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Permalink Reply by CEE GEE on September 13, 2011 at 4:51am

It most certainly has....iam looking to part with it if your interested

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Permalink Reply by Dane on September 13, 2011 at 3:48pm

I appreciate the offer, but Gwynn is one of the easier autographs for me to come by. :) I was more concerned about when it changed. I was wondering if his corporate team told him that the signature would be more marketable with the solid G, as opposed to the weird squiggly thing that mine has. :D

 

Edit: Wow! I didn't realize the T had changed so drastically, too. Thanks for posting the image.

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Permalink Reply by CEE GEE on September 14, 2011 at 4:27am

I think that card is about 10 years old...been trying to sell it forever but know one bites...lol...i think he still signs in that fashion....oh well guess i will keep it for another 10

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on September 14, 2011 at 4:35am

That's a nice Tony Gwynn, Cee Gee. I believe that's his "2000 SPX" autograph. Classic Tony Gwynn, but for me I've always liked early autographs from athletes like Jeter, Mariano, etc.

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Permalink Reply by CEE GEE on September 14, 2011 at 5:10am

Yes Chris thanks...I myself as a Yankees fan are more into the early versions of our pinstriped hero's myself...but as this Gwyn goes I think that's about right....I have had this card for ages...I knew it was about 10 years old...11 years actually...that's when in my opinion was the real height of the auto card collecting industry when pulling an auto in a pack or box of cards was a really great experience with a real value...now the market is so flooded with authentic pulled cards that the market just really sux for these items especially game used cards....unless there a huge name in baseball there practically worthless...remember when you pulled one of those game used bat or jersey cards and they made your head spin....now there in every set of cards or box of cards and just ain't worth anything...this is a case were actual authentic items diluted its own industry...I remember paying ruffly $300 or $400 for a game used Babe Ruth bat card back in 2000 that now books $150 and then sold it for ruffly $80...what a kick in the balls...

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on September 14, 2011 at 5:22am

Cee Gee, you just wrote a mouthful. I haven't purchased product in years. The last time I bought a case of cards was back in 2003. Junk and saturation of the same product. I would rather chase the old stuff.

I still remember the first game-card I pulled. It was a Lou Brock autographed "Stadium Relic" card that came from a "2000 Topps Series 1" jumbo box. I remember when a Joe DiMaggio game-used bat card would sell for hundreds of dollars now you can buy one for under $50.00. Now don't get me wrong, I still think it is cool to own a bat card of Ruth, Gehrig, Mantle, DiMaggio, etc., but the market is flooded with them. I guess the flip side is that more collectors can own one.

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Permalink Reply by CEE GEE on September 14, 2011 at 6:01am

TRUE...TRUE...TRUE...since the value dropped so much on the game used I dumped them all only holding to about 2 or 3 cards...Since the market has been saturated with the newer cards I have been sticking to purchasing older cards myself from 1930-1960...at least even in beat to death condition there will always be a market and a value form them...I thought I would be able to put my kids through college with those game used cards...boy was I wrong...even though that not as expensive they are still neat items... my first game used card I pulled was a Reggie Jackson bat card from the Yankee Legends set in 2000

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Permalink Reply by Dane on September 14, 2011 at 12:24pm

Okay, so we're looking at Gwynn's signature changing sometime after 1988 (Star Co player sets that Gwynn signed have the old style signature) and before 1992 (Fleer Ultra had Gwynn autographs as inserts, I believe).

 

That makes me wonder if it's easier to sign the "G" in the new style if there's volume to sign. :D

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Permalink Reply by CEE GEE on September 15, 2011 at 5:48am

In many cases players autos change over time...towards the end of there career there autos seem to have much more flair and are much more nicer then when they come up in the bigs...I have seen it plenty of times...

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Permalink Reply by Dane on September 15, 2011 at 12:59pm

I definitely can attest to that one. I have a pair of Shane Mosley signed gloves from early in his career, and the "S" looks like how I was taught to write my "S" in primary school. More recent signatures look like a standard non-cursive "S" instead.

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