Buckeye autograph seekers, memorabilia collectors (all merged threads)

[OhioState49]

Also, I feel you should buy from stores on Ebay instead of people for autographs. Stores have the certificates with them to show they were signed. Some come with a picture. If you buy from a regular seller, it could be a fake. So stores are more trust worthy if you ask me.

 

[ScriptOhio]

I got an 8 X 10 signed by both Troy and JT for Christmas. If you do buy an autograph, always make sure it comes with a certificate of authenticity.

Of course! First rule of memorabilia collecting!

Yeah but you better watch...some COA's could be easily "faked" if that is even the right word. All a COA is...is a piece of paper saying that the autograph is legit. You just have to trust the person selling it to you. I've see a lot of autographs out there on Ebay that are BS compared to the REAL DEAL when you get them done in person. Buyer BEWARE!

HAYN

What good is a COA? In my opinion it is a joke. Anyone that would fake an autograph would have no problem with faking an COA too. Faking a COA would be easier than faking the autograph, since you don't have try to copy the persons actual signature, etc.

 

[RLC65]

Much as I respect Troy, I am not an autograph collector and, therefore, would not pay much of anything to own one. Having said that, one of the things I treasure most is an Ohio State Football Encyclopedia (Jack Park?) presented me a few years ago by my former Rotary Club which is autographed inside by Archie, and also includes a personal letter from him recognizing my devotion to the Buckeyes. (I drove my Nevada Rotary friends nuts in the '80s hyping the Bucks at meetings, given that they were all mostly from west of the big river and couldn't much care )

It was an extra nice gesture from one of them who had big time business contacts in C'Bus to obtain the book and letter for me.

Go Bucks!

 

[BuckNutty]

The only autographs I like collecting are the ones found on the bottom right hand corners of checks.

 

[TooTall]

What good is a COA? In my opinion it is a joke. Anyone that would fake an autograph would have no problem with faking an COA too. Faking a COA would be easier than faking the autograph, since you don't have try to copy the persons actual signature, etc.

Well the point I was making was if you go to in-store events a COA is more credible than buying it from a user on Ebay... I know it's a little off-topic but I bought a Dale Earnhardt Jr. autographed 1/24 scale die-cast and the COA company was Big Apple Collectibles (credible IMO).. That's probably the only reason I bought it from that particular store rather than trying my luck with Ebay.

 

[bgantz]

I agree about watching for COA's being fake, and they can be faked. I guess I just try to go with my gut. Often times, buying from stores and memorobilia outlets on ebay is a more credible route to go, like was stated by someone. I have bought several of my autographs on ebay, and really just don't worry about it too much. When the picture is framed and in your game room or on the wall, people who come over and enjoy looking at all of them don't ask.

 

[buckeyeboy]

Yeah but you better watch...some COA's could be easily "faked" if that is even the right word. All a COA is...is a piece of paper saying that the autograph is legit. You just have to trust the person selling it to you. I've see a lot of autographs out there on Ebay that are BS compared to the REAL DEAL when you get them done in person. Buyer BEWARE!

HAYN

Exactly. The COA is only as good as the person standing behind it. IMO if you live out of town and want tOSU autographs, I'd go through Cardboard Heroes. Their prices are pretty reasonable, and I trust them totally. I'd trust them over regular dealers on eBay because it's more believable that the Cardboard Heroes autograph is legit b/c they always have the players doing public, in-store signings, so it makes sense that they have the players sign other stuff so that their stores can sell it later. With random people on eBay, you just don't know where they got the autographs.

As for the inclusion of a picture of the player signing something, I've always wondered how that really proves anything. It seems like an unscrupulous person could snap a picture of a person signing something and then just have a bunch of copies of that picture made as "proof" that a bunch of other items were signed.

 

[Dryden]

You could probably just toss Troy an In-N-Out burger in exchange for his autograph.

 

[kel10]

I paid 100 for a tressel and smith auto photo

 

[gbearbuck]

Not into sig's... so to answer the original question, $0.00...

 

[hawaiianbuckeye]

I suggest getting memorabilia from www.theosustore.com !

Word is that Troy's Autograph will be fetching $25-$35 at least for each signature that the promoter(s) pay for. So, they're going to have to make their money after paying out this fee to Troy! His LEGIT and ORIGINAL autograph is not going to be cheap once the season is over. There are some bigger stores and promoters out there that are pricing out the other smaller guys and basically passing on the larger fees to the fans...they're driving the market prices up which I feel is wrong. In the end what could be a really good thing may end up crashing down!

HAYN

 

[daddyphatsacs]

$0 . He's a person just like you and I, only he happens to be very good at football. I got a free Tressel autograph a couple of years back, that pic is worth a lot to me for greater reasons.

I guess I just find it weird to see a bunch of grown men chasing down kids for their autographs......call me crazy. :tongue2:

 

[bgantz]

I guess I just find it weird to see a bunch of grown men chasing down kids for their autographs......call me crazy. :tongue2:

I could understand the sentiment of this. I guess for me...Smith would actually be only a few months older than me. Whatever the case, I guess you could still regard him as one of my peers. I would say a lot of 40-50 yr olds collect autographs of professional players in their 20's and 30's. I still say yes, it can feel a bit silly getting a signature of someone close to my age...but I guess it is what it is. One day I can look at the signed helmet when I'm 50 and think about a legend.

 

[sckremer]

Unknown Autograph

My son got an autograph from a Buckeye Alumni W___ W___ (No. 37). The signature is illegible. Any ideas on who it might be?

 

[osugrad21]

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