April autograph pickups

[tazdmb]

#211-Nothing too sexy, but a requirement for any HOF Collection.

[esiason14]

[jgmp123]

Some additions courtesy of Mr. Stinson...
Arky, KiKi, Cochrane, and Joe D.

[Lordstan]

Originally Posted by jgmp123

Some additions courtesy of Mr. Stinson...
Arky, KiKi, Cochrane, and Joe D.

Very nice grouping James. Congrats.

[esiason14]

[esiason14]

James, those are very cool. I still need to pick up Arky for my collection

[Maddog]

Originally Posted by tazdmb

#211-Nothing too sexy, but a requirement for any HOF Collection.

Hey Taz, at least it's one more off your list

[Klrdds]

That is a beautiful Mel Ott.
Anxious to see your next acquisition.

[Scott Garner]

I'm very happy to add this 1988 rookie signed 3 x 5 of future HOF Randy Johnson to my collection of no-hit pitcher signatures.

The Big Unit is a perfect example of a player who's signature changed drastically over the years. Compare the rookie version of his signature to the signature that I got IP about 5 years ago that he applied to a ticket to his perfect game in 2004. Quite a difference!

[Luke]

Are you sure that index card signature is good? I got his autograph a bunch of times between 1990 and 1992 in Seattle and it looks nothing like that. He has definitely changed his signature since that time though, so it could have been markedly different in Montreal.

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

I'm very happy to add this 1988 rookie signed 3 x 5 of future HOF Randy Johnson to my collection of no-hit pitcher signatures.

The Big Unit is a perfect example of a player who's signature changed drastically over the years. Compare the rookie version of his signature to the signature that I got IP about 5 years ago that he applied to a ticket to his perfect game in 2004. Quite a difference!

[esiason14]

I have this early RJ that was signed in '88

[Luke]

Ok. That's pretty conclusive. Glad I was wrong.

[Runscott]

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[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by LukeLyon

Are you sure that index card signature is good? I got his autograph a bunch of times between 1990 and 1992 in Seattle and it looks nothing like that. He has definitely changed his signature since that time though, so it could have been markedly different in Montreal.

Hi Luke,

My Randy Johnson index card was signed in 1988 like the other poster's rookie era card, either in Montreal or in AAA. That's one of the reasons that I posted it here. His signature certainly changed dramatically from his rookie era.

Here's one additional example of an amazing signature transformation.
Below is, IMHO, future HOF Pedro Martinez's rookie era signature. Compare it to more modern examples and it's totally different.

[esiason14]

That's a very cool Pedro!

[tazdmb]

Originally Posted by Klrdds

That is a beautiful Mel Ott.
Anxious to see your next acquisition.

Thanks, next 2 should be here Friday. I also put down a deposit for another toughie HOFer (for me at least) that will take a while to pay off.

[Klrdds]

As always I like to see what you get. It reminds me of when I first made the decision to start my quest.
The toughie is the one I am curious to hear about!

[jgmp123]

Just picked up this one solely for the HOF Collection (211)....