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Permalink Reply by Dan on June 23, 2021 at 8:59am

I agree 100%, it's a questionable marketing trick that no artist should accept if they value and respect their fans. It can only lead to disappointment for some. I've seen it often enough, and almost always passed. 

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Permalink Reply by ShadyBootlegger on June 23, 2021 at 12:15pm

It’s not the same but it’s near the same wish they were signed :( 

Luke combs country artist sold a set of 3 posters on his site 

first 100 were numbered limited edition think is was $50 maybe for the set of 3 so I took a gamble and I got number 007/100

so sometimes it works out good that’s the only time I have risked it I guess it depends when it drops live and when u are there the quicker the better I came across it by accident just doing my daily checks of artists stores I collect and there it was 

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Permalink Reply by crazyrabbits23 on June 23, 2021 at 11:03pm

I can tell I'm going to enjoy this.

1) ...when I see books with signature(s) that have been obviously (and obnoxiously) cut out of it, so that someone can slab it and throw it up on EBay with a massive markup. Rare as it may be, it still sucks to see that -- at least take the whole page out instead of pretending like someone's going to care if you cut out the umpteenth Ken Dryden auto and hiked the price up to $500+.

2) ...when resellers buy multiple copies of a (signed) book that can still be bought for MSRP, then try to hawk it online like it's some rare 1/1 piece.

3) ...when I look at the current state of the card collecting industry -- teenagers carrying around tens of thousands of dollars in slabbed cards (signed or otherwise) in cheap backpacks or carry-on luggage. And you wonder why the market has softened (the extreme demand on card graders like PSA notwithstanding).

4) Sellers at garage sales, stores et al. who find second hand signed items, mark them up at outrageous prices then try to justify it by saying, "That's what they sell for on EBay." Yeah, and all those items aren't selling because you didn't check the Completed/Sold listings.

5) ...artists act deliberately cagey with their fanbase in an attempt to hawk stamped/autopenned items, then plead ignorance when they get caught out on it.

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