[SteveS]

Feller, as far as I know, was the first person to be a paid guest signer at a card show in Los Angeles. There were a couple I remember before that who bought their own table and sold their own signed cards (Wes Parker and Willie Davis), and other players who signed did so for free at department store promotions or such (I've posted some of my pix from those in another thread). I can't remember the exact year, but at a show sometime in the late-'70s/early-'80s, Rapid Robert was announced as a guest, and the autographs were $4 apiece.