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LionsLaw > 01-13-2015, 09:45 PM
Some early names rolling for this show already. Seems to be a small collection of guys that have a connection (New HOF baseball pitchers, and steelers) so interesting to see the other names they bring in to this show and what the "theme" will be. Wondering who if anyone will come in off of the Super Bowl champs.
Names listed so far on the site:
Colin Kaepernick
Dr. J
Pedro Martinez
Randy Johnson
Antonio Brown <img src='http://forum.signingshotline.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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Dick Butkus
Hulk Hogan
Joe Greene
Love Antonio Brown and based on pricing will be going to get him along with, hopefully, some other current stars in the league! -
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LionsLaw > 01-14-2015, 10:25 PM
Joe Montana added for Friday. Looks like Friday will be a day set aside to pay homage to former Notre Dame players. The website states that there will be around 30 former Irish players in attendance, I wonder who will be there. -
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armydad101 > 01-15-2015, 10:33 AM
I saw that announcement as well. I would imagine many of the usual suspects will be there. Theisman, Ismail, Hornung, etc.
I would think Jerome Bettis has a good chance of being added, especially if he gets elected. Maybe they bring Manti Teo in as well. I seem to remember him doing well in Chantilly and I think he was brought in by them when they were still Mounted Memories.
Maybe Lou Holtz will make another appearance. -
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LionsLaw > 01-17-2015, 10:27 AM
Kris Haines at the moment is the only other Notre Dame player listed for that Friday, curious to see who else comes in that day. I agree with you armydad101 that Bettis would sell really well. They have also added for the show:
Brian Urlacher (Will do fantastic I would assume)
Carlton Fisk
Jim Rice
Luke Kuechly
Tony Dorsett
Tony Romo
Really hoping they bring in either Dez or Demarco to accompany Romo and Dorsett but we will have to wait and see.
Anybody really hoping they bring in someone? If so, who? -
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johnmcg1982 > 01-22-2015, 08:25 PM
I'm excited at the prospect of seeing a "new" Notre Dame list of players. Many of us collectors already have the core of the ND lineup. Aside from Haines, we already have the other 10 players. Would like to see some new blood- Steve Buerlein, Aaron Taylor, John Carlson, Harrison Smith, Reggie Ho. How about more players from the older years like Coley O'Brien, Nick Eddy, Bobby Gladieux
I'm also still shocked at the high prices for the new baseball HOF class. Randy Johnson $199 for a flat?? and another $79 for inscription?? Pedro is $250 for flat/inscr, even Smoltz and Biggio are $99 for flats and $39 for inscr.
That's crazy. That's over $700 for 4 players to sign flats- unreal and no, I'm not interested. I'd rather stop my baseball collection right now, than continue to pay this kind of $$ -
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LionsLaw > 01-26-2015, 10:49 PM
Seeing how they already have Romo booked for this show, I would love to see them bring in Dez and Demarco as well. Have a small current Cowboys lineup, that would be awesome! Would also love it if the Seahawks win this weekend and some big names from that team make it to the show. In particular I'm hoping for: Richard Sherman, Kam Chancellor, and Marshawn Lynch (although I doubt, based on interviews, that he would do a public show.) Can't wait to see who else is added to this show lineup. -
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johnmcg1982 > 01-28-2015, 06:52 AM
I love the additions of Ara, Ross Browner, Luther Bradley and Bob Crable to the Notre Dame list of players. Keep the new ND names coming. -
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LionsLaw > 02-16-2015, 09:55 PM
Going to be attending this show for the first time and have one question on authentication? Just wondering who authenticates autographs there and the cost? Thanks for insight you can provide! -
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LionsLaw > 02-21-2015, 12:50 PM
It appears that I can purchase authentication from Fanatics Authentic right as I have the player sign. My question is has anyone used them authenticate before? Do they also offer JSA at this show, or is my only option to use Fanatics? I'm looking for guidance here so if anyone has authenticated at this show before I would love to hear your experience! -
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massimo93 > 02-21-2015, 05:13 PM
Lions law- I'm not attending this show but have attended a previous Fanatics show. I've had them authenticate my items before and had a great experience with them. Usually it's as your leaving the autograph tables and around 10 dollars or so (not sure on this show). The staff I've encountered was always happy, professional and everything was applied and updated correctly. I always validate online a few weeks later. Before my last show I attended I sent them an email from their website and they provided me with a reply with the cost...maybe you could do the same for this show. The fanatics show I attended was much smaller than this Chicago show and JSA was not there or if they were it wasn't a show special price. Also, My worst experience of authenticators has always been JSA which seems to be the preferred CSA show authenticators. I have items from those shows that are not accurate when I look them up on their website (wrong or missing player etc) and extremely unresponsive when I've tried to follow up. I'm not concerned with resale so that doesn't play a factor for me. If I saw the two at a show for the same price I'd go straight to Fanatics over JSA based on my personal experiences. Just my 2 cents. Hopefully this helps. -
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LionsLaw > 02-22-2015, 09:21 PM
Masismo, thanks for the insight. I went ahead and purchased the authentication that Fanatics offers and I'm hoping my experience goes as well as yours have. Thanks for the helpful words! -
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riguy20 > 02-22-2015, 10:56 PM
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Lions law- I'm not attending this show but have attended a previous Fanatics show. I've had them authenticate my items before and had a great experience with them. Usually it's as your leaving the autograph tables and around 10 dollars or so (not sure on this show). The staff I've encountered was always happy, professional and everything was applied and updated correctly. I always validate online a few weeks later. Before my last show I attended I sent them an email from their website and they provided me with a reply with the cost...maybe you could do the same for this show. The fanatics show I attended was much smaller than this Chicago show and JSA was not there or if they were it wasn't a show special price. Also, My worst experience of authenticators has always been JSA which seems to be the preferred CSA show authenticators. I have items from those shows that are not accurate when I look them up on their website (wrong or missing player etc) and extremely unresponsive when I've tried to follow up. I'm not concerned with resale so that doesn't play a factor for me. If I saw the two at a show for the same price I'd go straight to Fanatics over JSA based on my personal experiences. Just my 2 cents. Hopefully this helps.
