Wanted to buy Highlander signatures

[garymc]

I have a few but I'm always hunting for more, see below what I have....

https://www.flickr.com/photos/151843...57704935594982

[PSACJ]

If you have doubles of Hippo or Russ Ford I would
Be interested for my collection.

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

It's extremely helpful if people put together a want list of needed autographs as opposed to "Buying [team, HOF, etc.] Autographs". Sellers may have a lot of what you need, but most of us do not organize our material by team. I've given up even answering these types of requests, as have other colleagues I know. People with large inventories don't have time to cross-reference each autograph they have of players who played for the team you collect in hopes of making a sale which may or may not happen at all. Most people work better from a list of players. If you had 100,000 autographs, would you remember every single one, let alone every team each player played for?

And I am certainly not saying this about you, Gary, or anyone in particular, but the odds of making a sale to people who post "Buying HOFers", "Buying Cubs" without any further information given are astronomically low. There is almost no chance of a sale. I've been at this forever, and this statement keeps proving itself correct. The only things that seem to change in this scenario are the names of the collectors. Therefore, many sellers just aren't motivated to respond to such generic queries. Sellers are losing out on potential sales and collectors may miss the chance to add something great to their collections. There's no upside.

[garymc]

Thanks for the advise, going to try what you suggested !
Gary

[garymc]

Looking for the following ;
1 the big three, Chase, Chesbro, and Keeler !
2. Tobacco card players, Knight, Ford, Hemphill........?

[HexsHeroes]

Originally Posted by BillyCoxDodgers3B

It's extremely helpful if people put together a want list of needed autographs as opposed to "Buying [team, HOF, etc.] Autographs". Sellers may have a lot of what you need, but most of us do not organize our material by team. I've given up even answering these types of requests, as have other colleagues I know. People with large inventories don't have time to cross-reference each autograph they have of players who played for the team you collect in hopes of making a sale which may or may not happen at all. Most people work better from a list of players. If you had 100,000 autographs, would you remember every single one, let alone every team each player played for?

And I am certainly not saying this about you, Gary, or anyone in particular, but the odds of making a sale to people who post "Buying HOFers", "Buying Cubs" without any further information given are astronomically low. There is almost no chance of a sale. I've been at this forever, and this statement keeps proving itself correct. The only things that seem to change in this scenario are the names of the collectors. Therefore, many sellers just aren't motivated to respond to such generic queries. Sellers are losing out on potential sales and collectors may miss the chance to add something great to their collections. There's no upside.

Well said. And excellent advice. I often felt bad about sending a list of "wants" to a dealer but realized that if I kept the list to a workable 10-15 names, it usually worked out positively for both the dealer and myself.

[BuzzD]

Anyone have an autograph of George A. "Iron" Davis Jr. or
Clement Llewellyn?

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by BuzzD

Anyone have an autograph of George A. "Iron" Davis Jr. or
Clement Llewellyn?

Hi BuzzD,
I do have a really nice George Iron Davis autograph in my personal collection that I would be willing to offer as an exemplar, but it's not for sale.

I will dig it out today and add a picture.
FWIW, Iron Davis is a challenging autograph to find.
I've only seen a very small sampling of his signature appear in the hobby in 30 years of collecting no-hit pitcher autographs.

[BuzzD]

Thanks for the post. I lived a few years in Buffalo where Davis was a civic mover and shaker. Been trying sources there. Maybe something will pop.