On card autos on modern rookies?

bk400 · #1 08-17-2023, 12:35 AM

Peter, those are pretty cool autos of some serious players...

Here are a couple of my on-card autos, noting that they aren't all modern and aren't all baseball.

I show my kids the Dwight Gooden one so I have good collateral for a Say No To Drugs message.

Gary Dunaier · #2 08-20-2023, 12:55 AM

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Originally Posted by bk400

Here are a couple of my on-card autos, noting that they aren't all modern and aren't all baseball.

Nice, but I think the OP was asking about cards that were issued with autographs, as opposed to unsigned cards that were autographed after the fact.

bk400 · #3 08-20-2023, 05:07 AM

Thanks -- I happened to be the original poster. I was actually more interested in whether looking for autographs on originally unsigned cards (particularly on cards that historically have a very high population) would be a profitable pursuit. I may have used the wrong terminology in the original post; I thought that an "on-card" auto is definitionally a hand signed autograph that happens after the original, unsigned card, is issued.

Peter_Spaeth · #4 08-20-2023, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by bk400

Thanks -- I happened to be the original poster. I was actually more interested in whether looking for autographs on originally unsigned cards (particularly on cards that historically have a very high population) would be a profitable pursuit. I may have used the wrong terminology in the original post; I thought that an "on-card" auto is definitionally a hand signed autograph that happens after the original, unsigned card, is issued.

To me on card is used to differentiate between two types of pack issued cards, those with autos on the card and those with an auto'd sticker added.

swarmee · #5 08-20-2023, 01:33 PM

Agreed, the terminology is "on card" means pack issued without a sticker auto, as in, the player actually held the card itself and autographed it.

"Sticker" auto is manufacturer released with a sticker signed by the player affixed by the company. Players get sent pages of stickers and never actually touch the cards themselves.

"Captured" auto is when something like a cardboard/index fragment is signed and installed into the card.

You're mainly talking about "Through the mail" or "In Person" (TTM/IP) autos; cards that are signed by the player after they've been released unsigned. COMC calls them "aftermarket" autos.

sbfinley · #6 08-21-2023, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by bk400

Thanks -- I happened to be the original poster. I was actually more interested in whether looking for autographs on originally unsigned cards (particularly on cards that historically have a very high population) would be a profitable pursuit. I may have used the wrong terminology in the original post; I thought that an "on-card" auto is definitionally a hand signed autograph that happens after the original, unsigned card, is issued.

Signed card collector here. Yes is there is great value in Modern signed cards, especially rookie cards. I highly recommend getting a membership at sports collectors.net if anything for the private/public signing listings.

bk400 · #7 08-22-2023, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by sbfinley

Signed card collector here. Yes is there is great value in Modern signed cards, especially rookie cards. I highly recommend getting a membership at sports collectors.net if anything for the private/public signing listings.

Thanks for the recommendation. I personally like the look of the aftermarket autos more than the pack pulled ones. Seems like there's more work involved in getting the aftermarket ones (noting that there are questions about authenticity swirling around the space) -- and more risk (and more reward?) in getting one on a higher grade rookie card.

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