Last week myself and Robert V. headed down to Jupiter Florida for a very special signing. This was to be my first autograph session with the legendary Sandy Koufax. As I said in the last post Koufax is one of the few heroes that I have (Koufax, Magic, Marley, Jerry, Dylan... those are probably my fave five). Anyway, I went into this one cautiously excited to meet the icon. You never know if one of these guys will live up to your expectations and, even if they are nice, you could always catch them on an off day. With all that in mind we began setting up the night before the signing. The next day Sandy popped in right on time (9:30 AM). I was happy to see from the get-go that he was awesome. He was extremely personable and we even got to talk a little baseball and basketball over the course of the session (most people don't know but Sandy was a strong basketball player who very well could have played in the NBA). Thanks to the help of Robert basically everything was ready to ship by the time the signing was complete. Everyone has no idea how much of an assist that is as you have all read about my three to four hour horror show pack-ups...thanks Rich. With all that done we were thankfully able to fly back late that night and were ready to roll bright and early Friday at the office. Aside from some good conversation I was able to walk away from the signing with some ridiculously strong product. When building a robust product line around any baseball player (let alone arguably the greatest pitcher of all time... at least over any six season span) the key piece is simply a baseball. Sandy autographed a handful of MLB baseballs and even inscribed a few. These special inscription balls are as rare as can be..very strong. Aside from the balls Sandy also signed Dodgers pitching rubbers (which came out unbelievable), jerseys and some amazing photos (including the classic four ball image and the no-hitter vs. Mets scoreboard shot!). We are beyond excited about our relationship with Koufax as they guy is a must-have for any collector. There is minimal stuff out there so I do recommend (which, as you know, I rarely do) picking up a piece or two...or three.
Check back later for a recap of this past weekends festivities.