It’s been fun and ridiculously affordable to start a pretty cool collection of autographs of Negro League greats. These are my slabbed and authenticated examples. The Judy Johnson is the most recent pick-up -

Check out his SABR bio to learn more.

https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/judy-johnson/

Very excited to grab a Larry Doby auto! What a player and a true baseball pioneer! I just learned yesterday that he was the first black ballplayer to hit a home run in the World Series! I’ve ended up with a decent collection of his cards and will continue to hunt for more.

Pretty excited to add this Luke Easter auto to the collection. Fun addition to the Easter collection and another Negro League great autograph

Luke Easter was a heck of a player who made it to the Indians after his prime, but still put up big numbers. He’s one of a few fellas to ever hit a home run to center at the old Polo Grounds - they called his homers “Easter Eggs.” I have a run going of his cards, but this is the nicest one so far and one of my nicest cards period. I’m also a fan of the 1952 Bowman set - I love the artwork. This one glows! One of my favorite cards.