If you ever find out lemme know. I wanna spend time with Jesse… asking questions.

I had Chris Jones autograph my ding dong.

He could only fit the Ch

people either like to collect them or think it will be valuable some day.

I'd be curious to know if there's a generational difference to valuing autographs. I feel like younger folks would rather have a selfie than an autograph.

That's because they value their own face more than that of anyone else. If their face isn't in it then it's worthless by default...

Define "younger".

You went in the opposite direction of my initial reaction to your statement. I grew up in a place not near any sports teams, so maybe I was out of touch, but I feel like in my youth autographs were really only for personal use. I wasn't aware of an industry around buying and selling autographs. I only became aware of that perhaps 15 or 20 years ago.

i think it more about "proof" that you met someone famous. i would never pay for an autograph but if there was an opportunity that wouldn't be intrusive i would definitely ask for mahomes.

when i dressed for games i had a big "jacket" that has more autos than i can count.

But for those who intentionally ask for them please leave a player/coach alone unless it arises. its annoying as **** to see people hounding them eating while eating grocery shopping etc.

Just my 4¢

Because they make my man cave look bad ass…

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I like collecting sports memorabilia and autographs, I always have since being a kid.
I have a lot of signed baseballs: some bought, some gifts and many I got in person.

Koufax, Stargell, Salvy, Moustakas (he gave me ball and signed it), Alex Gordon, Nick Lowry (sat by at Dbacks game).

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They are like the stock market for collectables.

Autos and rookie year signatures are huge speculation pieces to people that are not fans.

Mahomes 1 of 1s were 1000 his rookie year. Now a million.
His normal numbered auto cards can be 6 figures.

My cousin was doing it for a while. But he has been a collector for decades. Got too expensive. He is kicking himself in the butt now. Guess he had some trout 1 of 1 rookies and tiger woods rookies. Sold them before the market exploded.

Here’s a more serious example. I bought this for $1000 back in 2012. It’s currently worth roughly $90,000-$100,000. When I started collecting back in the late 90’s, I never dreamed of a day when my hobby would pay off my mortgage.

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Maybe there's a sweet spot in there then. In the early 90s, I had lots of friends who were into collecting player cards and autographs, but it doesn't feel like there's the same market these days.

To the broader question in the OP, though, I don't personally get it much. I mean, it's kind of cool to own something that's autographed, but I wouldn't pay much for it. I think I own one autographed item (hockey stick signed by Gabe Landeskog), and I got it at a charity auction that came with tickets worth more than I paid for the bundle.

I don’t think it’s much of a flex anymore when you can just pay for cameos.

Or publicly post wildly inappropriate DMs.

Lewdog can get Lowry for $39.
While I’m looking at this, Jared Allen for $270? Wtf
Ok. 😂😂😂 who is the asshole CPer going as the Grim Reaper for $15?

I used to collect them. My fervor has cooled down.

But I did send cards to Ace Parker, Johnny Lujack and Charley Trippi. All three signed.

Did you sell it to pay off your mortgage?