I have no signings today so this morning I had an opportunity to walk through our warehouse and revisit some of the pieces I have gotten signed in the past. With that in mind I came up with my top 5 items that we have. Here you go:

5)2005 Chicago White Sox team signed baseball. The White Sox team signing was one of my favorite experiences in this business. I landed in Chicago the morning after they had won the championship ready to roll with photos, bats and balls. The amazing part of the story is that the White Sox hadn't even left Houston at that point. Also, Jose Contreras is one of my favorite athletes. The guy is awesome It is always exciting being in a city after a team wins it all. There is nothing like it. (Can't wait for October in Queens)

4)Tom Seaver 1973 Locker Room Celebration 16x20 - I love this photo...in fact I found this photo. It is such a cool image that shows the basement of Shea Stadium. Seaver had an incredible year in 73 and inscribed each photo "'73 CY, '73 NL Champs".
For some reason (I think) fans love the teams that almost win it in the face of adeversity more than the teams that do. The 2001 Yankees are as beloved as any of the four championship teams. I have always been a bigger fan of the 1999 Mets team, which lost in the NLCS, than the 2000 NL champ team. That leads me into #3

3)Edgardo Alfonso MLB baseball - Fonzy is back. The Mets just signed him to a minor league deal and it is only a matter of time before Edgardo is back at Shea. Alfonso is one of my favorite Mets ever and I am so pumped to have him back in blue and orange. He was the cornerstone of the best infield ever and put up ridiculous numbers for 8 seasons as a Met. I can definitely see him being huge down the stretch for us.

2)Larry Bird I/O Basketball - Bird was the first big signing I had ever done. I have done a ton of signing with Larry since the first but that will always be memorable. The signing was in Naples (a long time ago). We did over 200 basketballs that day. Unsigned basketballs come in a cardboard box that surrounds the ball. The balls are flipped inside the box to the side where the player signs it. After they are done signing each basketball (in the box) is individually bagged. That is done so there is no smudging. Being that it was my first big signing I took each basketball out of the cardboard boxes (big mistake). There were 200 plus balls bouncing around the room. Larry thought it was hysterical. We got through the signing and I was up all night putting the balls back in the cardboard and bagging them. It was quite an experience. Its incredible how many signings I have done and how many places I have been since then.

1)Kiss Group Pose Fire Background 16x20 - The Kiss signing still stands as my all time favorite signing experience. Nothing will ever compare to hanging out in the Kiss warehouse with Gene Simmons listening to rock and roll. I love all the Kiss images but this happens to be the one I have hanging in my apartment personalized by each guy. Paul Stanley wrote "To Eric, Keep Rockin'!. How awesome is that?


So there are my top 5 pieces that we have in our inventory. I would love to hear some of your favorites and why they are so special to you. Keep emailing me and check back. There will undoubtably be a few suprises in the days to come.