I think many who sign autographs actually sign with different or illegible signatures to prevent forgeries.

IFD is correct, players are warned not to sign blank pieces of paper, and many will personalize autographs on purpose.
I recently saw that Khalil Greene's Clemson pants were on sale on ebay.
You learn to go with the flow. The guys know who is out for the autograph for a keepsake and others to make $$ off of them.
I understand where JBB is coming from.

I'll never understand the need to have an autograph that was given to someone else.


Now, I must confess that I did buy a card (not signed) of my son on ebay. I wasn't sure where else to find it since it was a promotional item. He said he wasn't given any. I thought it was a nice looking card.

On ebay the day after the Aflac game there was a ton of everything that was handed out at the game besides the three cards given to each fan. They are still offering these ducks for sale.
Some players autographed batting gloves and other paraphernalia which was soon for sale. It was quite an eyeopener.

MD, a few of those collectors got lucky and hit it big. I saw Tim Beckham's card and a couple others sell for over $100. There is a Beckham card right now at the "buy it now" discounted price of $499. If you want the whole set, apparently cobbled together through numerous individual purchases, you can get it for only $2K. I kinda like the promo cards better.

I'm curious, what items would you buy if your kid was featured on it?

I think they offered some whole sets of cards as drawing prizes at the Aflac game, so someone could've gotten one there. Also I think there was a silent auction at the dinner the night before.

Isn't it kind of weird that you have to buy your own kids bb card on ebay. That he wasn't given any - who did AFLAC give them to as promotional items? Seems like the player should have at least been give one or two for the scrapbook. Why did they go straight to ebay and who do you think sent them there?

Next, I was at a home tour last spring. Very lavish homes were open to tour for charity.

One home had the most awesome sports themed game room. Signed Jerseys, balls, gloves, clubs, photos, everything you can think of. Very impressive and a really fun room, no doubt Big Fun takes place there.

Upon a closer look, it was obvious that everything as a fake.

Say it was a Joe Montana Jersey , it was signed something like "For Cameron"

"All the best,
Joe" Never said Montana.

Balls that were signed you could not make out the signature, but might have #2 with a scribble on a ball that had Yankees on it.

You get the picture. It was all made up to create an illusion of a Memorbilia room.
Not one thing offered authentication.

What do you make of this? Ok as a room design, or a no-no?

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Originally posted by Midlo Dad:
I think they offered some whole sets of cards as drawing prizes at the Aflac game, so someone could've gotten one there. Also I think there was a silent auction at the dinner the night before.

Oh, man. If they did have a drawing, I hope they didn't call my number for the whole set. I missed that one. My #2 son hovered and paced and checked the bid list many times the night of the auction to ensure he won the un-cut sheets of signed cards. Of course, all that money went to Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego.

iheart, that might be OK for a room design. But, I sure wouldn't put stuff up there that was autographed for someone else. Nor would I have displayed anything of value where the public is rambling through as in the case you cited.

Regarding the cards, he was given 100-150 of the original ones which he signed and gave out at the game and afterwards. I don't know about the promo item, though. When I initially asked him about it, he thought it may have been a fake. He didn't know anything about it. Another parent told me they were promised last fall and were slow to finally arrive. I think that guy got some from the promotion company. Son may have eventualy received some, but I didn't bring it up with him again.

I had to buy some of sons cards on ebay... the best autographs I have are the mothers day cards... which he always signed his full name and baseball #..... ....

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Originally posted by iheartbb:
Isn't it kind of weird that you have to buy your own kids bb card on ebay. That he wasn't given any - who did AFLAC give them to as promotional items? Seems like the player should have at least been give one or two for the scrapbook. Why did they go straight to ebay and who do you think sent them there?

Actually AFLAC did give each player a box of 100 of their own cards. The players traded cards with each other so each could have a signed card as a keepsake.

On the autograph topic, I was surprised how many people sent mail to our house after the event asking for signed AFLAC cards. Some had very compelling hand written notes saying how much it would mean to them to have an autographed baseball card... the skeptic in me was asking myself, what kid cares about an 18 year old high school baseball player that hadn't even been drafted yet? (and what kid sends a self addressed stamped envelope )

Oh well, in the scope of things, I guess worse things could happen. Asking for a kids autograph is a heck of a lot better than someone asking for his fingerprints

Maybe a wad of his used chewing gum?

It could be authenticated through dental records.

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Originally posted by Midlo Dad:
Maybe a wad of his used chewing gum?

Sadly...

...was outbid on Ebay in my attempt to purchase Tiger Woods used apple core from the recent US Open...

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