In terms of market value, sharpie signatures will sell quicker and may carry a slight premium, simply because they show up much better in the tiny picture windows on eBay on most other online marketplaces. A ballpoint sig no matter how bold just doesn't draw the buyer's eye as strongly, which means in some cases that people skimming through search results only using the thumbnails may not even realize the card is autographed. It's interesting that the prevailing opinion here is that old cards are better signed in BP because I haven't found that it always translates to sales. Aesthetically, 100% agreed on fountain pen. Especially when they used a flexible nib pen and there is a lot of shading to the ink.
Last edited by bowmanred; 10-14-2024 at 03:29 PM.
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