do players autographs usually change over time?

mattyj

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• Oct 19, 2013

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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

 

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• Oct 19, 2013

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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.

 

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• Oct 20, 2013

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

 

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• Oct 20, 2013

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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....




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mattyj

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• Oct 20, 2013

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

 

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• Oct 20, 2013

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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!

 

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• Oct 20, 2013

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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*

 

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• Oct 20, 2013

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Sublime said:

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!

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

 

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• Oct 20, 2013

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Matt26 said:

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

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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.

 

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• Oct 20, 2013

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Sublime said:

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.

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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

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• Oct 20, 2013

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kobe has 4 times

Rookie year (1996)



Signed with jersey number

Signed later without

Current auto

 

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• Oct 20, 2013

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ozballer23 said:

kobe has 4 times

Rookie year (1996)



Signed with jersey number

Signed later without

Current auto

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

 

ozballer23

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• Oct 20, 2013

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another version of Lebron's

 

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• Oct 20, 2013

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Chris Paul changed his during his rc year as well.

 

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• Oct 20, 2013

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

 

mattyj

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• Oct 20, 2013

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doron lamb looks like a kids autograph

 

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• Oct 20, 2013

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Here are the CP3s I was talking about...



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• Oct 22, 2013

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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.

 

Last edited: Oct 22, 2013