December 9th, 2015 Holiday Catalog Auction (#45)

Lot #361:

Post-1972 Topps Autographed Baseball Card Collection (35)(JSA)

Offered here is a collection of 35 autographed post-1972 Topps baseball cards. Signatures include Mike Schmidt, Tony Gwynn, Don Baylor, Steve Garvey, Steve Yeager, Billy Williams, Jack Clark, Al Oliver, Ozzie Virgil, Dale Murphy, Bill Buckner, Ron Hassey, Dave Roberts and Dan Pasqua. The signatures are done in various colored ballpoint pens and markers and rate a strong 7 on average. Accompanied by a LOA from JSA.

Offered here, as Lots #349 through #364, is the lifelong collection of autograph enthusiast Tim Gallagher. At a very young age, Tim and his friends started to write athletes with self addressed envelopes requesting their signatures. What started as a hobby, quickly tuned into an obsession. From 1968 to the present, Tim has amassed an incredibly unique and significant collection of athlete-direct autographs. We are pleased to present these to the collecting public for the first time.