Stan The Man Inc autos

[murphusa]

Nolan Ryan also does it through his foundation

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Many HOFers (especially the more recently-inducted) have websites for this purpose. Just search a little on the internet. They're not hard to find.

[Collectorsince62]

I have visited their office several times and the entire staff is absolutely first class all the way. Very professional, and very cognizant of collectors' needs and whims. And best of all, Stan is sometimes in the office. I have had the honor of meeting him several times during these visits and I can't even describe how cool it is to sit down and chat for a few minutes while he signs or personalizes an item. The signature, however, is not as strong as it used to be. A few months ago, I watched as he signed the two scorecards from his 5-homer doubleheader. He happily obliged to add "my five home runs" to the autograph. His grandson, who is terrific, watched very closely to make sure Stan understood what I wanted - he seemed a little worried something might happen. But everything was fine. Stan took his time and very carefully signed both items. Not his boldest signatures, but still very nice. Then he told me "I should have had six that day. I tried to hit one my last time up and popped up to first." We looked at the scoring and sure enough, he was right. The Man.

[chaddurbin]

judging from topps' latest issue, stan's health may be worsening. his sigs look pretty bad compared to the beauty of just 1-2 years ago.

(also comical how topps had stan signed 62 in red ink and numbered it...like it's supposed to be rarer and carry a bigger premium than his "regular" auto)

[scmavl]

I don't think I ever posted the card I got from Stan The Man a couple of weeks ago. Sorry, I need a better pic of it though. You can see the sig has gotten a bit worse, but still very legible and very Stan.

[mr2686]

Thought I'd bring this thread up to date. Just got my 3000th hit Sports Illustrated signed by Musial to go along with the Aaron signature. This was at a MAB-Celebrity show two weekends ago and just arrived today. As you can see, the Musial sig is barely readable. I had commented to Lordstan a few weeks ago that despite his age, that his sig was still very strong...I guess that's not the case anymore.

[Lordstan]

Nice mag Mike.
Wow..His sig certainly has gotten weaker recently.
It really is too bad.
I fear when he does pass, we'll lose our last connection with not only a incredible player, but also a certain class of Human from a bygone era.
Pardon me if I wax philosophically, but Stan and Feller really are two that stand out as legendary players who carried themselves in a certain manner that is really to be admired.
Mark