A signed ball need to identify

[mrmopar]

I truly believe this is what will kill autograph collecting into the future. I know there have always been un-readables, but nearly every player these days seems to have an undistinguishable scribble.

Either that or everything will need to be on photos WITH names on front or back. I mean, how often do you see a "need ID help" thread for autographs. Often, and it is 99% memorabilia (balls, bays, gloves, etc). Obviously a photo helps with the ID even w/o a name, but there are still a few 8x10 photo threads or cut/3x5 threads too.

I even started writing names on the back of my signed flat items, even when I knew clearly who they were. I will not own this stuff forever and hope that someone in the future won't need help to ID anything I owned.