Kaneen's 1991 Kahn's Cincinnati Reds Team Set Signed

[Chris Counts]

Go Redlegs! As far as I'm concerned, cards always look better signed. Seeing your Kahn's makes me wonder why I rarely see the Kahn's cards from the 50s and 60s signed.

[egri]

Great cards Kevin!

Originally Posted by Chris Counts

Go Redlegs! As far as I'm concerned, cards always look better signed. Seeing your Kahn's makes me wonder why I rarely see the Kahn's cards from the 50s and 60s signed.

Getting cards signed didn't really become acceptable in the hobby until relatively recently (past 10-15 years), so most collectors didn't. Most of the signed 50s/60s cards tend to be Topps or Bowman. Without looking at production figures, (if they are even public) my theory is that they were more plentiful, so they had a greater chance of reaching the rare collector who was getting cards signed back then. There are plenty of signed 1949 Bowmans on eBay right now, but only a handful from that year's Leaf set, and a lot of those are from the football set. I've seen the same thing with Topps/Bowman vs Red Heart, and also Goudey and Play Ball vs Sport Kings, Diamond Stars or DeLongs, though I don't play in the prewar sandbox a whole lot.