Once again, ~BOB~'s rooting through the cardrooms....and I found a connection with an old trader buddy of mine, O around the early 90's. I'm not a big AUTO guy myself, but I thought "what the heck", why not try. Surpriseingly it worked.
So, what is it? He put together pages and pages across the entire sports spectrum of Players that sign autos by request with addresses. Now of course they aren't officially certified unless a player writes you a note I guess. So, anyway, I had an old file where all these pages were saved, [now remember early '90s] and I still have them!
Basicly, if you are interested in a player's auto, simply compose a 1-page note [not too generic], Maybe, you saw him pitch a game in the minors, something like that, add a dupe card[s], a self addressed stamped envelope, address it, mail it, and WAIT. And 1-day your auto may arrive. I actually was able to get alot of PHILADELPHIA EAGLES from the '60s. Pretty cool, they are now on display in toploader frames in my football room. Just cost me cents on the dollar, and a little time.
You must remember, Big Stars are rare or may require payment, obviously they must be alive [although?], in this case - addresses are from '90s going back in time and may be outdated.
OK, I thought if anyone wanted to try it, PM me with a player or two you might be interested in, we can work something out and give it a "whirl". You can also email me at BOBSCARDZ@aol.com.
~BOB~