Sports Illustrated?

[mr2686]

Here's a couple more. By the way, and don't ask me why, but I only collect signed "full magazines", not covers by themselves.

[Topps206]

These are all really neat.

[Topps206]

I'm now at 48 signed Sports Illustrateds.

I'll probably send the Joe Dudek one to Chuck Long at some point. I've wanted this SI for a while. Dudek also played with the Broncos during the 1987 strike season. He finished in ninth place for the Heisman that year, the highest ever of a non-Division I player.

David Miln Smith is an adventure athlete, and he's another one I was able to send and get in touch with thanks to LinkedIn. He's a very intelligent fellow and also wrote a nice note.

It's a nice signature, and I appreciate him signing, but condition wise, it's one of the worst in my collection. It has a crease on it, the cover isn't steady and it has a label on it, and I try my absolute best to get Sports Illustrateds without labels than with them. The problem with that, though is ones with labels are cheaper to purchase.

Thank you both, David Miln Smith and Joe Dudek.

[mr2686]

I actually don't mind the labels too much, as long as they're in a good spot on the cover and not too crooked. What I really hate are labels that have obviously been removed and you can see obvious residue or paper loss. Sometimes that's all you can find though.

[Topps206]

Originally Posted by mr2686

I actually don't mind the labels too much, as long as they're in a good spot on the cover and not too crooked. What I really hate are labels that have obviously been removed and you can see obvious residue or paper loss. Sometimes that's all you can find though.

To me, labels stand out, and not in a good way. It’s especially awkward when it’s not my name on it. While I do have signed SIs with labels, labels are not at all preferable for me.

I get your comment of the residue, though.

[mr2686]

Labels, no labels, or removed labels, at least we have access to a variety of magazines thanks to the internet. Heck, I would have 4 times the signed magazines if we had the internet in the 80's and early 90's. Really love a good signed magazine.

[Bigdaddy]

I think one of the greatest draws of signed magazines, Sports Illustrated in particular, is that they were only produced for a short time. In SIs case, only a week. For Sport magazines, a month. So unlike a baseball or an 8x10 photo which can continually be produced, these are limited and usually showcasing a photo of a particular slice in time.

[mrmopar]

Originally Posted by mr2686

Here's a couple more. By the way, and don't ask me why, but I only collect signed "full magazines", not covers by themselves.

As a Dodger fan, that Duke is my all-time favorite SI and I also got one signed. It was probably the first one I ever got, because I am not really fond of full magazines being signed, but just the cover isn't ideal either. I do have all the Garvey issues signed and a few others, like the Labine you have too.

There have been some great covers with HOFers would love to have signed, but will never pony up the $. Ted Williams, Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, etc. They are all early 70s or before versions. That was the best time for cover images in my opinion.

[Kaneen]

Here are some signed Arnold Palmer SIs from my collection:










And a couple of SI Magazine inside article pages signed by Arnie:

[Topps206]

Damon Bailey owns a warehouse about an hour away from me. I've been wanting to do this for more than a year, but due to distance and being busy with my job, I wasn't sure when to do it. He's not always there, anyway.

So, I called Thursday, stating I had a non-business inquiry, and wanted to ask to visit sometime he was there for him to sign it. They said they could get it signed for me, but because he's always in and out, they couldn't guarantee. They said if I dropped off the SI, that they could get it signed for me, and then call me to pick it up after it's signed.

They called yesterday, and here's what it looks like.

Thank you to Damon Bailey and his business for making this possible.