Collecting Authentic Autographed Sports Memorabilia & Sports Collectibles

Collecting authentic autographed sports memorabilia and sports collectibles has exploded in recent years into a $2 billion industry.

With what largely started from tobacco cards and evolved into baseball cards, and an increasing interest and value of pro sports memorabilia, you can now collect all kinds of items and sports collectibles.

I started collecting from the time I first went to baseball games as a kid, and would chase the foul balls in hopes of getting a souvenir.

And a player giving me a game-used broken baseball bat? Home run (pun intended)!

Are you a baseball fan? Signed baseballs are a staple to baseball collectors, and are a great way to start building your authentic autographed sports memorabilia collection.

The Internet has helped contribute to this growth bringing collectors and dealers together on autograph sites, and sports memorabilia auction sites such as eBay.

Websites like eBay have brought millions of products to our keyboards with astounding ease. Items that you would only find at a sports memorabilia auction that occurred perhaps once a year are available to you 24/7.

One downside to the tremendous growth in the authentic autographed sports memorabilia business is the reluctance of athletes to sign certain items for free anymore.

Jerseys, baseballs baseball bats, helmets, and equipment are becoming very tough to get signed, especially from an "A" list athlete.

Lucrative exclusive signing deals with sports memorabilia business manufacturers also may stipulate what, and how many, of an item a player can sign at a given event.

For example, good luck getting Tiger Woods to sign anything with his picture on it in Sunday red.

I personally have bought authentic autographed sports memorabilia directly from athletes such as Chipper Jones and Nolan Ryan. Both gentlemen donate the proceeds to their foundations, and I know it's real. The prices are also reasonable compared to other sources. Links to theirs and other autograph sites here.

Authentic autographed sports memorabilia is a great way to add variety to your autograph collection

One of the reasons I like collecting memorabilia is that with the exception of signed jerseys, they are relatively easy to display, and take up less space.

You can save money by opting for replica versions of jerseys, signed NFL football helmets, etc. instead of the authentic models the pros wear. The replica's are virtually identical, and can be found for half the cost or less.

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