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Vintage Autograph or Vintage Baseball Card?

MikeyPMikeyP Posts: 990 ✭✭✭
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Would you prefer to purchase a vintage autograph or a vintage baseball card of a legendary HOF player? The sports card would not be graded higher than a PSA 3. You may use Babe Ruth as a point of reference, but the question does not apply only to him.
"Nobody's ever gone the distance with Creed, and if I can go that distance, you see, and that bell rings and I'm still standin', I'm gonna know for the first time in my life, see, that I weren't just another bum from the neighborhood."

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  • CounselorCounselor Posts: 1,861 ✭✭✭
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  • YogiBerraFanYogiBerraFan Posts: 2,390 ✭✭
    Auto, depending on what it was on. Card if auto was only on a scrap of paper.
  • GRGR Posts: 550 ✭✭
    autograph, Babe ruth never touched that goudey but he did however look someone in the eye and put his pen on that piece of paper
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  • arexarex Posts: 999 ✭
    If the example is Ruth then auto no question. If they played post WWII I'd dare say almost all of my choices would be cards.
    Before then, most likely auto. Especially if they were the immortals
  • 72skywalker72skywalker Posts: 1,545 ✭✭✭
    card. There is always a chance that the auto is fake even with a reputable authenticator or the auto fades after 20 years or so.
    Collecting Yankees and vintage Star Wars
  • baseballfanbaseballfan Posts: 5,464 ✭✭✭


    << <i>If the example is Ruth then auto no question. If they played post WWII I'd dare say almost all of my choices would be cards.
    Before then, most likely auto. Especially if they were the immortals >>




    what he said
    Fred

    collecting RAW Topps baseball cards 1952 Highs to 1972. looking for collector grade (somewhere between psa 4-7 condition). let me know what you have, I'll take it, I want to finish sets, I must have something you can use for trade.

    looking for Topps 71-72 hi's-62-53-54-55-59, I have these sets started

  • belzbelz Posts: 1,217 ✭✭✭
    I'm a true card collector first and foremost. An autograph is cool in almost any way, but I would NEVER chose one over a card. This might be OT but I cringe every time I see an autograph on a nice rookie card...just not meant to be together...the last Chicago show there were people buying up Yount rookies to have him sign them....AAAAAARRRRGGGHHHHHHH!!! Sorry, too much coffee.
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  • Gemyanks10Gemyanks10 Posts: 1,164 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I cringe every time I see an autograph on a nice rookie card...just not meant to be together. >>




    Exactly this. Personally, and only speaking for myself, I would never use an extremely nice well-centered vintage card for an autograph. For every beautiful example of a card, there is 100 of the same exact card that is off center or doesn't present as well. I would rather use a lower-grade example for my autograph needs. To answer the OP's question though, if it were up to me, I would take the card everytime. I prefer card collecting over autograph collecting. Any baseball autographs I own are on baseballs not cards, so I decided to stick with that route. Ink on a card never appealed to me.


    Jimmy
    Always looking for OPC "tape intact" baseball wax boxes, and 1984 OPC baseball PSA 10's for my set. Please PM or email me if you have any available.
  • JaktJakt Posts: 573 ✭
    If the auto is on a ball AND certified by PSA/DNA or Steiner, then maybe the auto, depending on who signed it. Ruth, Gehrig, and Cobb would be my choices over a card.

    But other than those (and I reserve the right to add to that list), a card is probably the more popular choice.
    I'm building a 1968 and a 1970 Topps set. I have lots of 1970s and 1960s to offer in trade.
  • akuracy503akuracy503 Posts: 1,923 ✭✭✭
    If I had the choice between a T206 Honus Wagner and a Honus Wagner Game used bat with auto - I'll take the game used bat auto.

    If I had a choice between a mint 1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle or a game used Mantle bat with auto - I'll still take the game used bat auto.

    So what i'm trying to say is if it's a plain auto then i'll take the card. image

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  • MikeyPMikeyP Posts: 990 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Babe ruth never touched that goudey but he did however look someone in the eye and put his pen on that piece of paper >>



    That is a great point GR.
    "Nobody's ever gone the distance with Creed, and if I can go that distance, you see, and that bell rings and I'm still standin', I'm gonna know for the first time in my life, see, that I weren't just another bum from the neighborhood."
  • BostonAmericansBostonAmericans Posts: 434 ✭✭
    I would go with card, unless (as someone else said), said auto is absolutely ascertained to be 100% authentic.

    On a personal note, while I have started dabbling in TTM,s I prefer my autographs in person.
    Collecting Topps Baseball: 1966-present base sets
    Topps/OPC Hockey 1966-Present base sets
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