by R.S.V.P » Mon Feb 04, 2013 8:43 pm
nicknifty wrote:I like them, it's a good way to get autographs from some people and I like to collect the sets of my favorite TV series. The Inkworks cards are amazing, and the autographs are pretty cheap since the market was flooded with them when they went out of business. They were the best entertainment card company before they went under. I have a large collection of their Alias autographs and costumes.
I also got some signatures of people that way that are more famous now like Max Greenfield (Veronica Mars card) and Justin Theroux (Alias card)
Seems we have something in common... ALIAS is the only show I try to complete at the moment. I'm only missing a few, well, the high value autos (Garner, Abrams, Cooper) and certain costume cards. As for the rest I just look around and if I see a card I like I pick it up on eBay and add it to my collection. PLUS if you're lucky you can get full signatures of then rising-stars who'll now only sign their initials (Gregory Smith in the 1998 "Small Soldiers" set is the best example).
It's a shame Inkworks went under 3 years ago, but IMO the change from on-card autos to sticker autos and some flops in releases (such as "The Spirit") were definately one of the reasons.
I'm really looking forward to the "Castle" release by Cryptozoic next month. This will be an awesome set!
[quote="nicknifty"]I like them, it's a good way to get autographs from some people and I like to collect the sets of my favorite TV series. The Inkworks cards are amazing, and the autographs are pretty cheap since the market was flooded with them when they went out of business. They were the best entertainment card company before they went under. I have a large collection of their Alias autographs and costumes.
I also got some signatures of people that way that are more famous now like Max Greenfield (Veronica Mars card) and Justin Theroux (Alias card)[/quote]
Seems we have something in common... ALIAS is the only show I try to complete at the moment. I'm only missing a few, well, the high value autos (Garner, Abrams, Cooper) and certain costume cards. As for the rest I just look around and if I see a card I like I pick it up on eBay and add it to my collection. PLUS if you're lucky you can get full signatures of then rising-stars who'll now only sign their initials (Gregory Smith in the 1998 "Small Soldiers" set is the best example).
It's a shame Inkworks went under 3 years ago, but IMO the change from on-card autos to sticker autos and some flops in releases (such as "The Spirit") were definately one of the reasons.
I'm really looking forward to the "Castle" release by Cryptozoic next month. This will be an awesome set!