Presented here is a magnificent grouping of twelve 3x5 index cards signed by a different pre-war era Hall of Fame pitcher. Alphabetically the list is Lou Boudreau Stan Coveleski Dizzy Dean Burleigh Grimes Lefty Grove Jesse Haines Carl Hubbell Ted Lyons Rube Marquard Satchel Paige (PSA/DNA GEM-MT 10) A.C. "Dazzy" Vance (PSA/DNA NM 7) and Ed Walsh (PSA/DNA NM-MT 8). Seven are done in blue ink; five come in black ink. Only Walsh has added an inscription signing "Ed A. Walsh - White Sox - Chicago" next to a small newspaper clipping image of himself. Vance Dean Haines Grove Grimes and Boudreau also have similar images next to their signatures. Each players' DOB year of death and MLB debut season are listed by the meticulous collector a former minor leaguer named Dave Hill. Only Paige Vance and Walsh have been encapsulated and graded by PSA/DNA. The rest are pre-certified by PSA/DNA.

Provenance: How does one acquire over 9000autographs covering just about every Major Leaguer from 1900 to 2000?Very diligently with an unbelievable amount of patience anddetermination. For Dave Hill the quest lasted practically his entirelife. Born in St. Louis in 1929 Hill was a standout pitcher who playedin college and then a few years professionally in the White Soxorganization before landing a position with the Central IntelligenceAgency where he had a long and decorated career. The management andorganization skills Hill developed at the CIA certainly came in handy ashe meticulously built his massive memorabilia collection.

Hill grew up a die-hard St. Louis Browns fan and always had a passionfor collecting. It became as much a hobby as an obsession as he trackeddown player after player by attending games or events where one waspresent writing them letters with his request or purchasing from othercollectors (some autographs were dated before Hill was even born). Therelentless man did not stop until well into his 60’s. Most signaturescome on 3x5 index cards or cuts and many are done on the player’sbaseball card photo news clipping or mailed postcard/GPC. The list ismind-blowing some signatures so rare that records of their mereexistence are blank. As a hobbyist Hill was also recognized for hisextensive collection of St. Louis Brown photographs used to produce twoofficial “Brownies” albums by team archivists.

The Dave Hill Collection is easily one of the largest autographcollections ever documented. Its size and scope is beyond anything we’vehad the pleasure of representing. Luckily Hill was meticulous aboutkeeping it organized in alphabetical order and according to the familyhis wife Jewell deserves much of the credit. Even the years of eachplayer’s birth [& death] and MLB debut are noted. A total of 186 Hall of Famersare included (out of a possible 323) and the most significant autographshave been encapsulated by PSA/DNA branded “Dave Hill Collection.”David W. Hill passed away in 1995 at the age of 66.