Official NFL HOF autograph set thread???

gregm13 · August 18, 2007 8:19AM

I'm starting to rescan all my cards and have large, high resolution scans of the front and back. While doing so, I realized that my Weeb Ewbank was signed on the front and back....very sweet!

HOF auto set

Greg M.

IMeddie · August 18, 2007 9:21AM

Those scans of the Lambeau, Herber & McNally are fantastic!

Todd

gregm13 · August 22, 2007 2:05AM

I've had some wonderful success lately w/ my TTM request. In the last week, I'm gotten cards back from:

Bob Kuechenberg
Harold Jackson
Charlie Sanders
Paul Tagliague (almost 1 year wait!)
Dan Reeves
Ara Parseghian
Lou Holtz
Bill Kilmer
Dick Stanfel
Bill Stanfill
Jim Bakken
Dermontti Dawson

Bob Kuechenberg is the best. He sign my 1976 Topps card as "Bob Kuechenberg, 17-0, All is Within" and my 1990 Notre Dame card as "Bob Kuechenberg, ND #1, All is Within" and he personalized my index card and said "Your Friend, Bob Kuechenberg". What an A-1 class act. I have another 21 that I'm waiting on and so far only 1 has been rejected (Norm Snead).

Regards,

Greg M.

gregm13 · August 22, 2007 2:05AM

<< Those scans of the Lambeau, Herber & McNally are fantastic!

Todd >>

Agreed - very sweet and great deals also!

Greg M.

gregm13 · August 22, 2007 2:06AM

BTW, I finally saw a scan of a Fritz Pollard autograph. It's on a scrap of paper and the person is asking $3k...unreal!

Greg M.

Reese3333 · August 22, 2007 2:55AM

<< BTW, I finally saw a scan of a Fritz Pollard autograph. It's on a scrap of paper and the person is asking $3k...unreal!

Greg M. >>

Greg,

Do you have a scan that you could post or pm me. I would love to see what a Pollard signature looks like!

Reese

gregm13 · August 22, 2007 3:19AM

Reese,

I just forwarded an e-mail w/ the scan attached.

Regards,

Greg M.

Reese3333 · August 22, 2007 4:06AM

Thanks Greg!

roastedcat · August 22, 2007 4:21AM

<<<Impossible:

Charles Bidwell
Joe Carr
Guy Chamberlin
Paddy Driscoll
Joe Guyon
Wilbur Pete Henry
Bill Hewitt
Walt Kiesling
Curly Lambeau
Tim Mara
George Preston Marshall
Fritz Pollard
Hugh "Shorty" Ray
George Trafton>>>>

Hey Greg, just have knuckles create the missing cards and send them in for auto only grades...heres the copy of the post from July 10th.

Hey Greg,

If you need a Thorpe for your collection, have Knuckles create a Thorpe card for you. You won't be able to register it to your set with the $20. Authentic only special. I found a way around adding a card to the set registry. You have to send it to PSA/DNA and pay what ever fee they charge for Thorpes autograph, and request an "AUTO GRADE ONLY" they won't grade the card, only the signature and give it a grade. Once you recieve the grade for the signature, you can add it in your set registry. I found this out awhile back, when I was having problems adding my own cut signatures to the set registry. Because PSA changed their grading procedures, everything must now be sent to PSA/DNA and you must write on the invoice "AUTO GRADE ONLY" or they will just put the word Authentic and it won't register in the set. Customer service can't help you, nobody at PSA will help you add it to the set because it's an unlicensed card. Then you have the pain and hassel of resubmitting it back to them and be charged another fee again just to get them to give you an auto only grade.

I hope this helps, I want to see you hit #1 Your set rocks!!!

Jery

tnspro · August 22, 2007 6:24AM

The Pollard autograph is on a nice 3x5 card, not a scrap piece of paper as Greg stated

gregm13 · August 22, 2007 6:27AM

<< The Pollard autograph is on a nice 3x5 card, not a scrap piece of paper as Greg stated >>

I didn't mean anything by my comment....it's a very nice autograph. I just can't believe the guy wants $3k...then again, it's the first Pollard autograph that I've seen. I really don't know how tough his autograph is...

Greg M.

tnspro · August 22, 2007 6:45AM

I would guess there are less than 50 of his autographs around. Maybe way less. But either way, most if not all are buried in collections never to see the light of day. And take into account that of the total number of autographs he has signed, how many are 'cut' examples, 'light' from time or taped on something. Tuff Stuff magazine shows no price for any type of autograph. Meaning it is not just rare, almost non-existent.

gregm13 · August 22, 2007 6:52AM

I just can't imagine that his signature is that rare. He was over 80 when he died and was a successful business man while he was alive - how rare can his sigature be? I bet his family has no idea what his signature is worth....

