Koufax/Brady private signings

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Originally Posted by BillyCoxDodgers3B

Not for everything that's autographed. I was just musing to myself yesterday how a Home Run Baker 3X5 will set you back the same dollar amount today as it would have 20 years ago, inflation aside.

I have been working on signed 1960 to 1963 Fleer sets and often wonder how many of the cards I've added will retain their value a decade or three down the road. Sure, Max Carey is a Hall of Famer, but someone that was born on the same day he died is now closer to retirement than they are to the beginning of their careers. Will anyone but a precious few know who he is and want one of his signed cards? Beats me, but I am not going to worry too much about it.

And, bringing this around to the opening topic, when I sent my 1963 Fleer Koufax in for a signing in 2015 the fee was $350. It felt like a kingly sum to me. 9 years later, it is almost four times that.