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HOF Sports
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Maintained by:
hof-sport ( 4693 )     
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We specialize in 8x10 autographed photos of Hall-of-Fame baseball, football, basketball and hockey players. Most autographs are certified by PSA/DNA, GAI, JSA, Tri-Star, Mounted Memories, or Steiner Sports. All autographs are 100% guaranteed authentic for life.
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Welcome to HOF Sports ...




Bill Havel

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At HOF Sports, we specialize in pre-certified 8x10
autographed photos of Hall-of-Fame players. We buy from our network of reputable dealers, at
auctions and at in-person signings.

Because of the rampant autograph fraud that has plagued our industry, we have decided to
specialize in pre-certified items. Most of our items are certified by leading authenticators such as:
PSA/DNA, Global GAI, JSA/Spence & Tri-Star.

This pre-certification helps to protect your investment. You may pay a little more but you
are assured you that your autographs are genuine.

All of our autographed photos are guaranteed 100% for life.

Our eBay UserID is hof-sport (sales@hof-sports.com) ( 4693 ) .
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How It All Started

Hello. My name is Bill Havel, and I live in Clarkston, Michigan.

I have been collecting sports autographs since 1953. I started when I was about 12 years old. In those days,
a U.S. postage stamp only cost 3 cents !

During my free time, I would sit down and write 10-20 letters to professional
sports players asking for their autograph (I often enclosed 1 or 2 of their Topps cards, a newspaper photo, or a blank
3x5 index card). I always sent the mail c/o their team at their stadium address.

Most responded generously by signing my item(s), and many enclosed an autographed photo (postcard size). The
8x10 photo was not common then.

Trips to the Ballpark

In the summer, my buddies and I would take the bus down to old Tiger Stadium a couple of times
each week. We would always purchase outfield bleacher seats (they were the cheapest seats, about 75 cents),
and get down there about 2 hours before game time.

During batting practice, we would always get 2-3 balls each game. After the games, we would hang out in the
stadium's players parking lot waiting for the players to come out. We usually got 5-6 autographs that way.

Fire Destroys Collection

There was a fire at our home in 1974 and I lot most of my autograph collection (hundreds
of autographs) ... and, of course, I had no insurance on my valuable collection.

Re-Building My Collection

Since then, I have been re-building my collection of sports autographs. Many of my
signed items are personalized "To Bill ...", etc. Most I will never part with, and you will not find them in
my eBay store. I am running this store because I am retired now, love sports of all kinds, and really enjoy
buying/selling sports memorabilia with other collectors.

Looking for Something ?

If there is a player that you are looking for, let us know, as we have many
autographed photos in our inventory that are not posted in our store.

Political Autographs

My brother, Jim, has been collecting political autographs and memorabilia for 50 years. You can browse his website for political items at: HavelsHouseOfHistory.com.

Thank you for visiting our eBay Store
and we hope to see you again soon.
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