Tell me about and show me your favorite AUTOGRAPH!!!

jmbkb4

Greetings,

This thread is a simple one ------- tell me about your favorite autograph. It may not be your favorite player, but give us a picture of your most prized autograph -- any sport ---------- baseball, football, basketball, etc.

Mine is Frank Thomas



It is consistent, symmetric, and -- I think -- very attractive!!

Who is yours?!?!?!?

ToppsCo1lector

I have 3 or 4 Bob Feller autos; I'm on a mission to finally get another scanner tommorow since my in perpetually out of order.

gregm13

It's a toss up between the Benny Friedman and Johnny Unitas in my HOF set.



Regards,

Greg M. HOF auto'd card set

shambo2000

Pulled from a retail blaster box in 2005!

ToppsCo1lector

That's a beauty! None of mine are packpulled; but they are all unique. Btw....Are ya intendin on keepin that?

shambo2000

That's a keeper in my collection for now but in a few years when the kids start college... Ya never know!

My avatar, the Berra auto, is also pack pulled from 2004 Heritage. No such luck in 2006 though.

ToppsCo1lector

That Berra is a beauty. Hey, I understand ya.

frankhardy

I have a couple that I just got today.

airjoedan

Hey - great thread. It's tough to name my favorite autograph, but the first one that comes to mind is a 1952 Topps Warren Spahn that I got a few years back. For some reason I have always liked that card.

- Joe




Though I need to scan it with my new scanner, this is quite a bad quality photograph for such a cool card.

Ahmanfan

I suppose he is the reason the Packers still exist today..

schr1st

It took about 10 years to get the card completed (Mays was the last signature), but it was well worth it.

zef204

I couldn't choose just one. These three are proudly displayed in my office.

jmbkb4

Thanks for sharing, everybody! I really like the Feller, M.J., Spahn, and Banks autos!!!

nightcrawler

I'm going with Gordie Howe just because he's Mr. Hockey


It's from this print also signed by Johnny Bower and Frank Mahovilich.

Elemenopeo

Zef -- Very cool.

milbroco

Mine is a Mickey Mantle photo about 18 inches by 14 inches. I had him at a show he was signing at in the early 1980's. He was like a machimne signing his name only item after item occasionally talking or getting pitcures taken with some of the fans. When he got to my photo he stopped, lifted it for a better look and said "Wow, I really like that shot". He then proceeded to autograph it Mickey Mantle........then added no. 7. It was a real pleasure meeting him.
Bob

fiveniner

Ok here is my Favorite/Pinch Hitter Deluxe.

MorrellMan

I'm not a sig collector, but my favorite autograph story is unfortunately a "tell" rather than a "show". When I was 10 (1960), my mother used to shop at Loehman's in Van Nuys. I'd sit in the car while she shopped. This particular day she came out and told me to come with her. She took me into the store and up to the counter and, standing there, towering over me, was Don Drysdale. He shopped for his wife Ginger there as well (probably make-up gifts). I just stared up at him, speechless. The adulation was obvious, and I remember he just kept grinning down at me. He finally asked if I'd like an autograph and I just nodded excitably.

He signed his name on a piece of paper, in pencil, and as my childhood turned into adolescence, the sig faded into obscurity.

BigRedMachine

My favorite auto on a card is this one, I've shown it on here before.



I also just found this one, I totally forgot I had it. Unfortunately, my uncle got it for me on a plane trip from Indianapolis to Orlando about 20 years ago, so I didn't have the chance to meet him personally.



shawn

mcholke

I enjoy the combo autographs. Here is Dawson, Carter and Perez


Here is Watson, Palmer and Nicklaus

tkd7

I went to college in Philadelphia in the late '80s. My friend Steve was really into boxing (he is now a professional boxing judge) so he brought me to the Blue Horizon in North Philly to see the fights. On the card was Joe Frazier Junior. Joe Senior comes in to watch his son box. Steve, knowing the kind of guy Joe is, told me to go get Joe's autograph. So I went up and said hello to Joe, upon which he gave me a big smile, did his custom handshake, and signed an index card for me. One of the nicest guys, not just athletes, that I have met.

I had the autograph in a drawer until last year when Knuckles turned it into a great piece. I love seeing Joe knock Ali out of the frame in the picture.

