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The listing, Very Old World Champion Cleveland Indians 1949 Autographed Action Photos has ended.

This is a very old set of 4 World Champion Cleveland Indians 1949 Autographed Action Photos. The package look really bad, old, faded, stained but the photos have held up pretty well. The top one in the package is a little yellowed but the others look good. They include Gene Bearden, Lou Boudreau, Bill Veeck and I cannot read the last one, so maybe someone can please tell me who he is.

Questions & Comments

nice auction , watching

Jul 18th, 2011 at 8:01:26 AM PDT by

no more watching...bid...lol :)

Jul 18th, 2011 at 8:03:34 AM PDT by

are these signed or are they preprints?
if real i will be bidding come the right time. born and bred clevelander so this will be a nice addition to my collection.

Jul 18th, 2011 at 3:50:59 PM PDT by

I really can not tell...I did look up the names on a website and checked to make sure they matched and they do, but not really sure if signed by player or copy.

Jul 18th, 2011 at 3:55:15 PM PDT by

how did you come by these?

Jul 18th, 2011 at 3:52:38 PM PDT by

I purchased a huge box, and I do mean huge at a family estate/yard sale a few weeks ago. It was full of baseball, football, nascar, basketball cards, posters, old newspapers, and I found these yesterday when I was going through all of it. The package looks pretty bad but the pictures look good other than just being a little faded.

Jul 18th, 2011 at 3:58:24 PM PDT by

i can give you a tip that will help in the future as well as now, if you tilt the image up to the light and check the glare onthe signature, you will either see a uniform glare across the whole image and signature or you will see the signature seems to sit on top the glare this will say it is not a pre print. not saying that it is not an autopen which is actually the signature from the player but it is signed by a machine that replicates the signature many times over. try it and tell me what you see. . i have been collecting for a while now and would love to see what other signatures you come across.

Jul 19th, 2011 at 7:12:46 AM PDT by

Okay I just took them out in the sun and checked them....I know what you are saying but maybe because these are old black and whites I still can't tell. The one of Bill Veeck has a shine to it but the others don't. Hope that helps a little...sorry.

Jul 19th, 2011 at 7:55:03 AM PDT by

If those signatures are real the photos are worth big bucks. I mean BIG bucks! (BTW, I think the signature you can't make out is Early Wynn. Truly great name for a pitcher, isn't it?) Fortunately or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it, I think the signatures are facsimiles since there are identical packets/photos for sale elsewhere on the Internet (guess where!) and the autographs are described as facsimiles.

Either way this is an OUTSTANDING auction and it's killing me knowing that I won't have enough credits to win it! AAAAAAUUUGH!

Good luck to all!

Jul 19th, 2011 at 10:36:35 AM PDT by

Thanks for the input ...was really hoping they are original and not copy, like you said they are still great old photos and a plus to any collection. Never know...you may just have enough to win...good luck :)

Jul 19th, 2011 at 10:44:05 AM PDT by

are you going to be listing anything else you got in the collection that you bought?

Jul 19th, 2011 at 10:47:43 AM PDT by

I have been listing stuff from it for several weeks and all the stuff I have listed now is from it too. I still have 1000's of baseball cards I haven't even looked at yet and 100's of the clear 9-card pages I have not even started on yet.

Jul 19th, 2011 at 10:51:44 AM PDT by

Wow; you hit a sports collector's jackpot when you bought that box! No telling what else you'll find in there! Just a reminder, I certainly can't guarantee that the signatures on the photos are facsimiles. Just trying to help clear up the mystery by posting some info I came across. But who knows? Maybe you hit the mega-jackpot and those ARE real sigs! Woo-hoo! (Or should I say "Wa-hoo!" since we're talking about the Indians?}

Once again, GREAT auction. Maybe it's only because I'm a Tribe fanatic but this is the best sports auction I've seen on Listia!

Jul 19th, 2011 at 11:22:32 AM PDT by

I sure hope so...need alot of points to help make up for all the free shipping I've been doing it really adds up fast. Thanks for all the help, so hope you can bid and win :)

Jul 19th, 2011 at 12:22:45 PM PDT by

CORRECTION! The sig that you can't make out is NOT Early Wynn. It's Hank Greenberg, the Tribe's GM at the time. Sorry for the boo-boo.

Jul 19th, 2011 at 11:34:43 AM PDT by

great....forgot to answer on that last time, knew it was not Wynn signature was to long but Greenberg looks right.

Jul 19th, 2011 at 12:17:22 PM PDT by

I believe the autos are facsimiles but still very nice!

Jul 24th, 2011 at 6:47:36 PM PDT by

thanks :)

Jul 24th, 2011 at 6:48:20 PM PDT by

http://boblemke.blogspot.com/2010/08/another-alternate-indians-picture-pack.html

Jul 24th, 2011 at 6:50:18 PM PDT by

thanks for info :) Someone had posted about that up several posts ago.

Jul 24th, 2011 at 6:51:41 PM PDT by

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