Autographed vintage rookie cards?

[Republicaninmass]

Although i sold these off, I still think there is a lot of upside for signed cards

[bk400]

Originally Posted by republicaninmass

although i sold these off, i still think there is a lot of upside for signed cards

omg

[bnorth]

Since these are over 40 years old I am calling them vintage. I bought these awesome rookie era autographed cards from a fellow member.

[Snowman]

Signed vintage is going to continue to grow in demand. Most collectors that become interested in vintage cards migrated over from the ultra modern side of the hobby where on-card autos are a huge chase. All the top cards on that side of the fence are signed. When they transition over to vintage, they bring that love of signed cards with them. The percentage of the hobby made up by boomer collectors who think that autographs deface cards (some of whom even think it should result in an "altered" grade) is getting smaller every year.

Signed vintage will absolutely outpace unsigned vintage over the next 20+ years. Perhaps even by a wide margin.

[MVSNYC]

Cool thread. As many have mentioned above, getting cards signed (especially rookie cards) years ago, was definitely taboo. But, as also mentioned above, the taboo is gone, for sure. Genuine, bold signed cards are highly coveted today.

Here's two I own...I think the Mantle would sell for 25-30x versus an unsigned PSA 1.5...and the Griffey 10x+ versus an unsigned PSA 8.

Let's see more examples!

[bk400]

Here's my card contribution. I sprung for this one because (i) he was actually my favorite player as a child and (ii) I've actually gotten an autograph from him in person at the ballpark as a child. (The signature on the baseball he flipped over the rail to me over 40 years ago is identical to the one on the card!)