Lot 726. 14 Autographs, Many with a Cincinnati Connection – Schott, Lombardi, Hoyt, Rowe, Etc. These signatures are on various media. Sometimes it comes down to getting a baseball star’s autograph on whatever you have. Maybe a bag from a grocery store. That’s what Ernie Lombardi signed, and so did three other Reds who played in the 1930s. The pencil signature of the Hall of Fame catcher is nm 7 on a 3” x 4.5” section from a bag. There is a stray pencil mark next to the top of the “b.” The three autographs are on a slightly larger portion of a bag – Eddie Joost, Chuck Aleno and Ival Goodman. The Aleno signature is ex-m 6, while the other are nm. Marge Schott autographed a panel of a holiday brochure and added a paw print representing her St. Bernard Schottzie. Mint 9. During his Hall of Fame career, Waite Hoyt never played for the Reds, but he broadcast their games for 24 years. One of his broadcast partners was Jack Moran. Both signed an autograph page (3.5” x 5”) dated 1958. Both signatures are mint 9. Pete Rose and Jim Bunning signed the back of the same computer card. The card is creased and the autographs are in opposite directions, but they could be separated. Gary Nolan autographed the other end of the card. Nm-m 8. Other autographs are by: Gene Freese (nm 7) on a business card; “Schoolboy” Rowe (nm-m 8) and Rudy York (ex to ex-m 6) on a section clipped from an envelope; and Chuck Tanner on a name tag from a SABR event. This group includes Rose, three Hall of Fame members and a couple of stars.
Minimum Bid $35.
Lot 745. 1940s Autograph Book with 40+ Baseball, Golf, Track & Field and Other Signatures. These autographs are generally nm-m 8 or better on cuts of various sizes and some index cards or paper the size of index cars. Almost all of the signatures have been taped into the book; the tape does not affect the autograph. The baseball signature are by Jimmy Archer, Phil Cavaretta, Spud Chandler, Roger Cramer, Harry Danning, Leo Durocher, Eddie Dyer, Fred Fitzsimmons, Bert Haas, Stan Hack, Mel Harder, Bill Jurges, Ken Keltner, Larry Jansen, Bill Jurges, Dutch Leonard, Mickey Livingston, Frank McCormick, Dan MacFayden, Archie McKain, Bill Nicholson, Lefty O’Doul, John Riddle & Rip Sewell, Hank Sauer, Hal Schumacher, Burt Shotton, Fred Snodgrass, Eddie Stanky, George Vico (2), Jo Jo White, and Roger Wolff. Other signers include Dick Button (HoF figure skater), Glenn Cunningham (track HoF), Marty Furgol (golfer), Bob Kurland (basketball HoF), Elmer Lach (hockey HoF), Mel Patton (track HoF), Peter Donald (radio host and vaudevillian), Al Goodman (singer) and four unknowns. A nice mix of pencil and ink signatures, almost all of which can be removed and cleanly displayed independently!
Minimum Bid $75.
