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Rittenhouse reveals Seth MacFarlane autopen replacements
Rittenhouse Archives revealed on Monday its process for replacing autopenned cards it released of a top TV star.
The autographed cards of Seth MacFarlane in its The Orville Archives Autograph Card Edition release were autopenned (above) but the show creator has signed new cards to replace those that were machined.
The full details as announced by the company are below.
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Autopens are still an issue in 2018 ... and always a bummer
A few days ago, I took advantage of some post-Black Friday sales of a different sort to pick up some signed books direct from the publisher via a major book dealer. The first of a couple shipments arrived today with a second set to hit tomorrow.
And what I got appears to be a bummer.
Need an example of an autopenned NFL card? Turn back the clock and look to the top ... Commish was on it
Autopens -- a machine used to replicate a person's autograph by mechanical means -- are typically the tools of politicians, but they've also left their mark on the football card world long before Dak Prescott allegedly got into that game.
In fact, you can turn the clock back to 1991 and 1992 for some textbook examples of certified autograph cards that were "signed" by the mechanical hands of three notable NFL names.
And one, a card that's not been cataloged as such, is from former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue.
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