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The focus of your auto collection, who and what do you collect?
JasonS |
Feb 28 2009, 10:41 AM
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I focus on mainly hockey and some baseball. I have started to collect signed comic books too. I also love getting older players that I like or have hear of, guys who made the sports what they are today. I have a bunch of 1957 Topps baseball cards signed by ex-players and a bunch of reprinted Parkhurst hockey cards signed by ex-hockey players.
I also sent out request to players who played for the SF Giants or other Bay Area teams I follow.
It amazes me how well the old hockey + baseball guys love the fans. Hall of Famers, guys who were/are the best ever, sign freely and will often add cards too. Not like todays players who want money for an autograph (what? making $100k a game isn't enogh to live on? Gotta charge fans for your signature too?) or won't take the time to sign for fans at all.
I actually am into this just for the enjoyment of getting players I like. I usually send only one card, so as to not seem greedy, and if a player signs for me once I almost never ask again. (I did with a few like Matt Cain and Jeremy Roenick because the first ones came back smudged) On a rare ocasion I get back notes of thanks and even start a correspondence back and forth, like with Matt Carle or Virgil Trucks. For me it is quality, not quantity, that I enjoy.
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dabears67 |
Mar 24 2009, 10:35 AM
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I am focusing on collecting auto'd photos and baseballs of any player who has worn Cubbie Blue. My biggest thrill of the collecting is the development of custom made photos for them to sign. I actually had a player ask if I could send him the original document that I sent him so that he could use it for sending to people and at card show appearances. (I cannot say who, but if you meet him at a card show some day, you may recognize the photo from my postings at http://www.sportscardforum.com/showthread.php?t=745670, as I will soon be adding his auto to my thread.) FYI, I can make you custom cards, just PM me and tell me who you want, my "donations" are to cover my expenses of ink, photopaper, and shipping.
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