SoCal Autograph Odysses

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...

It has been quite some time since my last post, and that is due to being extremely busy.  Since I last went to Petco Park to collect some signatures from the Pittsburgh Pirates, I have done absolutely zero signing events or games of any sort.  That means I missed out on teams like the Giants and the Dodgers coming to Petco Park, as well as free signing event like the one Jonathan Quick did up in Anaheim a couple weekends ago at Living Spaces.  I really would have liked to get a picture signed by him with Conn Smythe 2012, especially since the Kings are my favorite team. I realize some hobbyists out there go to a lot more events than I do, almost on a thrice weekly basis.  Frankly, I don't have the kind of time or want to collect most of the guys that are signing at these events.  Besides, the vast majority of anything going on with regards to sports memorabilia, and happening in Southern California, occurs in Orange County and LA.  That is too far for me ...