Signing Game Used Items

[HawaiiSportsNut]

Re: Signing Game Used Items

Here's one that I had signed by Dane Sardinha a few years ago. I forgot to tell him to add "Game Used"

[dpmancuso]

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Hawaii Sports Nut, that is a fantastic idea, and I love the look of it. How did you creat those and/or what program did you use. Very clever!

[HawaiiSportsNut]

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Hawaii Sports Nut, that is a fantastic idea, and I love the look of it. How did you create those and/or what program did you use. Very clever!

I used Corel Paint Shop Pro X2. You can use other photo editing programs as well. I am just a self taught graphic artist, anyone with moderate skills can do it as well or even better. It's just a matter of working at it a lot. I still have lots to learn at this point.

With Paint Shop Pro, everything is done in raster or vector layers. It takes a lot of time to do the editing but the end can be very rewarding.

[dpmancuso]

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Just had Jake Arrieta sign and inscribe my game used jersey of his. Looks fantastic!

[helmets]

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I collect game used football helmets. I prefer them unsigned. I own quite a few that are signed, however I have never had one signed. Many of them I purchased with autographs. Guys trade helmets following the ProBowl and then scribble all over them for each other. Many of the autographs are faded, smudged, worn off, etc. In my opinion nothing looks worse than a game used helmet - especially one from the 60's, 70's, or 80's that survived until now - a piece of art and history - scribbled all over with an autograph. Riddell and Schutt offer collectible helmets to get signed, so if I am going to have something signed I will customize a helmet to represent what the player wore.

I like to display my helmets - out in the light, and all autographs will fade over time. They look nasty...IMO.

[BirdsOnBat]

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I collect game used football helmets. I prefer them unsigned. I own quite a few that are signed, however I have never had one signed. Many of them I purchased with autographs. Guys trade helmets following the ProBowl and then scribble all over them for each other. Many of the autographs are faded, smudged, worn off, etc. In my opinion nothing looks worse than a game used helmet - especially one from the 60's, 70's, or 80's that survived until now - a piece of art and history - scribbled all over with an autograph. Riddell and Schutt offer collectible helmets to get signed, so if I am going to have something signed I will customize a helmet to represent what the player wore.

I like to display my helmets - out in the light, and all autographs will fade over time. They look nasty...IMO.

I tend to agree. I don't really get the (somewhat) more recent trend of a chapter of War & Peace being written on every bat and jersey detailing all the particulars. That's what LOA's, MLB authentication program, etc are for. On some bats I can hardly see the bat.

[BirdsOnBat]

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That being said, everyone is different and that person that owns the item has the right to do whatever they like to it. I've always been more of a traditionalist in that I would prefer a game worn/used item to be as close as possible to how it was used on the field.

[twarman17]

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Just had Jake Arrieta sign and inscribe my game used jersey of his. Looks fantastic!

That looks great!

[Buccaneer Madden]

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I only have a couple game used items so far but I don't want them signed. I have passed on a few items (nothing super great) because they were signed. For some reason I just think it spoils the item.

[spartanservitto]

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I love when they are signed and inscribed- especially if it's documenting a home run or event. These are my Victor items - came out very cool