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Originally Posted by GasHouseGang
I was at a show in Kansas City in the 80's (National I think) and DiMaggio's signature was something like $300 and Mantle wasn't far behind at around $250. I walked by and looked at the stars signing, but there was no way I was going to A) Stand in that line which would take hours to get through and/or B) Pay that kind of money for a signature. I remember thinking I'd much rather spend my limited resources on the cards I needed.
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I find this hard to believe. I remember Mantle at the National in 94 in Houston, he charged a whopping $80! (Unheard of at the time!), as he just signed with UD. He had by far the smallest lines of any HOF there. That was the last time I passed on a HOF just because of cost.
I also was at the Anaheim National with DiMaggio in 96 in Anaheim and his last show in AC in 1998 (it was the Yankees Great show, also Catfish Hunter's last public show) and both times he was $150.