What to do with sloppy autographs

[GasHouseGang]

The worse autograph I've gotten was from Don Sutton. I handed him his rookie card (before his hair covered his prominent ears), and he said "I always hated this card!" And signed boldly directly across his face. Ruined my opinion of Don, and my card. Why would any player think you want them to sign across their face?

[egri]

Originally Posted by GasHouseGang

The worse autograph I've gotten was from Don Sutton. I handed him his rookie card (before his hair covered his prominent ears), and he said "I always hated this card!" And signed boldly directly across his face. Ruined my opinion of Don, and my card. Why would any player think you want them to sign across their face?

It might have just been the design of the card, especially since this was in person (so maybe more rushed than if he had been at his home responding to TTM requests). A lot of the guys in my project signed across their faces because the cards had portrait shots so it was either sign across their face or sign on top of the text.

[Rookiemonster]

This is the culprit

[Rookiemonster]

Found these on eBay authenticated

[Rookiemonster]

Another one

[Rookiemonster]

One more for good measure

[Rookiemonster]

Carb over with all this rice . I found this on psa. Please share what you think. During the late 1980s, a friendly and accommodating Jerry Rice signed often for his fans. He penned a simple "Jerry Rice #80" most of the time. During Rice's early years, he would typically stack his signature with "Jerry" above "Rice." Later, Rice stretched his signature across an entire item and added his jersey number.