Time for an update…
Pitcher Bob Allen, back in 2013, was shocking through-the-mail collectors by demanding $100 per autograph.
What about today?
One hobbyist on the always-cool www.sportscollectors.net reported that Allen wants $500 per autograph.
If anyone gets a response from Allen that includes WHY anyone should pay $500 for his autograph, I’d love to know.
I have a question. Do you have any idea why former KC & Oakland Athletic, Tommie Reynolds, does not respond by mail? I’ve written him two cordial & complimentary letters over the past two years and never heard from him. Of course I included a SASE. His story is told in a great book, “Southern League,” by former ML pitcher, Larry Colton (he responds. Just curious. Jim