Autographs: What is the best thing to have signed?

nendee

Baseball? 8x10 Photo? Program? Baseball card?

Dboneesq

I like getting cards signed ... I guess it all depends on the individual. However, I think there are more people that collect autographed cards than any of the other items you listed.

Ironmanfan

nothing like an Official MLB signed on the sweet spot IMO (cards are good too)

IMF

nendee

I like the baseball signing as well - its fun to display. The cards are hard to display. It seems from both a preservation of worth and hobby perspective, a ball is the best bet- am I wrong in thinking that?

Stone193

I don't think there's a "best" - everyone has their 'preference.'

I prefer a ball for reasons pointed out - display.

For ease of viewing - sitting back - and relaxing - I like a binder full of auto cards.

Garabaldi

It definately is preference, unless you are looking to resell it.

byronscott4ever

In a controlled signing setting, I like photos (more room to sign, get inscription, bigger signature) but if I'm at a stadium or event, I prefer cards as they can be flipped and switched faster.

mbothner

I like cards and tickets to events I attended.

bking

Breasts, but then you have to talk her into going home with you.

CrazyMind2017

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Would you put it away already?!

Nothing beats a nice, relatively unique (but not necessarily rare) 8x10 photo of a significant event in the player's career. I don't want a generic photo of a player just posing for a picture. I want a high quality photo that chronicles an accomplishment or key point in a player's career, and to get it signed in big sharpie marker with a nice inscription relating to the event.

Baseballs are boring and anything 3-dimensional is too bulky. Cards are too small. Photos larger than 8x10 are too big. Programs signed on the cover could be interesting and significant, but I wouldn't just want the cover disassembled from the rest of the magazine. I'd want the entire magazine intact with the signature on the cover, and full magazines are difficult to frame. Tickets are phenomenal to have signed and slabbed when the ticket is from a huge event in a player's career. Otherwise, not so much.

yankeeno7

Photos are definitely the best if you want something to display. Photos are not always the easiest to keep if you are not displaying them. They have to be framed or stored correctly otherwise photos will stick to a surface and ruin the auto. Balls are nice but I own none because of toning issues.

I personally collect cards and signed bats. Bats take up a lot of room but great to display. I do the cards cuz I love RCs and multiplayer cards....and storage is so easy and I love to look through them.

taka

My focus is on signed hockey sticks now. They don't take up too much room and look awesome when displayed.

thenavarro

I prefer rookie cards, but I'm biased as that is what I collect. It really is just a matter of preference. Too many variables for us to give you a decision, like some of the others have mentioned, you might want to take into account:

1) storage
2) display
3) decor
4) goal (intrinsic value or monetary value)
5) ease or difficulty in obtaining future objects of the same type
6) ease or difficulty in getting the items signed
7) cost
8) short term resale/trade potential
9) your thoughts on long term potential if that's important to you
10) slab-ability if that's important to you
11) amount of space you have available to you
12) how many graphs you want on each item
13) susceptibility to environmental factors
14) ease or difficulty in protecting the items

etc., etc., etc.