I currently have over 10,000 signed trading cards. It is a great area of collecting. It seems some time in the eighties and ninety's there was this false notion of getting a card signed will devalue the card. With the advent of PSA and JSA there as been a big upswing in the vintage signed card market. You dont have to worry as much about the vintage players being forgeries unless your going for the bigger names. If you want a added layer of protection you could always purchase slabbed autographs. To answer one of your questions, Most of the vintage cards you see for sale were probably signed in the last 20 years. This is when collecting autographs thru the mail became popular. The best way to find the address of a former player is to purchase an address list. A google search for Jack Smalling or Meiselman address lists should get you what you need.Heres some of my favorites.[IMG][/IMG][IMG][/IMG][IMG][/IMG][IMG][/IMG][IMG][/IMG]