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Originally Posted by Tyruscobb
I started collecting in the late 1980s, so I don't satisfy your field criteria. However, I subscribed to a well-know price guide magazine during that period, as I'm sure most older collectors did as well, and religiously read every article every month.
I clearly remember one issue had an article that explained that an autograph actually decreased the card's value, because it was altering it. After reading that article, I would never have a player sign my best copy. I would purchase another one, usually one that was not in as good a condition as my main copy (because why would I purchase an expensive copy and then have the player's signature immediately reduce its value?), and have the player sign it.
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I updated my original post, I meant the 80's as well when I said etc! I'm not gonna lie the idea of having one original untouched copy and then one signed copy is something I really like. I'd amend it to have both of the cards around the same condition but I'm amazed by the fact that signed cards would book LESS back then.
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Originally Posted by Steve D
You are absolutely correct. Back in the 1970s and 1980s, if you wanted to get a card signed, you picked one that wasn't valuable to begin with, as getting a card signed seriously reduced it's value.
You never got a star's rookie card signed, nor did you get a card like a 1970 Topps Bench, or 1972 Topps Garvey or Carew signed.
Steve
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Pretty incredible to think about, I can imagine someone having a Willie Mays 51 Bowman and his 67 topps and saying "I'm gonna keep the bowman as it is and get this cheaper topps signed!"
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