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This is usually a fairly quiet week as far as signings go. We don't normally have public appearances as most schools are off (people go on vacation) and it is somewhat of an in-between period (a week or so away from baseball and at the tail end of the hockey regular season). Having said that, we have a ton of activity occurring right now on this very site. We are mere days away from the Final Four and definitely have all bases covered when it comes to college hoops. Search around the rest of this site for cool Magic Johnson Michigan State pieces (back, again, in the Final Four), stellar Syracuse collectibles and amazing North Carolina memorabilia from last year's championship run.

Aside from that we also some sick auction lots closing soon. I have spent a lot of time securing the most unique items on the market for these weekly lots and am really proud to see some of this getting play on the site. Personally I love the Mariano Rivera outfield wall panel, double turnstiles as well as some out of control game used items from Giants Stadium. During last week's Lawrence Taylor signing I was able to get LT to autograph a handful of stadium artifacts. These one of a kind collectibles are a can't miss investment and/or a great addition to someone's memorabilia room/collection.

With all that in mind- next week is sure to be a monster. We have signings with Jake LaMotta, Gerry Cooney, Yogi Berra and Ivan Rodriguez. Over and above those four I am quite certain there will be a few surprises so keep checking back in and following me on twitter.

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So it has been quite some time since my last post.  I have been pretty busy running around expediting signings (as you all know from my twitter updates).  Since my last blog we had private signings with both Henrik Lundqvist and Yogi Berra as well as a monster with Giants legend Lawrence Taylor.  Last Saturday was the signing with LT and it made for an unbelievable day.  We started here (at our warehouse) early in the morning where Lawrence signed Giants Stadium seatbacks, signs and other stellar items.  These Giants seatback projects are really starting to come together and we are incredibly excited to go out with these.  After a solid ninety minutes of signing LT and I headed over to Last Licks Rye where there was a huge line awaiting him.  Taylor, as always, did not disappoint.  I have gotten nothing but positive feedback from customers as Lawrence kibitzed (yes- I am going to try to incorporate more Yiddish in the blog... kibitz- to chat; converse..) with everyone on line.  He took photos with all (including several babies) and made alot of people's weekends... overall an awesome event!
Even though we are on the verge of baseball season the Giants theme should be prevailing on this page over the next few months.  Aside from offering an impressive array of signage and individually signed stadium seatbacks we have started five (yes 5!) multi-signed projects.  Having said that... tomorrow another Giants legend will be signing at our office.  The one and only Tiki Barber will be coming up to sign seatbacks (and some other choice items)... so be on the lookout for a new post , as well as Twitter updates.
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    Despite the horrific weather this weekend's signings went off without a hitch.  Friday night, as the rain and wind started to pick up, I headed to the Steiner Store for an evening appearance with Islanders Alternate Captain Kyle Okposo.  While it has been quite some time since the Isles' golden age of the early '80s the fanbase remains loyal and ranks as one of the more rabid in the NHL.  This was never more evident than Friday night where fans came out in droves to meet the young star.  Kyle, who was as nice as can be and extremely easy to work with, took photos with everyone.  It was also great to see that the majority of the crowd were kids.  Overall it was a successful event and we are already looking forward to doing more with Kyle in the future. 
    That brings us to Saturday where we had two Westchester baseball appearances.  Thankfully, even with the cold rain and wind, all our signers travel was unaffected and everything started on time.  In Armonk we had Hall of Famer Bob Feller signing.  While I was not at that one I had heard it was a good one and it gave us an opportunity to re-up on some of our staple Feller pieces (MLB baseballs, Hall of Fame inscription baseballs and gloves).  Instead of going to Feller I was at Last Licks Rye with Frtiz Peterson, Bucky Dent, and Sparky Lyle.  The weather was abysmal but there was still a decent crowd on hand (it was so windy that one point the door opened and the wind knocked several frames off the wall).  As you know from my past postings , Bucky and Sparky are two of my favorites.  I have been working with them forever and both are always a blast to hang with.  Fritz was great too.  His whole story is extremely interesting.  Aside from the family swap (a movie is actually in the works right now about it) the guy had quite a career.  He owns the distiction of having the lowest ERA in old Yankee Stadium history.  Not only did we get all of our staple pieces from Bucky and Sparky but were also able to get some inscription balls from Fritz notating that achievement.
That brings us to this week which will undoubtably be a good one.  We have a private signing with Henrik Lundqvist plus appearance with the great Lawrence Taylor as well as Devils star Travis Zajac.  Be on the look for updates both on here and on twitter (where I am going to post some photos from this past weekend).
Enjoy the day and stay dry!
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In my last post I touched a little upon our Meadowlands demolition project. Just like with the old Yankee Stadium we are handling the sales of practically everything from Giants Stadium. Over the past two weeks I seen a plethora of awesome signage as well as monster loads of seatbacks and turf arrive at our warehouse. At last weekend's Giants Supershow we began several different seatback projects including five signature pieces commemorating the three Super Bowl wins. Also, just like with the Yankees, we have started a Giants Greats seatback which will wind up with well over twenty signatures by the time the project reaches completion. The possibilities are endless with this product (we haven't even really scratched the surface as far as the Jets are concerned) so we are as excited as can be over this endeavor. As was the case with the Yankees last season we will be having quite a few small public appearances with Giants and Jets this spring and summer.. starting with the great Lawrence Taylor at Last Licks Rye on March 20th. Having said that, I actually have many more Giants Stadium memories than I did The House that Ruth Built (easy for a Mets fan to say that- granted I have more than my share of new Yankee Stadium memories from last year's travels). Let's see: I remember seeing McCartney there in '92, well over 20 Springsteen shows there (including a nice 8 out of 10 run back on the Rising tour- a wedding in Jacksonville ruined a perfect score there..), the divisional playoff win over the Eagles in '01 (Dixon's 97 yard return and Sehorn's interception!), the 41-0 NFC championship victory over the Vikings in 2001, the Super Bowl XLII season (which culminated in quiet an offseason for me working with the Giants- that whole playoff run was exciting as I recall key autograph signings before and after the Green Bay game and then, of course, the team signing), and, last but not least, a few Dead shows both live in person and in the archives (6/17/91 being one of my all time favorite tapes- absolutely wore it out in college). Just like last season with the Yankees I would love to hear some of your favorite Giants Stadium memories- definitely go ahead and post on the comment part of this page.


