Expensive and bargain autographs

The price of meeting athletes and other celebrities has risen significantly, though bargains can be found. You can also still get autographs for close to free.

A 1968 photo of this writer with longtime NFL coach and former player Dan Reeves survived being taped to a bedroom wall for years and stuffed in a box. Most encounters with athletes, including events at a business like this one, back then were free. [Shay photo]

When I was a kid, it was a thrill to meet professional athletes. I’ve kept a few reminders of those meetings, from a photo with longtime NFL coach Dan Reeves to signatures on index cards and paper scraps of Hall of Fame boxer Curtis Cokes, Hall of…