Earlier today we had a customer event at our office. All of our wholesale clients were invited to check out our operation, do some shopping, have dinner and get to meet a few New York sports legends. This first to arrive was Clark Gillies. He came up this morning to finish off an exquisite project that we have been working on. A few months ago we discovered an incredible image of Gillies, Bryan Trottier and Mike Bossy. We did so great with the photo the first time around that we decided to re-up and continue the edition. Bossy and Trottier each signed the 16x20 photo a few weeks ago so, with Gillies adding his name today, now they are finally complete. After Clark left we finished setting up for John Starks, Walt Frazier and LT. John arrived at about 4:15. It took him no time to knock out the photos and basketballs. With him coming up it gave us a great opportunity to get some more of that classic dunk photo signed. The dunk is , by far, one of the biggest moments of semi-recent Knicks history. John even inscribed a few with "The Dunk" and dated them- very strong! After Starks finished signing he went across the hall and mingled with our customers. They all seemed thrilled to meet the man who dunked over Bill Cartwright. About halfway through the signing Lawrence Taylor arrived. He sat at the other end of the table and banged through his product quickly. Lawrence has been around a while and has become one of the fastest signers. Not only did LT sign equipment items but we were also able to find a few awesome new images. Clyde Frazier arrived at about 6:15. Clyde, as I have said in the past, is one of (if not the) nicest and most genuine sports figures any of us have ever encountered. He is still extremely passionate about the game and talked Knicks basketball with a few of our interns for close to thirty minutes. Clyde swooped and hooped his way through our office signing basketballs, photos and Knicks hats. Frazier even signed a limited number of balls with a few of those classic Clyde quotes. After completing the signing I walked Walt across the hall to eat and hang out with some of our customers. He was unbelievable with them as he took photos with practically everyone. Overall it was a great event and an incredibly strong day.
Tomorrow I am off to Los Angeles where I will be conducting our first signing with Steiner Sports' newest exclusive Tony Parker. Check back for updates from the west coast.