How many do you have in your hall of fame collection

[tdellis]

kinda new to this site just wanted to see what the average sizes of hall of fame autograph collections people have?

[bnorth]

I have a few Wade Boggs and two Bob Feller autos. When I find one I like I want to add a Eddie Mathews. The only auto I actively collect is MMA legend Wanderlei "The Axe Murderer" Silva.

[johnmh71]

I don't think there is really an average per se. It really depends on how passionate you are about autographs and how much you want to acquire/spend. Some are more determined than others to build a sizeable HOF collection.

[jgmp123]

Originally Posted by tdellis

kinda new to this site just wanted to see what the average sizes of hall of fame autograph collections people have?

There are some great collections here. Some of the best collections I have ever seen belong to members of this forum. You mentioned you are in the 280 range....With a number like that, we would love to see some examples of some of the tough signatures you have.

My number stands at 228.

[theshleps]

I am close to 260 I believe

[tazdmb]

I sit at 246, I know others are higher than that. However, please understand, when you post that you have 281 different HOFers, without showing any pictures (except of a semi-rare Bresnahan), there will be skepticism to your claim until you can back it up somehow. Another member claimed around the same amount (283?) and people started to question him. Then we found out that he owns the only known Addie Joss and posted pictures along with some other real tough (and beautiful) signatures.

Now I consider him one of the top contributors to this section. I hope you will do the same with a part of your collection and quiet some of the doubters (myself included).

[mighty bombjack]

I sit at a nice, round 250, all of which can be viewed in the link in my signature (photobucket is a bigger pain in the butt every time I use it, but the bigger pain in the butt would be motivating to migrate all of those photos to some other service).

[tdellis]

I have been collecting for over 30 years and am somewhat hesitant about putting it out on the net of what i have. i am a private person and it took me awhile to join this site but i wanted to see what other people are doing. I am not lying about what i have so i am not explaining to people in the group. I might post I am curious as to what people use to post their pictures in bulk? photo bucket?

[mighty bombjack]

Yeah, you can see I use photobucket, but I'm not sure I'd recommend using that if you are just starting out. It is a lot less user-friendly than it was 10 years ago when I started sharing photos online. It's all I've really used, though, so I don't have advice on a better service. Maybe someone else does. I hope you motivate to do it, because I'd love to see some rarities, if you have them. Just start out small and show us some of the unique stuff you have. That's a big part of why we're all here.

[jgmp123]

I would recommend just posting directly here a few of the more rare hall of famers. I wouldn't bother loading them all to a site unless you are wanting to display them in that fashion.

I used webs.com, but recently let it expire because I didn't really care to display in that fashion any longer.

[David Atkatz]

Originally Posted by tdellis

I have been collecting for over 30 years and am somewhat hesitant about putting it out on the net of what i have. i am a private person and it took me awhile to join this site but i wanted to see what other people are doing. I am not lying about what i have so i am not explaining to people in the group. I might post I am curious as to what people use to post their pictures in bulk? photo bucket?

You joined because you "wanted to see what other people are doing," but you won't post your own collection?

[tdellis]

yes david i wanted to see if there were ways to improve my collection any advice from a seasoned collector?

[HOF Auto Rookies]

I am just over 110 different for HoF signed "rookies".

[packs]

I don't really understand why you need to post photos from your collection to ask other people about their collection. I haven't seen this poster pass judgment on anyone. What is it he's receiving without giving?

[David Atkatz]

Originally Posted by packs

I don't really understand why you need to post photos from your collection to ask other people about their collection. I haven't seen this poster pass judgment on anyone. What is it he's receiving without giving?

He's been asked to post photos of some of his rarer HoF autographs. He doesn't seem to want to share. "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence."