Griffey Jr. Auto opinion

[nicker10]

It's funny that you say that because that's exactly where the seller said he got it signed!

[vthobby]

Not sure if your response was to me? Not sure what you mean by the seller?

All I see is a Griffey and a question from a net54 member?

Mike

[nicker10]

Sorry, it was to you. The person who is selling that Griffey autograph said that they actually got it signed while he was in Vermont in 1988 for that brief timr

[vthobby]

Can you please send me the link to that auction......I'd like to just see if it is anyone I know! When players came to Vermont (they still do although now with the VT Lake Monsters (A's affiliate) they stay with host families that drive them around and feed and house them etc....

When Griffey came to town my friend's parents housed Griffey in Winooski, VT about 2 miles from the Stadium.

Pretty crazy when you think about it but he would hang around with my buddy (who was in high school at the time) and he got some crazy Griffey stuff! He never invited us over when Griff was there though!!!

Peace, Mike

[T20Brew]

That's the good thing about this board, getting an education. My response was off the the Griffey autos I'm familiar with which are the ones I received in person in 1989. I wasn't comfortable with it but learned that his auto one year earlier may have some variations I wasn't familiar with.
Does anyone know the card it's signed on? That was actually part of my worry in that I thought it was a broder-type card from 1989 that was labeled as 1988. A lot of these came out around the late 80's - early 90's. I was concerned that someone told you it was obtained in 1988 when the card may not have been produced until 1989, thus creating a problem.
If I'm wrong, I'm ok with that. Just food for thought.

[vthobby]

1988 Rookies II
Several unlicensed Rookies sets were put out in 1988.

This 21 card baseball set does not have a border, has square corners, and includes the player name, team and year on the front. The back of the card has a cartoon along with the set name, year, series, and card number.

Mike

[nicker10]

Thanks for all of the help in this thread. I did end up purchasing the card. I have been wanting to start collecting early career signatures of players just for something different to collect.