Greg M.

tnspro · August 22, 2007 7:09AM

Very true. I would have expected once his HOF Induction was announced, the market to be flooded with his autographs (as seen with Friedman). Friedman is tough, but not impossible to find. Certainly not as expensive. Hey, I wish there were more Pollard autographs around. I have only seen the one discussed in this thread. I would love to get it but yeah, it's expensive. Maybe i'll get on a payment plan!!

Jim

Reese3333 · August 24, 2007 7:57AM

Ok, so now that the 2 Senior Candidates have been announced, does anyone know if Marshall Goldberg or Emmitt Thomas has a certified autograph in any product. I just did a quick search of ebay and couldn't find anything of either.

Reese

gregm13 · August 24, 2007 8:18AM

Reese,

Neither have a certified autograph... Emmitt Thomas doesn't sign through the mail and Goldberg died back in 2006.... I haven't seen an autographed card of either.....Arghhhh....

Regards,

Greg M.

gregm13 · August 27, 2007 9:38AM

I just picked up a 2001 Upper Deck rookie f/x Jimmy Conzelman and 1997 Leaf Sid Luckman!! I can't believe that I finally have these!! I now have 220 of the 241 HOFers and am still hunting for the 21 that I still need.

Regards,

Greg M.

gregm13 · August 27, 2007 9:56AM

I'm rescanning all my HOF auto'd cards, and just realized that my Weeb Ewbank is signed on the front and back - check it out!

Regards,

Greg M.

HOF auto link

IMeddie · August 27, 2007 9:58AM

Congrats Greg,

Now you are over 91% complete - amazing!

Todd

Reese3333 · August 27, 2007 9:59AM

<< I just picked up a 2001 Upper Deck rookie f/x Jimmy Conzelman and 1997 Leaf Sid Luckman!! I can't believe that I finally have these!! I now have 220 of the 241 HOFers and am still hunting for the 21 that I still need. Text

Regards,

Greg M. >>

Sweet pickups, especially the Conzelman! Glad you finally found it. Do you have a pic? Its numbered to 9, right?

gregm13 · August 27, 2007 10:10AM

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<< I just picked up a 2001 Upper Deck rookie f/x Jimmy Conzelman and 1997 Leaf Sid Luckman!! I can't believe that I finally have these!! I now have 220 of the 241 HOFers and am still hunting for the 21 that I still need. Text

Regards,

Greg M. >>

Sweet pickups, especially the Conzelman! Glad you finally found it. Do you have a pic? Its numbered to 9, right? >>

Reese,

Yep - the Conzelman is #'d to 9...I just forwarded to you a scan...it's very nice. I can't belive I found it!! Now, I have to find a few that you already have (Henry Jordan, Arnie Herber). I'd really like to crack the 20 mark by the end of the year.

BTW, I'm going to send an auto request to Emmitt Thomas...I'll let you know what happens. Any luck finding a Goldberg? I can't find one ANYWHERE!!

Greg M.

gregm13 · August 27, 2007 10:11AM

<< Congrats Greg,

Now you are over 91% complete - amazing!

Todd >>

Thanks Todd - I still can't believe that I found the Conzelman. The hunt continues... How about you doing w/ your set?

Greg M.

Reese3333 · August 27, 2007 10:20AM

That Conzelman is a beauty! The signature is clean and actually fits in the space. It's much nicer than my Conzelman postcard.

I haven't found either Emmitt Thomas or Marshall Goldberg. I looked all weekend!!! I checked every website I could think of and came up with nothing. Good luck with the TTM to Thomas, I hope he starts signing now that he is pretty much a lock to get in the hall. Keep me updated!

Reese

jradke4 · August 27, 2007 10:53AM

Greg,

Where did you find Jimmy? I search a few times a day on ebay and never saw it.

Jay

Fabfrank · August 27, 2007 11:37AM

Where did you find Jimmy? I search a few times a day on ebay and never saw it.

same here. I didn't see the Luckman either (although there was a GAI graded one on Ebay today). Do you have the auction #'s Greg? Were the off Ebay? I am so jealous!

gregm13 · August 27, 2007 1:54PM

Lol....sorry Jay and Frank but I found a guy off E-Bay who had both cards. What really fires me up is that he had a Len Ford that he sold several months ago!! Ford, Henry, Edwards and Owen are my white whales right now (now that Luckman and Al Davis are off my list)!

Regards,

Greg M.

jradke4 · August 28, 2007 2:08AM

well, either way congrats. do you mind sharing the price of the jimmy?

gregm13 · August 28, 2007 7:56AM

<< well, either way congrats. do you mind sharing the price of the jimmy? >>

$550, which is a steal in my opinion.

Greg M.

Fabfrank · August 28, 2007 8:00AM

Congrats Greg. Email me a scan when you get the cards.

IMeddie · August 28, 2007 8:07AM

Thanks Todd - I still can't believe that I found the Conzelman. The hunt continues... How about you doing w/ your set?

Greg M. >>

I am picking away at it slowly.

