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Originally Posted by T206Collector
The card will be worth more if it didn't say "Nick". The reason for that is because generic signed items sell more than personalized ones, precisely because people want to feel a unique connection to the player.
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How absurd--you'd feel a "unique connection to the player" by erasing someone else's name. I feel a unique connection to the player when I hold in my hand the same card or photo or baseball he did.
I don't feel any closer to the Babe holding this: (Ruth died before I was born; he never considered
me "his pal.")
than I do holding this:
Yeah--the card will sell for more. A game-used Ruth jersey will bring the buyer more money if he cuts it into one inch squares, glues 'em to baseball cards, and inserts them randomly in the packs he's trying to flog. Is that OK, too?
And you card guys get bent out of shape if a paper fiber is hanging off the otherwise-pristine corner of your T206. Sheesh!
Do us memorabilia guys a favor--stick to cards, and don't go altering historical artifacts in the name of more profit when you resell.