Who are the tougher living Baseball HOFers?

[MacDice]

Originally Posted by tazdmb

I believe the last shows he did was during the strike in 1994. I remember he did a bunch a shows with his father and it was $75-$90 for both of them. Again, this was just an obscene amount of money then. Today 4th year player Mike Trout is doing a private signing and is charging $265/signature and $385 if you want him to sign his full name. I wonder if that will seem cheap in 20 years.

I remember when Jr doing shows during the off season of his first season in the show charging $8 per. I must have gotten around 10 cards done at that price.

[hawaiian bam bam]

any other players that are getting tougher to get or whos signatures are deteriorating? thanks

[bender07]

Originally Posted by hawaiian bam bam

any other players that are getting tougher to get or whos signatures are deteriorating? thanks

Bam, are you looking to have guys sign a specific item of yours or are you just collecting individual signatures on any medium (like baseballs, index cards, etc)? If the latter, don't worry about the deterioration of the current autograph since any HOF'er that died post 1980 is basically easy to get on anything. Now if you have a certain print that you want to add guys to, that's a different story.

Understanding your intent will help drive the answers you receive.

[hawaiian bam bam]

thank you for your help i appreciate it. im asking just in general on any item to get signed. I ask because i have read on other forums that bobby doerrs signature is starting to get really bad , same with whitey ford, and that tom seaver and johnny bench are really sick and not signing anything nowadays and willie mays and hank aarons signtures look horrible now due to old age and i got a letter back from monte irvin saying he no longer signs due to health issues, and i read al kalines signature looks like he is pissed that he is signing, so that all got me thinking,about what HOFers are now either not signign anymore and hard to get or whos signatures are so bad due to helth that it would be better to pick up an earlier signature on ebay instead of sending ttm or send in for private signing. thanks