Reese3333 · August 29, 2007 12:48PM

<< What really fires me up is that he had a Len Ford that he sold several months ago!!

Regards,

Greg M. >>

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Hey Greg,

Did he happen to tell you what he sold the Len Ford for?

Reese3333 · September 6, 2007 2:08PM

Here are the cards Knuckles created for me. I think they turned out amazing!

gregm13 · September 6, 2007 2:52PM

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<< What really fires me up is that he had a Len Ford that he sold several months ago!!

Regards,

Greg M. >>

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Hey Greg,

Did he happen to tell you what he sold the Len Ford for? >>

Reese,

$1k...which is crazy. Len Ford autographed gum cards typically sell in the $300 to $500 range...but the card the person sold was a 2002 Legendary Cut. A little high in my opinion, but I'd probably overpay for some of the cards that I currently need.

Regards,

Greg M.

gregm13 · September 6, 2007 2:53PM

Contrats on the 2 cut cards...they are amazing!! They will be wonderful additions to your collection.

Regards,

Greg M.

IMeddie · September 6, 2007 9:50PM

Those cut auto cards look great!

Reese3333 · September 6, 2007 10:38PM

Reese,

$1k...which is crazy. Len Ford autographed gum cards typically sell in the $300 to $500 range...but the card the person sold was a 2002 Legendary Cut. A little high in my opinion, but I'd probably overpay for some of the cards that I currently need.

Regards,

Greg M. >>

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I think thats about what I would have expected. I know there are less than 10 of the cuts out there.

Reese3333 · September 6, 2007 10:39PM

Thanks Greg and Todd for the kind words. I'm sending him Greasy Neale and Bert Bell next!

Fabfrank · September 7, 2007 11:12AM

Great cards Reese. I am jealous. I want to see you get them graded and added to your set. Once that happens, I'll be contacting Knuckles also.

Reese3333 · September 7, 2007 12:13PM

Thanks Frank,

Roastedcat posted a while ago that there was a get them graded with an "autograde only" and then it could be added. I don't know if anyone has tried it, but it sounded like it would cost more to go that route. I will get them graded and if I can add them to my set that is great, if not, thats ok too. Right now, this set can't be completed 100%. I want an autograph of each and every member, regardless of what the registry allows.

By my count, I've now got autographs of 224 of the 241 members! Its getting tough to find autographs

Reese

Fabfrank · September 7, 2007 12:17PM

I wanted to do what Roastedcat said, but didn't want to be the first

Has anyone else gotten a "Knuckles" made card, gotten the "Authentic" grade, and entered the card onto the Registry??

Reese3333 · September 13, 2007 2:18PM

I think I'm going to be sick. I found this by accident earlier this evening. Its the Chicago Cardinals HOF owner Charles Bidwell Sr autograph. Tuff Stuff has it valued at $700. The seller had it titled as "Football, 1940's Autographed album page 4 signatures" and in the item description, had the name "Charles Bridwell" It sold for $125 !?!? I've contacted the buyer and he's not going to sell.

The search continues....

Here's a pic

jradke4 · September 14, 2007 12:24AM

Just in case you havent seen there is a Football HOF auto set any medium on the set watch list.

Fabfrank · September 14, 2007 3:24AM

Just in case you havent seen there is a Football HOF auto set any medium on the set watch list.

jradke- What do you mean? Can you clarify or is there a link?

gregm13 · September 14, 2007 3:48AM

<< Just in case you havent seen there is a Football HOF auto set any medium on the set watch list. >>

Jay,

I saw the same thing...that's very interesting. I wonder how they'll grade items slabbed authentic. I think what the set means is that you could add auto'd cards, index cards, checks, ect... as long as the item has been PSA/DNA authenticated.

Regards,

Greg M.

jradke4 · September 14, 2007 3:59AM

Greg and Frank,

My understanding would be any PSA/DNA cert. auto would count. That could be a ball, card, ticket, photo, check, letter, cut auto etc. I think there is something like this for a baseball set already.

By being on the list I mean requested set list.

Jay

Reese3333 · September 14, 2007 5:36AM

I am excited about that set. I hope you guys don't mind me posting here about some of the HOFer's that do not have cards. I know technically they can not be added to the this set, but with a few exceptions, myself and a few others have cards everyone that is obtainable and I know a couple of us are looking for autographs on anything we can find.

gregm13 · September 14, 2007 11:57PM

I'm selling my 2001 UD Legends Terry Bradshaw auto PSA 8 if anyone is interested. I'm asking $110 dlvd obo.

Regards,

Greg M.

Bradshaw

gregm13 · September 15, 2007 7:21AM

I just finished rescanning all of my cards - let me know what you think.

Regards,

Greg M.

Reese3333 · September 16, 2007 4:05AM

Scans look great!

gregm13 · September 16, 2007 5:48AM

Thanks Reese!! And by the way, this was the 500th post on this thread!!

Greg M.

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