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You need one more post for 100.

Do it!

What if I like to have 99 posts.

I really enjoy taking at look at other folk's autograph collections. Even those that aren't from figures that I personally wouldn't have any interest in owning one from.
All of my signed memorabilia is boxing stuff. I've got hundreds of pieces, the vast majority of which I've gotten in person while either in the process of working the card as a cornerman or directly for the promoter, or while at the IBHOF weekend in Canastota. Where I was an every year regular for the first 12 years.

DVD's and I have a large Heroclix collection. No local tournaments in my area for a long time, so I don't play or buy heroclix anymore.

Greatest relief pitcher. Ever.

Vivian Leigh autograph

Nice, David!! Where did you get it? Do you have other autographs?

This just in directly from the Nolan Ryan Foundation. 7 no hitters... just mind boggling.

Steve, keep me posted if you're looking for any signatures in particular. My father in law is getting ready to conduct a cleaning out from his collection of all signatures he has two or more of (and this will include a LOT of the greats from baseball as well). I can check with him to see what he has before he gets things together. Otherwise, I think he's simply planning on consigning them all to a dealer in NH.

I won't go into detail as to what he owns, but let's put it like this: It's more like a question of whose signatures he DOESN'T have versus who he does have. I nearly keeled over when he showed me volume 1 of his golden age baseball signature collection.

Oh yeah Steve.I used to have a major collection,but sold off the majority of them a long time ago.I still have a few besides comic related,Jackie Kennedy,Marlon Brando,Elvis Presley,Al Pacino and this Vivian Leigh. Sports Don Larson,Orlando Cepeda,Patrick Roy(my fav. goalie)

I'd love to see the Elvis if you ever get the chance. That would be on my grail list.

Here ya go Steve.My mother got this in 1975/76.

I'll take it!!!

Sorry Steve this one stays in the family
I know the majority of Elvis autographs for sale are fake,this one has come directly from my mother.So I know this is 100% original,I even have the dinner menu from the show in Las Vegas,so provenance is not an issue. When she passed away it was left to me,because I too am an Elvis fan

What is there to say after seeing that Elvis autograph? It's a show stopper and makes my autographs look sick in comparison.

Great story behind it. Sorry your Mom is gone, but I would never get rid of it either.

I just got this through a private signing at the National in Chicago. Mike Tyson is a relatively uncommon signature and most sports collectors were surprised he did a signing.

I got this signed in-person years ago at a card show in Connecticut. I asked Pete to inscribe "Charlie Hustle" but he would not. I like it because it's just a great image.



In honor of Harmon Killebrew who passed recently. A real class act.

Steve those are amazing.

David:

By the way... do you know where she obtained this?

Would you mind if I shared this image on an autograph collecting board as a real exemplar? The more provenance the better.

Sure you can use the photo.
Elvis appeared at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas on March 26th 1975 at the 8:oo PM show.My mother acquired the autograph.
Can you provide a link to the board.

Steve I hope your doing well,you have'nt been on the boards in awhile.

Thanks, David.

It's been a crazy rough few months. Nothing really serious... just haven't had the time I used to.

Edward Stanton autograph letter signed, dated 29 June 1865 on "War Department / Washington City" letterhead thanking psychiatrist Dr. John P. Gray and relieving him of duty in connection with the trial of Lincoln assassination conspirators.

Gray had been called in to determine the mental competency of Lewis Payne, aka Lewis Powell, and the other conspirators. Payne's mental health was a central issue in his trial, with his defense mounting an insanity plea based on his bizarre behavior and simplemindedness. Gray did not find Payne to be mentally incompetent and helped the prosecution, which argued that Payne was completely under the control of John Wilkes Booth, secure a conviction. Payne had been assigned the task of assassinating Secretary of State William Seward. Although he managed to attack and stab five members of the Seward household, none of the injuries he inflicted were fatal. Ultimately Payne hung along with co-conspirators Mary Surrat, David Herold and George Atzerodt on 7 July 1865.

The letter, with embossing intact at top left corner, reads: "Dear Sir / Your report on the cases of Payne and other prisoners now on trial before the Military Commission at Washington has been received and is highly satisfactory to this department. In relieving you from the duty it is proper to render to you the cordial thanks of this Department for the ability, industry and fidelity with which you have performed the important duties wherewith you were charged by me, and to express my personal thanks and gratification. I would also request you to return my thanks to your Board for enabling the government to avail itself of your important service. With sincere regard I am Truly your friend / Edwin M. Stanton / Secretary of War".

Harry S. Truman Typed Letter Signed and Original Top Secret Telegram. Two items created by 33rd President Harry S. Truman (1884-1972), both with excellent content. TLS: one page, 7.5" x 10", White House letterhead, January 15, 1949, to Assistant to the President (now called Chief of Staff) John R. Steelman (1900-1999) involving atomic energy. Truman writes in full: "I am concerned at the possible effect upon our national security of the continued deadlock in the United Nations over the international control of atomic energy. In particular, I would be interested in knowing the present status regarding exchange of atomic energy information with other nations-whether such information has been exchanged, the type of information or atomic materials involved and to what countries. It is my understanding that such exchanges have taken place with Great Britain, Canada and possibly other nations. Will you look into this situation and give me an informal report. You and the Atomic Energy Commission will understand, of course, that this entire matter is highly confidential. [signed] Harry Truman" Telegram: 5" x 8", includes "Special" sticker attached to top right corner, also to John R. Steelman, marked "Top Secret" in four places, reading in full: "EYES ONLY FOR JOHN R. STEELMAN / JUST RECEIVED CIA RPT CIA REPORT ON CHINA PD DO NOT ALLOW ECA RPT ECA TO TAKE ANY ACTION ON THIS MATTER WITHOUT DIRECT INSTRUCTIONS FROM ME PD / SIGNED HARRY S. TRUMAN" The bottom right corner includes information on the declassification of the item in 1995.

Robert Todd Lincoln (1843-1926) Letter as Secretary of War Letter signed, "Robert Lincoln," 6.5" x 5.25", War Department, November 21, 1882 concerning "...proceedings and report having been laid before the President, he directs that the findings and opinion of The Court of Inquiry to be published..."

RTL was President Lincoln's eldest son and the only to live to adulthood. He had a very impressive career in his own right.

Warren Commission Signatures and John F. Kennedy Commemorative Stamps. In 1963, President Lyndon Johnson appointed a seven man commission to investigate President John F. Kennedy's assassination. Led by Chief Justice Earl Warren, the other six included Georgia Senator Richard Russell, Kentucky Senator John Sherman Cooper, Louisiana Representative Hale Boggs, Michigan Representative Gerald Ford, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency Allen Dulles, and Kennedy advisor John J. McCloy. Their conclusion, which has been questioned over the years, is that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in killing President Kennedy. A full sheet of John F. Kennedy commemorative stamps signed by all seven members of the Warren Commission, plus one of their staff members. One page, 9" x 10". Signed "Earl Warren," "Richard B. Russell," "John Sherman Cooper," "Hale Boggs," "Gerald R. Ford," "Allen W. Dulles," "John J. McCloy," and "J. Lee Rankin." The stamps are blue-gray; the signatures are all in black ink, except for Dulles' which is in blue.

Vintage comic book spinner rack from approximately 1955-56.