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Originally posted by catskilleagle:


I didn't know there was a Topps International Trading card Day in August.

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Originally posted by Raven:
Just got my copy in the mail today.

Included Ultraman NSU Promo 6 and Drive-In Double Feature P8.

Looks like a good article on Americana cards and Cracknell did "Top 10 Discount Autographs of Expensive Stars". I have six out of the ten, so not bad, but "discount" isn't the word I would have chosen. Especially since a few are not cheap and #1 is over $1,000. I like "off-brand" or "off-title" better, to mean not in the "best" character.

Like Nimoy's autograph card in Outer Limits is considered secondary to one from Star Trek. Yet it might also be harder to find since he signed in multiple Star Trek products over the years and Outer Limits has the one. The Tennant I picked up this year and that was cheap because it was a voice character, but still Star Wars and so what? Maybe it should have been called "Top 10 Smart Autographs of Expensive Stars".

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Originally posted by Raven:
I liked your article. I like your top 10 lists in general, as I have said before. "Off-Brand" or "Off-Title was my way of saying it's not the main character or title for that specific signer. There was no insult intended whatsoever and all cards mentioned were in licensed product, so obviously no issue there either.

As to suggesting inferiority, I said they were smart choices. I said I have six of them myself. So that is actually the opposite of being inferior cards, isn't it? It was an endorsement for buying the "off-title" cards, as I always look to do myself.

As for word definitions, discount means something came down in price. These cards all have their own prices, they have not come down, some may well go up with more demand after people read your article.

But they are cheaper than the same signers on autograph cards belonging to the more desired titles. They are not cheap, but better bargains than the same autographs on more expensive cards. Ford's Enders Game autograph isn't discounted from his Star Wars cards, it's cheaper, even while being expensive in its own right. Get it?

I think that was the whole point of your list and I agree with your choices as much as any others that could have been selected. Hope that explains my post better, which was a compliment that seems to have fallen flat over a word.