Why are pencil autographs from the pre-1950s era so disrespected by collectors?

[T206Collector]

Originally Posted by HRBAKER

No, my point was and is that I have never let the fact that something was personalized keep me from buying it, I have never considered altering it after I did and on rare occasions (such as the one above) havebought something that I would not have otherwise bought solely bc it was personalized.

But you acknowledge that some people stay away from personalized things? And that it would not be surprising that you would have bought something solely because it was personalized if the personalization had your name, right?

Also, again, context is everything. There are about a million Gehrigs on ebay right now. So collectors can be a bit picky about holding out for a non-personalized example. But if there was a signed T206 on ebay personalized to someone, I'd buy it regardless for the same price because it is likely a 1 of 1.