Elemenopeo

Shawn -- Who's sig is that in the second scan? I can't make it out. Larry Ben? Lenny Bruce? Lucille Ball?

BigRedMachine

<< <i>Shawn -- Who's sig is that in the second scan? I can't make it out. Larry Ben? Lenny Bruce? Lucille Ball? >>



Although a little scratchy, it's consistently the same on everyone I've seen....it's Celtic Legend Larry Bird.

shawn

timc67

I pulled this Chris Paul AUTO out of a pack of 2005-06 SPX. I did have it on eBay but it didn't reach the reserve I was looking for. I will hang onto it until the NBA season fires up again.

Elemenopeo

<< <i>Although a little scratchy, it's consistently the same on everyone I've seen....it's Celtic Legend Larry Bird.

shawn >>



Ah. Of course. Pretty sad that I couldn't come up with Larry Bird. Need another cup of coffee, I think.

Downtown1974

<< <i>

It took about 10 years to get the card completed (Mays was the last signature), but it was well worth it. >>



schr1st, I remember you posting this card a while back. To this day, that is my favorite card to be posted on the boards. LOVE IT!!!!

CopperJJ

Here are a couple I like, just got them at this years Jacksonville Jaguars Training Camp.

Marcedes Lewis - 2006 Press Pass Legends Signed

Maurice Drew - 2006 Press Pass Legends Signed

Matt Jones - 2006 Donruss Signed

Byron Leftwich - 2006 Donruss Elite Signed

Marcus Stroud/John Henderson - 2004 Topps Total Dual Signed

onefasttalon

I have a large auto collection, probably 2/3rd's from authenticated inserts, and 1/3rd from in-person experiences. This one has to be my all-time favorite.
I obtained these auto's at a card show in Cincinnati back in '89.... I was 13 at the time. Remember the days when all you had to pay to get an auto (at
a show that is) for $5 ???

Both Jr. and Sr. were really nice... poor Sr's line was thin, vacant most of the time. Jr's line was PACKED!... but he was VERY humble to everyone he signed for.

DerekD

My favorite is one I didn't get to keep. When I was around 10 or 11 I went down to a Yankees greats golf tournament in Ft. Lauderdale. I had a ball to take around and get signed. One of the first guys I go and get is Roger Maris. I ask him to sign my ball, which he did. He then asks he he can sign my cast. At the time I had a full arm cast, of course already signed by kids I went to school with. I said sure and he signed it. Very cool!!!! I hadn't even though to ask the players to sign it. Maris got me started though. The best was DiMaggio. I had him sign my ball and asked he he would sign my cast. As you can imagine, the look on his face was priceless. I'm sure he though I was crazy. He graciously signed it. It's too bad a cast on a 10 year old can get pretty distugsting after 2 months. It was have been nice to have kept it and not tossed it.

Here are a couple of pix from the ball. (Wish I knew how to take good picture)



Interesting to note Maris wouldn't sign the sweet spot even though he signed it first. I guess he knew that was DiMaggio's spot.


Derek

bowdowntome

I don't really do auto's, but this is the favorite of the few I do have. Found it tucked inside an old FB program I bought at a used bookstore about 25 years ago. I only remembered I had it when he got indi=ucted into the HoF.

Brian48

lawnmowerman

Great thread! Mine is any Emmitt Smith auto. He has one of the nicest sigs around. Here is one of my favs.



matt

bowdowntome

I almost forgot about this. Last weekend I bought a "Football Stars of 1972" paperback at antique mall. When I got home I was leafing through it and found this folded piece of notebook paper, with former Cardinals QB Jim Hart's signature on it. i know it's not exactly earth-shattering to find Jim Hart's signature, but I love being pleasantly suprised when I find things like this. Nice, neat, and readable too.

Stone193

I just wanted to say to Mark aka Morrell and Derek...

I enjoyed your narratives and the pics on the Maris and DiMaggio sigs!

thanx for sharing
mike

duner

SoFLPhillyFan

Bought this from a collector a few years ago. The book is not a first edition, probably from the late 50s, early 60s. The sig is from the early 90s. The seller provided a picture of Joe D signing the piece, but it will go to PSA/DNA at some point.

Keith