[marvymelvin]

Hello, thanks for your advice. It makes me very comfortable buying this card. I just made payment and am looking forward to getting it in the mail. I have seen many other Maris signed cards while researching for this card, and many of them are faded. So yes this one is particularly nice. It is not exactly expensive compared top most collectors budgets here, but for me $475 in pretty major. Surprisingly, I came across a fair amount of this actual card (1968 Topps) signed by Maris. Maybe it is because it is his last?? I was also born in 1968 so it has a bit more relevance for me. Anyway,thanks so much.

Brad