Unfortunately Joe DiMaggio did that more than one time at shows. He had a running fued with a photo dealer named Joe LiCata over signing some of the photos he sold, and they were beautiful photos also. All of them were 16x20 with a few 11x14 poses. All in black and white. I was at the show in 1989 when it started and it lasted for several years until Joe D died. However he signed a few for me and a buddy at a show a few years later because we had so many items for him to sign he just signed our stuff without paying much attention and we covered the majority of the photos with other photos to avoid him seeing the whole photo. Joe had a tremendous memory for knowing what he would and would not sign , as well as what his contract for a show stipulated.
Also an incident when he stopped adding Yankee Clipper inscriptions to his stuff in the middle of a 2 day show. This refusal lasted for a little while because his "damn" name was Joe Di Maggio not the Yankee Clipper, and he wasn't getting paid extra to sign 2 things per item...1 price= one name only and it was Joe DiMaggio.
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