I have a friend that had a stint in the NHL. He sometimes hands out auto’d cards to kids that ask. One Christmas I replenished his stash, and he was quite appreciative. And I forever get to remind him that shipping him the cards cost me more than did the stack of his rookies!
I live in a very small town in southern Oklahoma, and one of our local businessmen played Minor League Baseball in the early 1980s. I found one of his cards on ebay and submitted it to PSA. It came back a PSA 9. Shortly thereafter, I saw him at a local event and told him I had something for him. He invited me to his house later that week and I was able to give him the card. I think he liked it.
Am I the only one that read this article and thought, what an A-Hole that ebayer was for not only refusing to work with the guy on a decent price (I bet you make a friend for life working with him, as we saw later in the story) but then jacking up the price of the superfractor 1-1? The next guy who offered up the black 1-1 card, true class there. I hope he finds the rest of the big hits he needs and that he gets a taste (or more) of the big show eventually as well.
I collect Steve Garvey, Dodgers and signed cards. Collector since 1978.
I used to set up at the Pro Bowl NFL Experience in the late 90s and early 00s; they used to incorporate a card show into the event along with activities for kids, autograph sessions, etc. Redskins OL Chris Samuels' family stopped by my booth and asked if I had any 8x10s of him. They have probably looked all over for his stuff to no avail; Photofile would have a roster of "popular" players that you could order a minimum of 6, everyone else would be a customer order with a minimum of 25. Well I had to carry every single Pro Bowl player's photo, because the less popular players were more likely to sign autographs for the fans. I've never seen a family so happy to see items featuring their relative. They bought me out and I just sold the photos at cost.
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Great article. We’ve had at least 2 CU members who were former pro athletes and owned cards of themselves.
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I have a friend that had a stint in the NHL. He sometimes hands out auto’d cards to kids that ask. One Christmas I replenished his stash, and he was quite appreciative. And I forever get to remind him that shipping him the cards cost me more than did the stack of his rookies!
I live in a very small town in southern Oklahoma, and one of our local businessmen played Minor League Baseball in the early 1980s. I found one of his cards on ebay and submitted it to PSA. It came back a PSA 9. Shortly thereafter, I saw him at a local event and told him I had something for him. He invited me to his house later that week and I was able to give him the card. I think he liked it.
Am I the only one that read this article and thought, what an A-Hole that ebayer was for not only refusing to work with the guy on a decent price (I bet you make a friend for life working with him, as we saw later in the story) but then jacking up the price of the superfractor 1-1? The next guy who offered up the black 1-1 card, true class there. I hope he finds the rest of the big hits he needs and that he gets a taste (or more) of the big show eventually as well.
I used to set up at the Pro Bowl NFL Experience in the late 90s and early 00s; they used to incorporate a card show into the event along with activities for kids, autograph sessions, etc. Redskins OL Chris Samuels' family stopped by my booth and asked if I had any 8x10s of him. They have probably looked all over for his stuff to no avail; Photofile would have a roster of "popular" players that you could order a minimum of 6, everyone else would be a customer order with a minimum of 25. Well I had to carry every single Pro Bowl player's photo, because the less popular players were more likely to sign autographs for the fans. I've never seen a family so happy to see items featuring their relative. They bought me out and I just sold the photos at cost.