A post a couple weeks ago, cards as I see them showed off all of his signed autographed cards from the 1978 Topps set. He has a whole bunch -- more than 500 of them -- which is terribly impressive.
That inspired me to see how many autographs I own from the 1975 Topps set, as like gcrl's 1978 Topps set, it is the one that kicked off my collecting journey.
I knew that it would be far, far less than 500. My collection pursuit has never been about autographs. It's been a side-dabbling at best, mostly restricted to my early blog days. But I figured that if there was one set that would yield the most autographed cards, it would be 1975.
Maybe I'd have 10 cards from 1975 signed, I guessed. Maybe a little less than that. Eight? Seven?
Try five.
Ooof.
But they're all impressive in their own right. That Bill Buckner doubles as an entry in my '75 buyback collection.
So, yeah, word scribbles aren't exactly my thing. But which set does have the most signatures in my collection?
It's a set with just one more card signed.
1981 Fleer always looks good signed. It's a minimal design, the card stock is solid and there's no facsimile auto on the image. There have been times when I thought it might be a good idea to try to get all of the Dodgers from this set signed.
But I'll probably never do that. It's best left to collectors who are more dedicated.
Here's another 1981 Fleer-adjacent signed Dodger.
Here are the set leaders with the most autographs in the collection:
1. 1981 Fleer - 6
2. 1975 Topps - 5
3. 1976 Topps - 5
4. 1981 Topps - 5
5. 1987 Topps - 5
6. 1987 Fleer - 5
7. 1977 Topps - 4
8. 1980 Topps - 4
9. 1979 Topps - 3
10. 1986 Topps - 3
10. 1987 Donruss - 3
10. 1988 Score - 3
10. 1989 Topps - 3
That's for Dodgers and non-Dodgers.
All of my Dodgers autographed cards reside in their own binder, which I've written about before. For someone who doesn't seek out autographed cards, I do own a lot of them. And, as of today, they are all moving to a larger binder. They've been in the same 1.5-inch binder for years and it's time for them to graduate!
Happy Moving Up Day!
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