Autograph Index Cards

[sccoe]

I love GPC's and will always have a soft spot for the 3x5. The index cards are what I sent out to various HOFers, when at 8 years old I started collecting, and my handwriting was so bad I dictated and my sister actually wrote the letter requesting an autograph.

[brookdodger55]

I'm a Brooklyn Dodger collector of Cards and Memorabilia. A quick story
Back in the early 1990's I got ahold of Becketts players address book and decided to send a standard request to over 300 players with an index card enclosed and a return stamped envelope. I asked for an autograph and a favorite saying or quote. For about a year I was receiving a envelope about every day or too. In all I recieved 211 responses, 180 with sayings and quotes with auto's and added photo's and letters either by the player's or there family members(some were deceased). The majority of the players and there families were so nice. My initial Goal was to collect as many Brooklyn player as possible currently have around 600 index cards/paper cut/ checks of Brooklyn players. I have a long way to go in my collection at only 41 years old. Always on the hunt for a autograph on anything.
Mike

[thetruthisoutthere]

Autographs on index cards are very cool.

I have Tom Tresh's autograph on seventeen index cards.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by thetruthisoutthere

Autographs on index cards are very cool.

I have Tom Tresh's autograph on seventeen index cards.

Are you sure none are secretarial Chris?

[HOF Yankees]

awesome stuff

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by thetruthisoutthere

Autographs on index cards are very cool.

I have Tom Tresh's autograph on seventeen index cards.

He has a great autograph - distinctive style, yet you can read it easily.

But on 17 index cards - is it like a puzzle?

[thetruthisoutthere]

Originally Posted by Runscott

He has a great autograph - distinctive style, yet you can read it easily.

But on 17 index cards - is it like a puzzle?

I grab all sigs of Tommy Tresh.

That was a good one though, Scott.

[PowderedH2O]

I have probably 5,000 signed index cards of various athletes. Ok, maybe more. In many cases, I could not find/create an item for these particular athletes to sign (since most of these were before the internet). The other thing is that if I sent something out in the mail, an index card was a very low risk item. On occasion, I have added a small photo or something afterwards, but most of the time they are blank, or have a minimal amount of information about the athlete typed on the card. I prefer them to baseball cards, baseballs, or anything else for that matter, Easy to store, easy to read, and easy to deal with.