Back in 1997 I went to one of my very first card shops and discovered a brand new product that had just been released. It was called 1997 Upper Deck Legends football cards. The owner of the shop said that there were four autographs per box. I could see that the box was quite full so I decided to pick up a few packs. Little did I know that 1997 Upper Deck Legends would go on to be one of the most popular sets for collectors to build. After leaving the store, I couldn't wait until I got home to rip them open. In the car I remember ripping into them like I was a starving person on a desert island and I had just found a candybar. I couldn't believe what I pulled out of the very first pack. In my hands was a Lem Barney autographed card. I was so happy that I pulled an autograph from just a pack. After receiving that first "hit", I became hooked on that product. I opened many more packs of Legends and received a lot of autographs. This leaves me with one question to ask. Do you remember the first autographed card you pulled from a single pack? If so, please let us know. It is always interesting to hear about a collector's first autograph pull.
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October 6th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
I’ve always had terrible luck getting “hits” from packs. The first autograph I ever pulled was a Ken Huckaby card from some random pack in one of those 10 packs for $10 repacks Toys R Us likes to sell. It was neat to get an autograph, but I have to admit - my initial reaction was “Ken who?”
The only other autos I’ve pulled were some equally forgettable guys from the Topps 52 Rookies set last year.
October 7th, 2008 at 12:39 am
Jack Youngblood 99 Upper Deck Century Legends, and I still have it. Back to the 1997 UD Legends let me tell you there is no set like that, I have the base set and I never get tired to look at it, terrific pics, good info, awesome players, no other “Legends” set has been even close to this. Unfortunately I don’t have any auto from this set, maybe in the future…
October 7th, 2008 at 11:14 am
I had just gotten back into the hobby and loved the look of the 2006 Topps Turkey Red. The first autograph I pulled was a redemption for a Ryan Howard, the second was Johan Santana. Since then I have not been so lucky and have only pulled mediocre autos.
October 7th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
Just like zips, the first autographed card pull that I had was when I returned to the hobby in 2006. I was busting a box of 1997 Bowman Baseball and pulled a Derek Jeter Autograph! The odds of pulling an autograph from 1997 Bowman were something like 1 in 1700 packs. I have had some good - even great - pulls since then, but none have been quite as exciting.