of 311 baseball Autographs of players who debuted in 1910-1919. Included in this lot are 320 different autographs from major league players who debuted from 1910-1919. They were originally auctioned by Mike Guiterrez in May of 1903 with a GAI certificate signed by Mike Baker and Mike Guiterrez. The autographs, which are all on 3 x 5 cards, mostly blank, and were last in the collection of major league pitcher Jerry DiPoto. According to the GAI certificate all the players were deceased then. The cards are arranged alphabetically within their debut years. Some highlights include Louis Lowdermilk, of T207 card fame, who pitched briefly for the Cardinals in 1911-12. Also Hy Gunning who lasted two months with the Red Sox in 1911 and for 9 AB’s, Similarly, W F Luhrsen pitched a month for Pittsburgh in 1913 and won all 3 starts and never pitched again in the majors. Harold P. Pertinheimer, played one day in the majors, at 2nd Base for Detroit in 1913 and Clarence pickup played one day in the majors in 1918 and finished his major league career with a 1.000 batting average. The group is filled with obscure names, whose careers were very short and their autographs are obviously not easy to find. A list of all the signatures is available on request.
Winning Bid $2,860.
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 Lot 245. 1929 Champions Chicago Cub autographed Ball with 25 signatures. Our consignor, who is very well known to me, indicates he obtained the ball from one of the Chicago batboys in 1929, who obtained the signatures in person. The signatures include 5 Hall of Famers, Hack Wilson (fantastic signature) , KiKi Cuyler, Gabby Hartnett, Rogers Hornsby and Joe McCarthy. The other signatures are Beck, Blair, Blake, Bush, Carlson, Cvengros, English, Gonzales, Grampp, Grimm, Heathcote, Horne, Jonnard, Malone, McMillan, Moore, Nehf, Root, Stephenson and Taylor. The red and blue stitched ball is lightly shellacked but all signatures are very readable and clear. The ball was examined by a well known authenticator who said the signatures were at least “8”s and better and noted that the McCarthy, which was usually secretarial on balls like this, was good and the Hack Wilson ws among the nicest he’s seen. He also said the shellac was neatly done and was a rare case where it actually preserved the ball. One of the nicest 1929 Cubs balls you’ll ever see.
Winning Bid $2,148.
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 Lot 247. Miscellaneous group of 8 documents, 7 signed. Includes signed 1979 SF Giants scouts contract; 1933 Newark TLS from George Weiss; An assignment contract between the Red Sox and Little Rock for Alpha Brazle signed by Eddie Collins; A 1935 TLS from Paul Krichell of the Yankees; 4 signed agreements for New York Giant players from Liggett & Myers for Jim Hearn, Johnny Antonelli, Dusty Rhodes and Don Mueller; An unsigned 1934 Yankee typed letter; All are excellent or better.
Winning Bid $300.
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 Lot 249. Two nice signed baseballs - one a Hall of Fame ball and the other an Old Timers ball. Hall of Fame ball with 18 signatures. Signed by Ted Williams, Lefty Gomez, Charlie Gehringer, Kiner, Mize, Musial, Dandridge, Reese, Chandler, Kell, Irvin, Terry, Roberts, Billy Williams, Slaughter, Lemon, Boudreau and Herman. Our authenticator looked at the signatures and thought they were 9’s. Old Timers ball with 15 signatures including Pie Traynor, Goose Goslin, Lefty Grove and Joe Medwick. Others are Wynn, Terry, Appling, Feller and non HOF’ers Maglie, Stephens, Dykes, Gordon, Kuenn, Newcombe and Antonelli. The signatures were rated 4’s and 5’s except for Feller, which is a 9.
Minimum Bid $500.
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 Lot 250. 5 Pittsburgh Pirate balls from 1972 with Clemente and other balls from 1974, 1977 and 1978 (2). The 1972 ball has 22 signatures including Clemente, Stargell, Mazeroski, Murtaugh and 18 others. About 8 rate 9-10 and the rest are 5’s including Clemente; The 1977 ball has 17 signatures including Stargell, Gossage (light), Garner, Parker and Tanner. 1977 was the only year Gossage played with the Pirates. The 1974 and the two 1978‘s each has 17-20 signatures. The 1974’s signatures rate 7-9’s. One 1978 has signatures graded 8 except for one that’s faded and the other is an unofficial ball with 5 mint signatures and the rest grade 2 to 5.
Winning Bid $400.
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 Lot 251. A group of 3 autographed baseballs, two with DiMaggio. All the signatures obtained by my consignor, a long time collector, in person. Highlighted by a NL Feeney ball signed by 19 HOF’ers (DiMaggio, autograph ran a little, Gomez, Musial, Aaron, Terry, Hooper, Banks, Snider, Mays, Feller, Hubbell, Kaline, Kelly, Kiner, Lemon, Marichal, Matthews, B. Robinson, Spahn & Terrry). A Major league ball with 17 signatures including 4 HOF’ers (Palmer, Gomez, B. Williams, Fingers, Garvey, Labine, Mickey Owen, Joyner, etc) and a PCL ball with 7 signatures including 3 HOF’ers (J. DiMaggio, Banks, Feller, Camilli, Garvey, Joyner and Calvin Griffith).
Winning Bid $300.
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