"Is Sports Memorabilia worth it$%:"
We hear that question a lot and the answer is yes, if it meets the following conditions:
1. Make sure your sports memorabilia has authentic autographs. Authentic autographs are hard to find and athletes charge a lot to sign these days. Don't be fooled by fakes. Search the Internet and educate yourself on autographs just as you would educate yourself on any investment
2. Buy sports memorabilia from reliable dealers. Try to look for people who carry the big name dealers like Steiner Sports, Upper Deck, and others. Autographed sports memorabilia is hard to get so if you see a no-name vendor with every athlete in the book, be wary (especially if he is printing Certificates of Authenticity on his home computer).
3. Search for the seller you are buying from on Google, put their eBay name into Google, company name etc. Sometimes you will find negative information that will save you tons of money when buying sports memorabilia.
4. Sports Memorabilia, especially signed sports memorabilia, should always come with proper documentation and holograms. Many of the big name athletes have their own hologram or authentication process like Joe Montana, Muhammad Ali,
Proper research is vital when purchasing sports memorabilia. Like we mentioned earlier, with the Google technology, you can easily to a search on the seller you are looking at and you might get some info that could save you a lot of time and money.
Remember, most authentic autographs come from autograph shows or private signings where the athlete is paid per autograph to sign.