What is your primary area of focus for your autograph collection

[bender07]

Originally Posted by RichardSimon

I am really all over the place with my autograph collecting now.
I stopped some time ago trying to complete the HOF, just an impossible and way too expensive task.
Now I enjoy collecting my sports teams, the Presidents I thought were good ones and some historical and entertainment figures that I admire for their contributions to society.

Richard - Out of curiosity, how far did you get on completing the HOF set? Who was the most 'rare' guy you had?

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by bender07

Richard - Out of curiosity, how far did you get on completing the HOF set? Who was the most 'rare' guy you had?

I had a good number (cannot remember exactly) at the time I stopped.
It has been a while since I broke up the HOFers but I did have all the bigger names that were not in the impossible to acquire category. Ruth, Gehrig, Cobb, Young, Speaker, Johnson, Huggins, McGraw, etc.
I still have Mathewson and that is certainly the rarest one that I have ever had.
Though I am also a Kennedy collector and I do have Lee Harvey Oswald whom I consider to be quite rarer than Matty.

[T206Collector]

Signed T206 Cards

[7nohitter]

Originally Posted by T206Collector

Signed T206 Cards

insane!

[David Atkatz]

New York Yankees 1903-1927. Theoretical physicists. Various historical and cultural autographs--people who, for one reason or another, interest me. Some examples: Houdini, Lincoln, Einstein, the Beatles, Lon Chaney, Isaac Newton, Dwight Frye, W.C. Fields, Bob Dylan, Neal Armstrong, Colin Clive, the Wright Bros...

[bender07]

I like to collect cards signed during the time period the card was issued. I especially like those guys that have a significantly different playing career version of their signature compared to their autograph circuit/Sharpie type.

[canjond]

Originally Posted by David Atkatz

New York Yankees 1903-1927. Theoretical physicists. Various historical and cultural autographs--people who, for one reason or another, interest me. Some examples: Houdini, Lincoln, Einstein, the Beatles, Lon Chaney, Isaac Newton, Dwight Frye, W.C. Fields, Bob Dylan, Neal Armstrong, Colin Clive, the Wright Bros...

Neil Armstrong... just busting your chops David!

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by David Atkatz

New York Yankees 1903-1927. Theoretical physicists. Various historical and cultural autographs--people who, for one reason or another, interest me. Some examples: Houdini, Lincoln, Einstein, the Beatles, Lon Chaney, Isaac Newton, Dwight Frye, W.C. Fields, Bob Dylan, Neal Armstrong, Colin Clive, the Wright Bros...

Colin Clive...nice! Dr. Frankenstein died at 37.

I am working on the heavyweight champs, though I will likely never own a Jack Johnson or John L. Sullivan signature.

[David Atkatz]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Colin Clive...nice! Dr. Frankenstein died at 37.

"Crazy am I? We'll see whether I'm crazy or not."

[travrosty]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Colin Clive...nice! Dr. Frankenstein died at 37.

I am working on the heavyweight champs, though I will likely never own a Jack Johnson or John L. Sullivan signature.

i collect autographs of boxing heavyweight champions too, and the challengers but had to sell them all. i still needed a sullivan too, and a . Now i am back to square 1.

[mschwade]

Originally Posted by RichardSimon

I had a good number (cannot remember exactly) at the time I stopped.
It has been a while since I broke up the HOFers but I did have all the bigger names that were not in the impossible to acquire category. Ruth, Gehrig, Cobb, Young, Speaker, Johnson, Huggins, McGraw, etc.
I still have Mathewson and that is certainly the rarest one that I have ever had.
Though I am also a Kennedy collector and I do have Lee Harvey Oswald whom I consider to be quite rarer than Matty.

What's your Lee Harvey Oswald signed on? Any backlog on how you obtained it?

[Clark7781]

My main focus is signed ROMLBBs. I collect these for any autograph I'm getting today. For older guys no longer with us, I try to get OMLBBs, but if I can't I get whatever I can find, as long as certified.

Currently I am working on team balls of the minor league teams. I used to do 50/50s with fellow collectors with my local MiLB team, but job and family has prevented that recently.

I also collect the HOF. I have some cool ones on ROMLBBs that I got in person: PM Tony Blair, Sec of State James Baker, and Sec of State Connie Rice.