The Autograph Thread

[Dom Heffner]

Anyone collect? Big names?

I have a pretty sizable collection that I am trying to downsize a bit to focus on more high value signatures (keeps me from buying a bunch of nobodys and preserves wall space).

If anyone else collects would love to hear about any items or experiences you have had in getting them.

I think the highest value ones I have are Madonna, Brando, Michael Jackson and David Bowie.

My personal favorite is a self portrait/sketch by Phil Collins of himself playing drums. It was owned by a pretty famous soccer player and he donated it to charity and I won. Love that thing.

[westofyou]

I have never asked anyone for one myself, had a Roberto Clemente one once on a ball.

Yeah I ruined it

[redsfanmia]

I have 2 that I asked for Johhny Bench at a book signing for his master piece Catch you later and former ABA Pacer great Roger Brown.

[Dom Heffner]

I have 2 that I asked for Johhny Bench at a book signing for his master piece Catch you later and former ABA Pacer great Roger Brown.

When I worked at WCKY I was in a room with just Johnny Bench and me for about five minutes.

I never asked for an autograph. Never even brought up baseball.

I don't even know if I said anything.

[westofyou]

I don't even know if I said anything.

Soooo..... how's Miss Vicki?

[Dom Heffner]

I was producing the talk show he was on- I shook his hand and I don't remember much else, other than I couldn't stop thinking that hey, that's Johnny Bench.

[redsfanmia]

I was producing the talk show he was on- I shook his hand and I don't remember much else, other than I couldn't stop thinking that hey, that's Johnny Bench.

My conversation was Hey kid what's your name, I told him Bobby and my longer hair must have made him think I was female because he spelled it Bobbie.

[reds1869]

I have a pretty decent collection of baseball autographs, my favorites being a Pete Rose baseball and a pretty hard to come by Ichiro autograph. I have quite a few entertainment related autographs as well. I don't usually ask in person but I have some autographs of pro athletes I grew up with.

[OldRightHander]

I have two that are still intact, Phil Keaggy and Joe Nuxhall.

[Roy Tucker]

I have two that are still intact, Phil Keaggy and Joe Nuxhall.

My older brother snuck me into a bar circa 1968 up at Kent State twice (I was like... 16). Once we saw the James Gang and the other time was Glass Harp.

I thought Phil Keaggy was the greatest guitar player I'd ever seen.

[OldRightHander]

My older brother snuck me into a bar circa 1968 up at Kent State twice (I was like... 16). Once we saw the James Gang and the other time was Glass Harp.

I thought Phil Keaggy was the greatest guitar player I'd ever seen.

I've seen him live 5 times, all in the 90s. One of those shows was at a church and I had a friend who attended that church. We hung around shooting the bull with him for about 45 minutes afterwards. He signed the liner for one of his CDs I had. The music's now on my iPod, but I haven't lost the CD or the case. The guy is phenomenal, acoustic or electric and his voice reminds me a lot of McCartney.

[cumberlandreds]

In 1976 I got George Foster,Ed Armbrister and Manny Sarmiento's autgraph at Riverfront. When I went through the gates an usher handed me a card if I wanted to get autographs and told me where to go to. I wnet and stood in line for a while and finally they came. I think everyone was surprised that Foster was there. We were all saying we get nothing but scrub players.
I also wrote to Johnny Bench and Roger Staubach and received autograph pictures back from those two. Also my brother got me one of those Reds highlight records from the 75 or 76 seasons back then. He bought it at some book store in the Cincy area. Marty and Joe were there that day autographing the records. So that made it neat to have. I remember covering it in plastic so the autographs wouldn't wear away.

[RichRed]

I'm not a collector but I do have a baseball autographed by Johnny Bench and one autographed by the immortal Steve "Rainbow" Trout.

Also, when I was a kid and rabid Redskins fan, I thought Joe Theismann was the greatest QB who ever lived (I know, I know). My dad went out and bought Theismann's book, "Quarterbacking," then stood in line at an appearance at a Va. Beach mall to get him to autograph it. He surprised my brother and me with it. Back then, I thought it was one of the coolest things my dad could've done, and I still think it's pretty cool.

[George Anderson]

In the early to mid 80's I used to send off post cards to baseball players home addesses and had them return it in a self addressed stamp envelope. Off the top of my head I got

Willie Mays
Hank Aaron
Ted Williams
Joe DiMaggio
Pee Wee Reese
Sadaharu Oh
Stan Coveleski
Leo Durocher
Monte Irvin
Burleigh Grimes
Preacher Roe
Mike Schmidt
George Brett
Phil Rizzuto
Joe Nuxhall
Joe Charboneau
Gary Carter
Ray Morehart--Last living member of 27' Yanks
Sparky Anderson
Steve Sax
Ron Cey
Steve Garvey
Craig Nettles
Carl Erskine
Hank Greenberg
Charlie Gehringer

Oh and a autograph phote from the actor that played Ernest T Bass on The Andy Griffith Show.

[WMR]

Honus Wagner