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PGHGRAPHER with Smokin' Joe Frazier (top) & Coach Don Shula at some recently attended events
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You have stumbled onto PGHGRAPHER's About Me Page. I have been in the memorablia business since 1987, operating a full-time storefront from November 1988 thru January 1995, promoting sports card shows in the Pittsburgh area from December 1990 through June 2003 and promoting private signings from December 1994 to the present.
Although Clint's Card Castle no longer operates as a store front, we are still a force in the hobby. Some Pittsburgh area hobby stores buy wholesale from PGHGRAPHER and several steady customers from the early days still contact us directly for guarenteed autographed memorabilia for the collections or for a special gift for themselves or someone else.
PGHGRAPHER has dominated the autograph scene in Pittsburgh since the summer of '88. While attending a plethora of Pirates home games at Three Rivers Stadium it hit me to start bringing trading cards to the games and get them signed. The rest, as they say, is history. Four Fords and several hundred-thousand miles later, you have the opportunity to place a bid/offer on and/or purchase one of the many items I have obtained in the past and/or recently.
PGHGRAPHER is widely recognized as the 'God Father' of Pittsburgh where the autograph game is concidered. Although some may not verbalize the recognition, EVERYBODY wants to know where PGHGRAPHER has been or is going or who we recently obtained an autograph from.
Feel free to contact us about someone you might be wanting an autographed item from. We may have obtained new items and have them in our stock but haven't had a chance to list them yet on eBay. Contact us and we may be able to strike a deal for something before it is listed for sale on eBay.
PGHGRAPHER only offers autographs solicited by myself or a (compensated) friend or family member who has accompanied me to a signing event or on an autograph 'road trip'.
Common questions arise with the pricing of autographs by PGHGRAPHER. I start my auctions or my store listing items at a price that is usually way below market value sending some to ask the questions 'how' or 'is it really real at that price'. All I have invested is my time, gas for travel and the cost of the ball, photo or helmet, ect that is getting signed. There is not a need for me to recover 'overhead' for paying an athlete's rediculeous prices for show signing. If they don't sign for free at the stadium or hotel or on on the golf course or, at the very least signing for a charity's gain, you won't see me having their signature in my collection or in my listings.
PGHGRAPHER grew up in Central Virginia and now resides south of Pittsburgh. PGHGRAPHER is a fan and follwer of the University of Virginia, the University of Pittsburgh, the Pirates, Penguins and HUGE FAN and SEASON TICKET HOLDER of the Washington Redskins. PGHGRAPHER has coached and umpired youth baseball for more than twenty-five years in the southwest part of Pennsylvania. Web links to all of these 'favorites' are listed below.
Check out our feedback, feedback doesn't lie. 99.8% of PGHGRAPHER's customers are happy with their purchases and how their items are packaged and how they arrive in a timely manner.
Thanks for stopping by. Please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have.
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