Honabach & Sons

This place does great work in regards to Custom jersey framing. I’ve trusted them with both my Autographed Michael Jordan jersey and Mike Trout jersey and I was satisfied both times. Do not feel afraid to let them frame your collectable.

If I could give this company a 0 star then I would. I had a 24×30 picture of Andre Ethier and Matt Kemp. I paid $ 75 to have Kemp write 3 career achievements (already had his signature on my picture) and paid $ 175 to have Andre Ethier sign his name and put 3 career achievements at a private signing. These guys took 5 months to get my item back to me and only got Matt Kemp to sign it. To top things off, they ruined my picture and the daughter admitted it and said, «What do you expect to happen when we have your item for so long?» How can you say that to someone who waited patiently for their item and didn’t even get what I wanted??? I will never do business with these people.

Honabach & Sons put on great shows and bring in big names that collectors and fans want to meet. I live in NorCal and have flown in to attend their autograph shows (Dennis Rodman, Magic Johnson, and Shaq/​Dr. J to name a few). Their staff is very professional and quick on answering email questions regarding signings (thanks, Lauren & Jim). The shows are very well organized, great selection of unsigned product, and they have the show process down (going by ticket numbers). The online ordering of tickets is very easy to use and makes it convenient when securing low autograph ticket numbers to avoid waiting in line. I’ve been collecting in person autographs for over 20 years and tend to avoid doing Private Signings, but Honabach & Sons made me a believer in their recent Larry Bird Private signing. I have been working on getting signed 8×10’s of all the members of the 1992 Dream Team in person (Jordan, Magic, Drexler, Mullin, Pippen and Robinson). I trusted Honabach & Sons and got Larry Bird items signed which turned out great! I even shipped a disposable camera and Jim took pictures of Larry Bird signing my items! Great company that takes great care of their customers/​collectors! I do have one request… get Charles Barkley to do a public signing! Thanks Again!

I called in for the Yasiel Puig signing. A few days later, I called to modify my order. i was treated like royalty both times. I felt like I knew the girl (forgot her name) on the phone. I will absolutely come back!

I have attend Honabach & Sons signings for the past 2 years. They seem to have the edge on having those high demand players to come in. The owner Jim always takes cares of his customers. They have got players like Puig, Kershaw, Shaq, Kemp, Trout, etc to come in and do public signings. They strive to keep prices reasonable for us fans. I have also purchased frames for some of my signed photos from and have had no issues. They respond to fb message quickly and their events are well organized. I have been to both of their locations (Frank & Sons and Chino) to purchase signing tickets or pick up my signed items. All staff members I have had contact with have always been nice and very helpful.

Shaq and Dr J autograph signing at Frank and Sons.
My husband and I recently attended an autograph signing here. They are very well organized and have an awesome staff! I love that they are a family business, very personable! This was a fun day for us! They also offer VIP line passes for early purchase of tickets. They also do fun things like post videos from their events and Facebook contests, etc.
I have also had items custom framed by them and they are awesome!
I would highly recommend this company!

This review is for a recent signing of Matt Kemp, Andre Ethier and Dee Gordon at Frank and Son’s Industry. When it comes to collectible companies, they all sell the same stuff and often know each other. However, when it comes to signings, the better companies stand out from the rest.
So I decided to purchase «Will Call» tickets in hopes of securing a autograph without having to wait in long ass lines. Kemp is the MVP (unless u believe brian brauns urine samples are natural) and Ethier can have any female, he gazes at with his «hot» looks at thought by most women I know.
First off, I called and spoke to a very very courteous and helpful salesperson on the phone. I forgot her name but she did a great job and was professional in the whole process. Great job to her. Now, this is where the problems begin. We get to F&S to see 2 huge lines. One will call the other walk up purchases. I didnt sweat it because I already purchased Will Call and will have no problems. Well, it took about 35 minutes to get my pre-​ordered tickets. No problem, however, the geniuses decided to let all of the walk up purchases into the building to buy and get in line. So I get my tickets and now I find that I am about 100+ people deep. There was a VIP line for the first 100 Will Call people but I was not on them. That is fine but should someone who just walks up that morning have a higher priority that someone who prepaid? The Folk at H&S think so. Great job!
Kemp arrives late which means that I will still be in his line when Ethier arrives. Great! Lugging my shit around for 2 hours now waiting in a long ass line and my poor wifey is hungry. Cant get outta line now… so I have to press on. Still in the Kemp line and Either arrives early. Fuck! Luckily my wife is bright and decides to jump into the Ethier line. I am sure she wanted to get a good look at the «HOT» andre ethier. It paid off! Just as I got Kemp’s signature, I met my wife and waited in the Ethier line for about 40 minutes.
Its 1pm. We have our items signed and now have to wait in an even longer line to get our PSA. Come on, are you kidding me. This line wrapped around the entire autograph area. We left to get some breakfast. now lunch… I have a huge headache form not eating and standing from 7:30 am to 1pm. What a cluster fuck! We came back at around 2pm, to get our psa’s. They were closing up and didnt want to authenticate my items since I left the area. Apparently, people try to get fakes authenticated so they dont allow people to come back. I explained that I was here for 5 fucken hours and starving. I demanded a refund and that is when they called over the «Official PSA» authenticator. please…I know what the Kemp and Ethier auto’s look like. I had my PSA’s pre purchased cards and quickly got them approved. Thanks guys, you could have been jerks about it but you are thinking straight.
Cons:
1) Tons of staff were here. Security, assistants, people who are selling stuff on behalf of H&S. However, especially in the auto area near the front of the lines, most of them didnt know anything. Where are the restrooms? I dont know. Where are the ATM’s…I dont know. Those who didnt know anything were just standing there doing nothing. All of these people where also in front of the tables, so the people in line couldn’t get photos taken. Since there was no posing with the Athletes, the only chance you have to get a phono was while you were in line.
2) I didnt appreciate the guy with «C» hat yelling…“if you dont have your items ready when you get to the front, you will be sent to the back of the line”. Listen Kid, you need to learn some customer service skills. All of these people have spent some hard earned money to purchase an item and autograph. At minimum, you treat people with respect and you provide the best possible experience.
3) This is the list of people who have signing priority. 1) What you call VIP’s 2) Will Call, and then walk ups. As a will call person, I am upset that I had to wait behind people who just appeared today. Is it not the point with Will Call and pre-​ordering? Also, if a Will Call person or any person purchases items for multiple players, shouldn’t they have a higher priority that someone buying one item. Would it kill you to take care of the people who have spent more money than others?
4) Getting a Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier autograph should not take 5 hours to process. All of this mess could have been handled with a simple numbering system. Add a number to each ticket purchase and go by that when forming lines. It will organize the lines for you and promote people to purchase in advance. Call people up by the groups of numbers like tickets 100 – 150.
5) I am tired of typing and now think only 1 start should be given to this signing appearance promoted by Hornbach and Sons.
Will I attend another H&S event? Not likely. Go with American Icon Autoghraphs.