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[jimjim]

Originally Posted by toyman55

$299.00 for his autograph? WOW! I remember in the early 1980's when you could take your kid to a card show and for 5 bucks get a signed picture and have a conversation with the athlete. My son and I got to meet Duke Snider, Bob Feller, Maury Wills, Hank Aaron, Willie McCovey, Steve Sax, Muhammad Ali, among others and took pictures of it. Great times gone. I hear Mays charges for extra for anything other than his name and it is hard to read at that. Wish I had gone to more shows back when.

Correct me if I am wrong... I think the business model for show promotors has changed over the past 25 years. From what I have been told (and this info may be incorrect), now a days the promotors jack up the prices for the in-person collector and try to recoup a large portion of there costs this way. They then can heavily discount on the wholesale/back room side to the other promotors out there and all of that money is straight up profit. So just like everything else in life, the average guy gets hosed and the promotors walks away like a bandit. Moral of the story: don't pay show prices as you can always find it cheaper somewhere else!

[Mr. Zipper]

Originally Posted by jimjim

Moral of the story: don't pay show prices as you can always find it cheaper somewhere else!

Show prices typically only make sense if you need someone added to a specific item or want the photo op. I don't see why anyone pays show prices for single signed balls or other generic items.