Autographs - Record
On June 23,1991, the move toward the dark side of the hobby started when Willie Stargell was scheduled to appear for $9.00 at the Tysons Corner Monthly show. After I started accumulating a few autographs, I realized that I needed a way to keep track of the autographs. A spreadsheet was born, which recorded the players name, date of autograph, location, cost, item signed, and inscription (if any). Over the years, a few additional fields were added. One such field I titled verification/provenance. I check this column if I have a the ticket stub, flier, receipt, newspaper clippings of the event, SCD, Tuff-Stuff, Beckett ads, heck in some cases even toll booth receipts to help prove that I was there or the event actually took place.
Do any of you autograph collectors out there do anything similar?
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