re: Autograph price list

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Any inscriptions relating to his on-field accomplishments will require a $25 charge including: "07 Heisman" , "06/08 Champs", "08 BCS MVP".

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That is disgusting

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Not really. It may be hat doing so is an attempt to limit the number of people who would get the autograph with such an inscription and then turn around and sell it to make money off the deal.

I know that when I was somewhat acive in the collectables market in the mid-late 90s a lot of people were insisting on signing all things personalized, because the thinking was that an item autographed "To Bill..." wouldn't be as desirable on the market - unless of course someone else named Bill wanted the piece.

There have also been athletes that refuse to sign certain types of items. Mantle would sign everything but bats - story was that he had a number of bats he had autographed and planned to leave to his heirs and didn't want to dilute the market for those once he was gone. Hank Aaron will not sign game used baseballs, due to the fact that the person who has possession of HR 714 (Hank didn't know that it was that particular ball) got it signed at a show and then turned around and sold it for a huge premium.