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Beginner Has basic questions!!
hi guys i am new to the hobby and just joined the website as well. i am strictly a sports autograph collector and dont really like spending too much money to actually get the autograph. i will spend money to get the product i want signed but im not big into the shows and all that. anyways i just got a few quick basic questions for the expierenced guys out there. so here we go!!
1. where can i get go to print up 8x10 and 16x20 photos that i might find on the internet. i have several photos i found online that i want to get signed by local players but my printer is terrible. i want to go to a place with a disc full of pics and pay to get them profesionally printed. i have tried walmart before but they called me 20 minutes later and said they couldnt print my pics because they were worried about copyright stuff. is there a website or has anyone had luck going to a certain chain retailer to get photos printed up??
2. how succesful is sending things to athletes?? should i send stuff to the team or should i check out the players own personal website first and see what they say?? i have contacted several nba teams about sending stuff to get autographed and they always reply back that they cannot get autographs only donate them for charity auctions etc. is it best to try to contact the player directly threw their personal website??
thats about it for right now. im sure i will run across a problem in the future and i will be coming back here for help. thank you guys for your help.
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Permalink Reply by Richard Viola on -
Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think you want to mess with trying to print out copyrighted photos unless you're doing so on your own printer. I tried to print through Walgreens last, and I was shut down immediately. If you're looking for cheap photos, there are plenty of them on ebay. If you're looking for great, unique, high-quality sports photos, check out replayphotos.com. Great photos of higher than average quality.
I haven't tried getting any sports items through the mail since the late 90's. Since I collected for fun then, I almost always sent sports cards and asked for a personalization. I'd say my sucess rate was about 60%. I got some pretty neat ones - Tom Landy, Peyton Manning (during his rookie year he still tryid to answer fan mail - took forever though!), Jim Taylor, Bill Parcells, Curt Shilling, Tony Gwynn, Randall Cunningham, Joe Greene, Jow Theisman, etc. I'd get an occasional stamp (Favre, Elway, etc.), facsimile signed photo (Steve Young, Aikman, Marino) and even an autopen (Boomer Esiason). But most appeared to be authentic.
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Permalink Reply by Pablo Abilez on
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Try FedEx Kinko's or look in the yellow pages for photo reproduction. Also try going to a local celebrity golf tournament to see if there are any current or retired NBA players golfing. They usually sign for free after they are done golfing. I got Jack Marin's autograph at the Cox Celebrity Championship Golf Tournament in Rancho Santa Fe, CA. If you don't mind spending the dough, go to www.americaniconautographs.com to see when they are having their next NBA signings.
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