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Wednesday, July 5, 2017

Not bad for $4.01

I'm not an autograph collector per se but I do add them to my collection when I come across ones that fit and are not too costly. Case in point the six Orioles signed items I nabbed for four bucks and a penny on eBay.


Half my 'saved searches' are Orioles related so I guess that's why the listing turned up on my eBay feed (that row of stuff they tempt you with on the bottom of your pages). I'd probably have ignored it but six pieces with a $2 start price caught my eye. I tossed in a small bid and ended up winning. When you look at them they are really not that much of a bargain but the 8x10's will be fine on the walls over my desk at work. I can spend my last year there repping the Birds.

The Frank Robinson photo had a stain but in a cheap from from Dollar Tree it'll hang just fine.

The 1960 Topps Ron Hansen comes from one of my favorite subsets ever. That's 57-year-old gum residue on the front. I've been pretty successful at removing that gunk so I'll give it a whirl. I'll stick this one in my 1960 set after I clean it up a bit.


Ken Singleton was a class act with the Orioles. Signed '83 Donruss Singleton? I have a spot for it.


Here is a slightly abused Orioles team postcard of one of my all time favorites. Ellie was a fan friendly as they come. RIP


Finally a couple of flawed photos. One from Boog Powell.....personalized to someone whose name isn't readable (I'll make believe it's to me) and.....


...my umpteenth Brooks Robinson sig. Looks like the Sharpie was petering out. Oh well.


All in all a decent buy for the price. Hey I spent a dollar more than this on a hanging pack of '17 Topps Series 2 and got nothing I was remotely interested in. When I look at it that way I figure this buy was a real bargain!

6 comments:

  1. I think the personalization is to someone named Jerry.

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    1. Looks like that doesn't it? But I'm gonna read it as 'Bobby'. ;-O

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  2. Certainly can't kick about those purchases. Where's Boog posing, is that Memorial? It looks a bit odd, but I'm thinking that it's maybe before the left field scoreboard went in (not that I'd ever been there, with or without the scoreboard)

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    1. That's Memorial. The Baseball 100 Year patch on Boog's left sleeve dates the shot to 1969. The left field scoreboard was built during the 1970 season. It was done at some point before the World Series because it was in use for that.

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  3. Wow. Great pickup. Definitely a bargain.

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