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I have had nothing but bad experiences with JSA. At a CSA show, I got 4 autographs on one helmet with inscriptions. They never added the inscriptions to the authentication. Called and nothing ever came of it.
Another time I bought a JSA authenticated photo from Steiner. 3 autographs, but when I got the photo and looked up the authentication, it only had one name. I called them, they asked me to take a picture of the photo and email it to them. Later that day, I was told via email they added the other names. When I asked them how they could authenticate in that manner, I never got a response.
And finally, mailed a helmet to CSA back in April. Added a post-it to the helmet that asked for both the CSA and JSA authentications to be placed on the inside of the helemt (always my preference). Helmet came back with the CSA sticker on the inside and the JSA sticker......underneath the post-it. A note came with my helmet from CSA apologizing for the "JSA employee who cant read". JSA office is 15 minutes from my house. After coming up with every scenario that didnt include them being at fault, they wouldnt add a replacement sticker to the helmet. I was told "one authentication for one item".
Contrast this with my experience with Tristar. They didnt add their Tristar sticker to the inside of my helmet. I called, and they told me to mail the helemt back in. Not only did they place a new sticker on the inside of the helmet, but they paid for the shipping.
Getting JSA to authenticate is not neccessary. Go with the show authentications or PSA. -
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LionsLaw > 03-21-2015, 06:24 PM
Absolutely awesome first day for myself at the show! This was my first time ever going to a large show such as this and I was absolutely blown away with all the vendors as well as how the Fanatics staff handled the autograph area. Here are my reactions from Saturday at the Fanatics show:
1. The vendors are awesome! I saw something for everyone at this show. There was loads and loads of cards both sealed and singles. I was impressed with the amount of cards at the show and the competitive prices. Cards aren't my strong area of collecting as I tend to lean more towards memorabilia, but I was impressed with a lot of the cards that were at the show. There was lots of awesome newer singles (what I collect) and there appeared to be enough vintage to appease anyone who buys in those eras.
2. The custom dealers - There was two guys in particular that I am speaking about here. The first was Inklusive sports, a company that deals with custom full sized helmets. These helmets looked absolutely awesome! The large majority of them were painted matte black and then with the normal team decal on the side. I didn't get a chance to converse with the dealer but the work he had done was definitely impressive! The other was Sports Art Illustrated. These two guys had some awesome original artwork and although it was pricey you definitely pay for the quality. They were working on a Peyton Manning piece today that looked amazing! I was floored by both of these companies and even without buying anything from either, I would totally recommend their work.
3. The memorabilia was amazing! There was so many memorabilia dealers there with anything from jerseys, to photos, to helmets. I was quite surprised with the prices as I found them all to be very competitive and more than once I checked Ebay and found the prices at the show to be lower than what was available on Ebay. I was able to walk away with a 16x20 photo matted and framed of Odell Beckham's "catch" for 140. Checked Ebay and the cheapest one on there of the same item was 200. The memorabilia dealers all seemed willing to deal and move whatever it was that they were selling.
4. The autograph area was run really well and seemed to be buzzing today. Urlacher to me drew really well. I would estimate he was somewhere around 200 tickets. I got Ozzie Smith today and he had a good amount of people as well. Dr. J had a huge line that seemed as if it was never going to end. I left before the 2 most recent Heisman winners signed but as I was walking the show during the day, I saw a ton! of people with stuff for either guy. There was a larger number of Mariota people walking around the show than Winston but don't know if that was the actual case.
All in all it was a great first day for myself at the show. I will be headed back tomorrow for Sammy Watkins, and Antonio Brown. Would love to hear from anyone else who went and your thoughts as well. -
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Bozman26 > 03-22-2015, 02:10 PM
I've seen Inklusive's stuff at other shows. i agree they are awesome. i'm thinking of of using them for a custom Colts piece -
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Digger > 03-24-2015, 01:24 AM
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I've seen Inklusive's stuff at other shows. i agree they are awesome. i'm thinking of of using them for a custom Colts piece
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Do they have a website???..like to have done a custom Fearsome Foursome piece. -
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LionsLaw > 03-24-2015, 02:29 PM
Digger,
I picked up one of their cards at the show that had all of their information. They do have a webstie: inklusivesports.com
They are also on Facebook and Ebay.
Hope this helps you in your quest! -
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armydad101 > 03-25-2015, 08:35 AM
I have seen a bunch of pictures from this show on Facebook and Twitter. It looked great!