Anyway (having said that and keeping with the football theme) I mentioned yesterday that we have Dick Butkus appearing at the Steiner Store this Saturday from 12-2. It will undoubtedly be a great one.. Hope to see you there!



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First of all I can't believe its March already... time really does fly. It seems like only yesterday that I was buried amidst a sea of seatbacks and right in the middle of one of the biggest team signings projects ever. Now it's already almost Spring of a New Year (and decade) and I am still buried in seatbacks (only this time they are bigger and red- Meadowlands). We are extremely excited about the upcoming baseball season and a few other endeavors we are working on. I am really proud of last weekend's Giants show. We have gotten nothing but thank you emails and positive feedback and I am already looking forward to May's Gold Glove show. There are a ton of awesome signings and appearances coming up so the blog should be pretty busy for the foreseeable future. This Saturday at the Steiner Sport Store we have Dick Butkus signing from 12:00-2:00. This is the first time Butkus has signed at the mall so it should be quite an event. Then next week things will really start taking off with Kyle Okposo, Marion Gaborik and Bob Feller (just to name a few) signing. Then, chances are, my travels will take me to Tampa for spring training (plus appearance by Golden Tate and Lawrence Taylor- all in March). While I haven't been updating this forum daily (yet- once we kick into overdrive in about a week from now there will be a lot more to talk about) I have been tweeting like crazy (almost as much as Snooki)... so be sure to check me out there.


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