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- October 01, 2020

The second card I received as part of my last post is a Fleer card signed by Bobby Abreu in blue sharpie. Both this card and the Todd Helton cost me less than $10 a piece.

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John Stockton

- December 15, 2023

One of the notoriously tough autographs to get among all modern era sports figures, I saw recently that John Stockton was going to be doing an ultra rare signing. After looking at the prices, I decided that they were on the pricey side, so instead looked into getting a card off eBay. It is often the case that signings are more expensive than getting an auto card from Panini or Topps, etc. because you can send in exactly what you want to get signed. I don't typically complain about pricing for signings, but I did observe that the cost to send in my own card was 4-5x what buying a John Stockton signed card off eBay would cost. Therefore, I found a fairly priced one and went that direction. As you can see, I went with an Obsidian auto and this particular card is numbered /35.

John Elway

- December 01, 2023

My Hall of Fame and elite quarterback train is still steaming along, as I just added a signed John Elway card to my collection. This card comes from 2023 Prestige football, is numbered /25. I saw that a lot of people were having a lot of luck with their hits in Prestige megas in retail, though the few boxes I opened were crap. I jumped into the eBay market to get this card, as card prices have come down and you can get some of these all time greats for much less than even a year ago. Honestly, I bought this card for the price of two mega boxes, so I'm not sure what I'm even doing buying sealed product in the first place.

Joe Montana

- December 05, 2023

Much like the Dan Marino and John Elway autos I have posted about recently, I also acquired a Joe Montana Panini autographed card. Like the Marino card, this is also a blue cracked ice numbered /75. Of the big name, all tike great QB's in the league, I believe the only one I might be missing still is Tom Brady. It might be a while yet before I find a way to get something he signed into my collection.

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Carl Yastrzemski baseball

- March 09, 2019

As always, I've been keeping an eye on all signings going around the United States involving major league baseball hall of famers, and saw that Red Sox legend Carl Yastrzemski was doing a private signing with a northeastern based, family owned company. I verified this signing using Yaz's own website, which listed the signing under the appearances tab. I placed an order for a major league baseball with the 89 HOF that he added for free. This brings my total baseball Hall of Famer list to 42, if you include only signatures on baseballs. The total is 43 off the top of my head if you include the Al Kaline photo he signed for me. The four non hall of famers in this case are Jeter, Beltre, Trout, and Pujols. In other words, future Hall of Famers.

Shaq & Dr. J- Frank and Son's 8/10/13

- August 10, 2013

Every great once in awhile, you hear about an event that as a autograph collector you absolutely need to attend. Today was one of those events, when both Julius Erving and Shaquille O'neal appeared at the Frank and Son's Collectible Show as part of a joint signing event hosted by the OC Dugout as well as Honabach and Sons. Granted, the cost of getting items signed by these guys was kind of pricey, but when you consider that Shaq has NEVER had a public signing appearance, sometimes paying for an item or two is well worth it. Personally, I had never attended Frank and Son's at any point, so I was really looking forward to what all the hoopla was about. Let me tell you, this place is nerdvana. They have collectibles in just about every type of comics, sports, and action figure genres imaginable. It is quite literally a giant warehouse with seemingly a hundred vendors lined up. They also often have athlete (and actors, comic writers, etc) signing appearances. Here is t

Justin Herbert private signing

- March 01, 2021

Thanks to SportsCollectors.net , which again I can't recommend highly enough, I saw that Chargers rookie quarterback Justin Herbert was holding a private signing. The prices were fair for a player who was probably going to be the NFL rookie of the year. I had to pay for and sign up for this signing before February, and the NFL didn't announce who won Rookie of the Year until February 6th, so I was taking a gamble in paying for the 2020 NFL ROY inscription before we knew for a fact he was going to win the award. When you also take into account that NFL quarterbacks re extremely expensive signers (Tom Brady costs $1500 ish for an 11x14, Aaron Rodgers is close to $600, etc) I thought the investment was sound. I picked an 11x14 for him to sign, signed up for the signing, and then sent my stuff in asking for where I wanted it to be signed and where I wanted the potential inscription. I also asked for the photo to be signed in light blue paint pen. After a bit more than a mon

Los Angeles Dodgers @ Petco Park 4/10/13

- April 11, 2013

I decided to head downtown to Petco Park for the first time this new season for my first foray into my hobby of collecting autographs in quite some time. I skipped out on Opening Day due to the fact that all the hoopla associated with the opening of any new season. I walked to my spot during the bottom of the ninth in what turned out to be a 4-3 Dodger win. I found out from one of the guys waiting (a nice fellow who was visiting from Florida) that the Dodgers were staying in the Omni Hotel, which is actually connected to Petco Park by a bridge that visiting players often use to circumvent the autograph hounds that wait below. This was a little disheartening at first, until I also found out that most of the dodgers actually walked out at ground level the night before. All in all there were only about ten or so "graphers" waiting, as opposed to the rumored forty the night before, so the potential for a good get was obviously there. On this night, I was focused solely on

Colorado Rockies pregame @Petco Park 7/20/2012

- July 23, 2012

As an aside, let me first say that this was the first attempt my friend Lawrence and I have made to get autographs prior to BP at a Padres game at Petco Park. We have been collecting autographs at Petco Park both during BP and post games since Petco's inception in 2004. After trying our luck against the Astros both during BP and post game on 7/16/12 and coming away with only a Bud Norris signed Topps 2012 card, we decided to get the Rockies coming into the ballpark for the first game of a weekend series. We had been given the good tip by fellow collectors, and it proved a lucrative decision. We arrived at approx. 12:15, and waited on the corner across from the Omni Hotel, adjacent to Petco Park, and right up against the parking structue, which enabled us to have a view of any player/coach coming from any one of three ways. The first player we spotted was Jeremy Guthrie, who oddly enough had been traded the night before to the KC Royals and was cleaning out his locker. Jer

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