Random Ponderings of the Collector's Mind
This is a pretty slow time of year as far as collecting sports memorabilia goes, at least for me. I find that collecting autographed baseballs and pictures looks the best, therefore that leads towards me tending to target baseball players for autographs more so than other sports. Since there are no baseball games going on in this region, that means I keep an eye put on public signing events on the signingshotline website I mention now and again. One thing I did want to mention though, is something you think would be pretty obvious but actually suckers a lot of people every year. A lot of people out there who collect sports memorabilia do not have the time to go and get the players they want in person. Instead, they purchase items online. The problem is that there is a huge amount of forgeries out there, and they are so good you can't really tell any difference between what's fake and what's authentic. I realize there are now third party companies (P...