Are you steering away from modern autographed cards?

[ewokpelts]

Originally Posted by awz50

Well imagine if you had to sign your name 10,000 plus times a year. Your autograph would get worse

If it’s for fanatics, they get paid.


I don’t feel that bad for them.

[mfw13]

Yes, but not for the reasons you think....it's because most of the HOFers whose autos I want have died in the past ten years: Mays....Aaron....Banks....F.Robinson....Gibson....Henderson....Seaver....Gwynn....etc.

[awz50]

Originally Posted by ewokpelts

If it’s for fanatics, they get paid.


I don’t feel that bad for them.

I wasn't saying feel bad for them

[NickyCards]

Not because of anyone’s signatures, but think about how many autos these guys are signing and will continue to sign for 40 years.

[clocsta2323]

Im shocked how many people are defending the signatures of athletes who scribble something in half a second

[Patsfan]

Originally Posted by corndog

One of the greatest autograph sets ever in my opinion!

[kipgen]

There should be a stipulation in the contract with Topps that the athlete will spend a few sessions with a handwriting expert to spruce up their signature before they sign

That said, these guys sign more cards than ever before, and that's not even getting into the thousands of stickers they have to sign as well. It's not surprising they start phoning it in at some point.

[Above the Rim]

Yeah, these "autographs" - are they really autographs ? Maybe I'm in the minority, but I'm not ponying up for a squiggle. And does PSA honestly authenticate these things as real, or do they just go, "aw heck, looks sorta like the other squiggles we grade so it must be real." ?

[PuddleMonkey]

Originally Posted by awz50

What's wrong with the bottom or the middle one?

After your Lou Whitaker for HOF take I can't tell if you're just trolling me or what.


This looks like he wrote out Darryl, then scribbled it out.





On this one it appears he wrote out J P, then went full kindergartner on it as well.

[awz50]

Originally Posted by PuddleMonkey

After your Lou Whitaker for HOF take I can't tell if you're just trolling me or what.


This looks like he wrote out Darryl, then scribbled it out.





On this one it appears he wrote out J P, then went full kindergartner on it as well.

I like how you reposted the pictures

[mfw13]

Originally Posted by Above the Rim

And does PSA honestly authenticate these things as real, or do they just go, "aw heck, looks sorta like the other squiggles we grade so it must be real." ?

Autograph "authentication" is an even bigger scam than grading.....last show I went to I took three IP autos to CSA to get authenticated since I was thinking about selling them.....they only passed one of them

[PuddleMonkey]

Originally Posted by awz50

I like how you reposted the pictures

I did that so you wouldn't have to refer back to page one to see that I'm right. You're welcome.

[FT35]

Originally Posted by Above the Rim

Yeah, these "autographs" - are they really autographs ? Maybe I'm in the minority, but I'm not ponying up for a squiggle.

Same here. A squiggle on a sticker in most cases now. A squiggle on a sticker with air bubbles under it in many cases…and a squiggle on a crooked sticker with air bubbles under it all too often! And finally…the cake taker…an NBA mom squiggle on a crooked sticker with air bubbles under it. Lol

[Allen Ginter 99]

Originally Posted by FT35

Same here. A squiggle on a sticker in most cases now. A squiggle on a sticker with air bubbles under it in many cases…and a squiggle on a crooked sticker with air bubbles under it all too often! And finally…the cake taker…an NBA mom squiggle on a crooked sticker with air bubbles under it. Lol

You have to understand though when Topps is making you sign 250 sheets of your name 24 times 3-4x a year you would sign a squiggle as well.


Then there are the athletes who probably don’t know how to write their name so they just write their initials. I remember David Ortiz on year complaining about signing like 10k stickers for Topps one year


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[Noles939913]

Originally Posted by Allen Ginter 99

You have to understand though when Topps is making you sign 250 sheets of your name 24 times 3-4x a year you would sign a squiggle as well.


Then there are the athletes who probably don’t know how to write their name so they just write their initials. I remember David Ortiz on year complaining about signing like 10k stickers for Topps one year


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No one’s making them sign anything. They’re literally being paid for it.

[DarcyWinston]

Can’t believe the OG of bad modern autographs Wil Myers has not entered the chat.

[cfern023]

Modern cards suck, between the parallels and the uncertainty that the cards even exist- it's become too difficult to enjoy the hobby.

I still can't get a straight answer from topps if two cards on the checklist were ever made, and I started a "parallel set" to complete it.

[fabiani12333]

Originally Posted by Noles939913

No one’s making them sign anything. They’re literally being paid for it.

Won't anybody think of the well-being of players' wrists and hands?

[PuddleMonkey]

Originally Posted by cfern023

Modern cards suck, between the parallels and the uncertainty that the cards even exist- it's become too difficult to enjoy the hobby.

I still can't get a straight answer from topps if two cards on the checklist were ever made, and I started a "parallel set" to complete it.

These card companies are awful. Topps customer service once told me the market determines the checklist when I inquired about the existence of a couple cards on their checklists that never surfaced.

[Diamondjake]

I'm starting to move to custom cards aftermarket signed in BGS or PSA Auto Authentication cases and original RC's signed afterwards.

Incredibly beautiful options, a nice auto, sealed display case for fractions of the cost of the unBEARABULL shilling of the main hobby.

As a kid I always wanted the Frank Thomas LEAF RC like every other kid and now I have one signed. Never once as a kid did I consider that to be possible yet here we are.

[BoSoxFan1999]

Originally Posted by fabiani12333

Yeah, it's common for athletes to have a simplified, more easily repeatable signature for trading cards or free in-person signings, but have a more elaborate or visually appealing signature for memorabilia where they get paid more.

It's not unique to this generation of athletes, but it seems to be a lot more common than in the past, and the simplified signatures on trading cards nowadays seem to more often look ugly or very low-effort.

I give credit to Curry. He signs a lot but his sig has stayed pretty much the same his entire career (seems like he's enlarged the "C" in his sig in recent years). Also has a nice looking sig as well, not some lame one you see many of the younger guys sign with these days.

2009 rookie year sig:


2024 Olympic Topps Now sig

[Bosoxfan5990]

Originally Posted by BoSoxFan1999

I give credit to Curry. He signs a lot but his sig has stayed pretty much the same his entire career (seems like he's enlarged the "C" in his sig in recent years). Also has a nice looking sig as well, not some lame one you see many of the younger guys sign with these days.

2009 rookie year sig:
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2024 Olympic Topps Now sig
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Was this on the 1/1 triple auto?

[awz50]

Originally Posted by BoSoxFan1999

I give credit to Curry. He signs a lot but his sig has stayed pretty much the same his entire career (seems like he's enlarged the "C" in his sig in recent years). Also has a nice looking sig as well, not some lame one you see many of the younger guys sign with these days.

2009 rookie year sig:
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2024 Olympic Topps Now sig
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Though most would call that a "scribble" and want him to write out the full Stephen Curry

[MiamiMarlinsFan]

Originally Posted by awz50

Though most would call that a "scribble" and want him to write out the full Stephen Curry

Yup. That seems right in line with ol’ Jairo’s John Hancock.

[dcbaseballcards]

I thought this was going to be a "they sign so much and will always sign much more in the future" thread