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Originally Posted by JimStinson
The first private signing Mike G. Marshall did was back about 11 or 12 years ago. It was with Bill Corcoran and me.
I was the one that negotiated the deal and it took me five years to convince him to do it. It was the first signing he ever did.
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Jim,
Could you elaborate more on what you recall of his motivations for finally doing that first autograph signing, and what finally tipped the scales after 5 years of trying to convince him? It seems to me that after 30+ years of refusing to sign (if I'm getting my timeline right), the decision to do a signing session couldn't have been as simple as needing some quick cash or a boost to his sagging ego. Rather than opining as to what
I think his motivations may have been though, it seems more reasonable to ask the guy that was there spearheading the negotiations, and I would be glad to hear any specifics that you can recall.