Larry Bird Collectable signed items

I got these collectable Larry Bird signed items around 25 years ago.me and my sons got a chance to neet him so I watched him sign them. We took pictires so my story is backed up. We took some cards and the little ball and thought that would be about all he would want to fool with ,but to my surprise after he signed what we brought he said "ANYTHING ELSE" I told my son to let him sign the hats and shirt.He looked at me and said THIS HAT AND SHIRT IS BRAND NEW I DONT WANT HIM TO SIGN IT??He was only about 10 so I did make him let Larry sign it,as he grew up he finally saw dad was right Larry Bird treated us very very well!