What is your primary area of focus for your autograph collection

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by bender07

Richard - Out of curiosity, how far did you get on completing the HOF set? Who was the most 'rare' guy you had?

I had a good number (cannot remember exactly) at the time I stopped.
It has been a while since I broke up the HOFers but I did have all the bigger names that were not in the impossible to acquire category. Ruth, Gehrig, Cobb, Young, Speaker, Johnson, Huggins, McGraw, etc.
I still have Mathewson and that is certainly the rarest one that I have ever had.
Though I am also a Kennedy collector and I do have Lee Harvey Oswald whom I consider to be quite rarer than Matty.

[T206Collector]

Signed T206 Cards

[7nohitter]

Originally Posted by T206Collector

Signed T206 Cards

insane!

[David Atkatz]

New York Yankees 1903-1927. Theoretical physicists. Various historical and cultural autographs--people who, for one reason or another, interest me. Some examples: Houdini, Lincoln, Einstein, the Beatles, Lon Chaney, Isaac Newton, Dwight Frye, W.C. Fields, Bob Dylan, Neal Armstrong, Colin Clive, the Wright Bros...

[bender07]

I like to collect cards signed during the time period the card was issued. I especially like those guys that have a significantly different playing career version of their signature compared to their autograph circuit/Sharpie type.

[canjond]

Originally Posted by David Atkatz

New York Yankees 1903-1927. Theoretical physicists. Various historical and cultural autographs--people who, for one reason or another, interest me. Some examples: Houdini, Lincoln, Einstein, the Beatles, Lon Chaney, Isaac Newton, Dwight Frye, W.C. Fields, Bob Dylan, Neal Armstrong, Colin Clive, the Wright Bros...

Neil Armstrong... just busting your chops David!

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by David Atkatz

New York Yankees 1903-1927. Theoretical physicists. Various historical and cultural autographs--people who, for one reason or another, interest me. Some examples: Houdini, Lincoln, Einstein, the Beatles, Lon Chaney, Isaac Newton, Dwight Frye, W.C. Fields, Bob Dylan, Neal Armstrong, Colin Clive, the Wright Bros...

Colin Clive...nice! Dr. Frankenstein died at 37.

I am working on the heavyweight champs, though I will likely never own a Jack Johnson or John L. Sullivan signature.

[David Atkatz]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Colin Clive...nice! Dr. Frankenstein died at 37.

"Crazy am I? We'll see whether I'm crazy or not."

[MooseDog]

I grew up in Oakland during the A's heyday. With the likelihood the city is going to lose ALL of it's professional sports teams within the next 10 years I'm narrowing my focus to autographs of Oakland A's and the Oakland/California Seals former NHL team.

For fun I collect signed cards and photos of players with Big Hair (think Oscar Gamble, Artis Gilmore, Ross Grimsley).

I have an extensive collection of baseball HOFers and non-HOFers from the 1900s-1960s but I simply can't afford to play in that arena any more.

[travrosty]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Colin Clive...nice! Dr. Frankenstein died at 37.

I am working on the heavyweight champs, though I will likely never own a Jack Johnson or John L. Sullivan signature.

i collect autographs of boxing heavyweight champions too, and the challengers but had to sell them all. i still needed a sullivan too, and a . Now i am back to square 1.

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by travrosty

i collect autographs of boxing heavyweight champions too, and the challengers but had to sell them all. i still needed a sullivan too, and a . Now i am back to square 1.

That's a shame but at least you get the fun of doing it again As Spock observed in Amok Time: "After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing after all as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true."

I am currently working on my 4th iteration of the 1954 Topps baseball set, [though I only collect stars and popular players].

[mschwade]

Originally Posted by RichardSimon

I had a good number (cannot remember exactly) at the time I stopped.
It has been a while since I broke up the HOFers but I did have all the bigger names that were not in the impossible to acquire category. Ruth, Gehrig, Cobb, Young, Speaker, Johnson, Huggins, McGraw, etc.
I still have Mathewson and that is certainly the rarest one that I have ever had.
Though I am also a Kennedy collector and I do have Lee Harvey Oswald whom I consider to be quite rarer than Matty.

What's your Lee Harvey Oswald signed on? Any backlog on how you obtained it?

[Clark7781]

My main focus is signed ROMLBBs. I collect these for any autograph I'm getting today. For older guys no longer with us, I try to get OMLBBs, but if I can't I get whatever I can find, as long as certified.

Currently I am working on team balls of the minor league teams. I used to do 50/50s with fellow collectors with my local MiLB team, but job and family has prevented that recently.

I also collect the HOF. I have some cool ones on ROMLBBs that I got in person: PM Tony Blair, Sec of State James Baker, and Sec of State Connie Rice.