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Ridiculous. Paying $700 for a sig that's worth a third of that. I hope Mays needs me to break a bill for him one day. I'll offer him $27.50 for $100 and donate the other $73.50 to charity.
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I wonder what he charges trading card companies to sign cards for them. Certainly not $700 per.
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I know we are all collectors and autograph guys are just as passionate as other collectors,,, BUT $1700 for a Willie Mays autograph??? Who was the guy who would pay that???
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I wonder how many items Mays signed at this show? As I noted in a previous thread about the Hunt / Philly show, he probably signed around 60 tickets at a minimum of $269 a pop which is idiotic in itself. Mays never got it, (he was a dink when I first me him in 1988) and he certainly doesn't get it now. These players are all out of their minds. They all think their signature and time is worth a lot more than actual fair market. Wow, SCD is still around? I wasn't aware of that.
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Perhaps guy brought in a Mays painting he made and really, really wanted Mays' signature on it.
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A reluctant signor, I believe there is still ongoing resentment that he was not properly recognized as the great player he was and felt overshadowed by players he considered to have lessor ability. But 1,700 for a signature, I will gladly pass.
Best Gary |
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part of the ruination of the in-person autograph business is all the crap about different prices for different items.
Balls & Flats up to 8x10 $50 Flats up to 16X20 $120 Bats $195 Original Artwork $250 Photo with player $50 Inscriptions $25 Player will not inscribe 500 HRS Player will not sign Non-licensed bats Blah Blah Blah It's a freaking autograph!!!! I've seen some of them with 10-15 things for a single player like Reggie Jackson or Mays or whomever. Some signers are gracious wonderful people when signing just as they are in life. Mays is a SCHMUCK. I had a Perez Steele with Him, Mickey & Duke Snider. Mantle already signed it (another 'FUN' experience as well....but RIP) and mays was next. Instead of signing directly under his face on his chest, he signed to the right a little which just happened to go right through Duke Snider's face. I just looked at him. Danc has it right up there.....Mays just never got it. Sooner or later, you have to move on in life......he'll obviously die a bitter curmudgeon of a man.......fortunately, I don't have that card anymore.....but I do have the wonderful memories! |
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"Ridiculous. Paying $700 for a sig that's worth a third of that.."
(in my best Yogi imitation) A third of 700 is still twice more than I'd pay for it, half of the time. |
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I never got a sig from him when I did the East Coast show circuit: But I sure heard a lot of people complaining he wouldn't look up and had a very dismissive attitude.
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