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I had Chris Jones autograph my ding dong.
He could only fit the Ch
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people either like to collect them or think it will be valuable some day.
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I'd be curious to know if there's a generational difference to valuing autographs. I feel like younger folks would rather have a selfie than an autograph.
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That's because they value their own face more than that of anyone else. If their face isn't in it then it's worthless by default...
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You went in the opposite direction of my initial reaction to your statement. I grew up in a place not near any sports teams, so maybe I was out of touch, but I feel like in my youth autographs were really only for personal use. I wasn't aware of an industry around buying and selling autographs. I only became aware of that perhaps 15 or 20 years ago.
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i think it more about "proof" that you met someone famous. i would never pay for an autograph but if there was an opportunity that wouldn't be intrusive i would definitely ask for mahomes.
when i dressed for games i had a big "jacket" that has more autos than i can count. But for those who intentionally ask for them please leave a player/coach alone unless it arises. its annoying as **** to see people hounding them eating while eating grocery shopping etc. Just my 4¢ |
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Because they make my man cave look bad ass…
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I like collecting sports memorabilia and autographs, I always have since being a kid.
I have a lot of signed baseballs: some bought, some gifts and many I got in person. Koufax, Stargell, Salvy, Moustakas (he gave me ball and signed it), Alex Gordon, Nick Lowry (sat by at Dbacks game). ![]() |
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They are like the stock market for collectables.
Autos and rookie year signatures are huge speculation pieces to people that are not fans. Mahomes 1 of 1s were 1000 his rookie year. Now a million. His normal numbered auto cards can be 6 figures. My cousin was doing it for a while. But he has been a collector for decades. Got too expensive. He is kicking himself in the butt now. Guess he had some trout 1 of 1 rookies and tiger woods rookies. Sold them before the market exploded. |
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Here’s a more serious example. I bought this for $1000 back in 2012. It’s currently worth roughly $90,000-$100,000. When I started collecting back in the late 90’s, I never dreamed of a day when my hobby would pay off my mortgage.
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To the broader question in the OP, though, I don't personally get it much. I mean, it's kind of cool to own something that's autographed, but I wouldn't pay much for it. I think I own one autographed item (hockey stick signed by Gabe Landeskog), and I got it at a charity auction that came with tickets worth more than I paid for the bundle. |
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I don’t think it’s much of a flex anymore when you can just pay for cameos.
Or publicly post wildly inappropriate DMs. Lewdog can get Lowry for $39. While I’m looking at this, Jared Allen for $270? Wtf Ok. 😂😂😂 who is the asshole CPer going as the Grim Reaper for $15?
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I used to collect them. My fervor has cooled down.
But I did send cards to Ace Parker, Johnny Lujack and Charley Trippi. All three signed.
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Did you sell it to pay off your mortgage?
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