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In my view, all autographs are not created equal — far from it. I place the highest value on a clean and legible fountain pen signature that was done in the 1930s, and the least value on a sloppy Sharpie signature that was done in the 1970s or beyond. In many cases, I consider cards in the second category to be simply defaced by someone's writing. If you can't read it, and there's nothing artistic about it, what's the point? Penmanship was once an art form. Now it's like a crude tattoo ...
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the answer is of course, it depends.
There will always be a premium for signatures that are of a better quality. The price difference between the good vs bad signature is what changes with volume and what item is signed. For a player where there are truckloads of examples, the nicer the sig, the higher the price. As the number of examples drops the importance of the quality drops, but there is always some bonus. Additionally the specific player and item signed also factor in as a rare baseball card might drawn a premium from set collectors regardless of the sig quality.
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01-05-2018, 05:05 PM
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Some guys may just have crappy handwriting and you have to take what you get.
What's kinda scary in some sports, like boxing, is that the damage the sport can cause to the motor functions of the retirees can make for some really rank later signatures from relatively young men. Compare a signature from Sugar Ray Leonard or Tommy Hearns 20-30 years ago to today's and the contrast is startling.
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I got spoiled with 'the Mechanical Man's' script:
1935 DIAMOND STARS w GEHRINGER AUTO.jpg I apologize for having this thread in the wrong place, but I do appreciate everyone's responses.
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autograph legibility
Just for what it's worth here but I wish players had more respect for the act of signing. It means something. Love the signatures of the old time players who seemed to take real pride in their autograph. I can't read most of the ones I see nowadays--even the guys getting PAID for it at card shows. A few years ago my company sponsored a big tennis tournament and we had a 'signing' from a big-name star (not naming but you know her). She slopped through a signature--nothing more than swirling line--and had not the company president been standing right there paying homage, I'd have told her "come on. Sign it right."
Still wish I had, actually.
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