do players autographs usually change over time?

[mattyj]

Was scanning some of my cards today and just noticed that Bob Lanier's signature has changed quite a lot.. Is this normal? Do most players autos change over the years?

This is
1999 Upper Deck Century Legends Epic Signatures #BL Bob Lanier

And this is 11 years later quite a bit different
2010-11 Ultimate Collection Signatures #SBL Bob Lanier/99

 

[Quicksilver]

They certainly do change. Can depend on age/signing space/how arsed they feel on the day. I know with Ray Allens it has evolved between 1996 and now.

 

[taffster74]

Jalen Rose's signature has become more compact - still neat as (damn neat left-handed writers lol), but definitely more compact.

 

[Matt26]

They certainly do... take Steve Nash for example..

Rookie year...

in 04/05 when he started signing again...

Then it got a bit lazy...

then this more recently...

With the amount of stuff they sign....no doubt they will always look for a way to shorten their signature.

Another example is Anthony Davis.....

To recent releases....

Cheers
Matt

 

[mattyj]

haha anthony davis's autograph didnt take long to go down hill!

 

[Sublime]

Signing autos would be exciting when you first become famous. It would get old real quick once you start doing signing sessions of hundreds at a time!

 

[WhiteyTheCelticsFan]

LeBron James:

Rookie year had alot of differences!

Later became this:

And now is this:

*NONE OF THESE CARDS ARE MINE AND NO COPYRIGHT IS INTENDED*

 

[Matt26]

Signing autos would be exciting when you first become famous. It would get old real quick once you start doing signing sessions of hundreds at a time!

As an FYI, Andrew Bogut signed in excess of 10,000 autos for cards in his rookie year.

 

[Sublime]

As an FYI, Andrew Bogut signed in excess of 10,000 autos for cards in his rookie year.

Signing official documents where you have to sign in 4 or 5 places is annoying enough for me!

Can't begin to imagine the tedium involved to sign so many.

 

[Verse1]

Signing official documents where you have to sign in 4 or 5 places is annoying enough for me!

Can't begin to imagine the tedium involved to sign so many.

Thing is you're not getting paid $10-50 each time you do it. I'd be happy to sit down and do my Sig all day for $20 a piece



DJ Augustin's Sig changed for the better. He started off signing like this:




Then went to this:

 

[ozballer23]

kobe has 4 times

Rookie year (1996)



Signed with jersey number



Signed later without



Current auto

 

[xavierty]

kobe has 4 times

Rookie year (1996)



Signed with jersey number



Signed later without



Current auto

i like kobes auto better now than he fist stared to sign

 

[ozballer23]

another version of Lebron's

 

[Ersk]

Chris Paul changed his during his rc year as well.

 

[Awoj21]

Age changes an auto for sure
I hope this dude changes his! Hideous auto

 

[mattyj]

doron lamb looks like a kids autograph

 

[Ersk]

Here are the CP3s I was talking about...



vs







Ersk

 

[bjho852]

I don't have the pictures, but search the Kevin Garnett autographs and you will see the difference between his early pre-UD ones (including but not limited to Autographics), his early-UD ones, and his later-UD ones.

As for Kobe, his current autograph is actually also his pre-NBA/NBA rookie one. It's just that he signs it sloppier now at times.