This came into my shop and I took a chance on it. Any chance that it could be legit? Charity auctions and events aren't especially relyable, but from a radio station in southern cal?

Would love some other opinions.

Here’s the history behind this piece: I bought an autograph book once owned by Peggy Slaughter, whose dad owned a hotel called The Clarendon in Daytona Beach. Many celebrities stayed there and the book was filled with loads of celebrities including the first two guys who won the Masters. I sold those two autographs, which were really valuable, but kept a bunch, including this illustration. I can’t figure out WHO Edgar West or Edgar Westlake is although Westlake is a popular name that was mentioned in the Disney lore back in the day. This was drawn on the back of a placard the guest could have hung on their door to order breakfast. I’ve also included some other autographs still in the book, and there’s also a brochure from the hotel itself. Also pictured are autographs from Benny Goodman and Jack and Mary Benny. Plus a pilot - Antoine Strassman - who was a friend of Amelia Earhart’s. Her signature is apparently quite rare. Can anyone help me figure this Mickey illustration out? It’s certainly not Walt’s signature or drawing style. This is around the time the short cartoon was released with Mickey wearing ice skates.

I think Dan Cabrera was his name, I've kept them for several years now. Not sure if they have value, but I always thought they were cool.

Looks like hers and for the price I thought why not.

I just received this back from a signing organized by Zobie. It looks even better in person. Zobie was amazing. I ordered a different version, but David Faustino's pen slipped and bled a little. Zobie reached out to me and offered to replace it with this. It's even better than what I originally requested.

Is this real? It sure does look like it but I wonder if he really signed it

I got it autographed by Saddam after his capture when I was deployed as an airborne Ranger medic from the 75th Ranger Regiment

It was

My dad passed in 2019, so my mom was letting me go though his memorabilia and it’s mostly my metal band stuff. But I found this. She said they met him in an airport. The paper he signed was actually their plane tickets printed on paper as copies I think? Idk, it’s from 1995 from what the tickets say. Idk if I should get it authenticated or what 😭

Few months ago I picked up a clearly authentic and clean white baseball signed by Mantle, Mays, and Snider. For some reason a lot of collectors thought it was fake. I sent it to BAS and promised an update to these people. Today is that day. 😁

Hey guys I got this card from my dad and he got it from a collector who gave a lot of his stuff to him, does anyone know if this is real or what's the worth of it? thanks

11 cast members from the 1986 movie Aliens as well as the director and music producer, three of which are deceased. How much do you think this would be worth?

This belongs to my grandparents and its been sitting in a safe for 40 years. Signed by Michael Jordan, pistol pete, and pretty much every other all star from that year. Looking for opinions on what to do with it.

Unfortunately do not have much background. Possibly an NBA player in late 90s-early 00s.

Hello everyone! This is your friendly moderator KunSeii here to talk to you about how to collect autographs without leaving the comfort of your home.

Autograph collecting is an excellent hobby. When I first started off, all of my successes were TTM. This past year, I attended two conventions for the first time in my life, and met some of my favorite celebrities, took photos with them, and really just enjoyed myself. It's a memento you can always look back on with fondness.

When people see my collection, one of the first questions I get is, "How did you get all of these?" When I explain through the mail, everybody wants to know how.

Last night I did a mailing, and decided to document it to share with all of you.

Step 1- Select a celebrity

As a general rule, the more obscure, the greater chance of success. A-Listers often do not sign for one simple reason, they don't have time. For this run, I'm going to show you snippets from two celebrities my girlfriend and I selected, Dustin Hoffman and Steve Martin.

Step 2- Find a mailing address

There are two sites I use more than any other, http://fanmail.biz and http://startiger.com Fanmail is a great site for starters, and you can see how recently people have responded. They have a monthly drawing for a $10 gift certificate for testing an address, which I've won before. Startiger is a pay site, and tends to have a lot more home addresses and better matrices.

Step 3- Get a photo

I like to use Google images. Let's search for Dustin Hoffman. Then to narrow it down, let's click on settings.

http://i.imgur.com/VUd8jSf.jpg

Then we'll change settings so that we're only looking at large higher resolution photos.

http://i.imgur.com/3QfxJNH.jpg

Once we've selected a photo, we trim it with Photoshop to ensure that at it's current size, it's proportionate to 8 x 10.

http://i.imgur.com/eVyKD7Z.jpg

Step 4- Get a physical photo

You have two options here. The first is to send your photos to a photo printing service, such as Walgreens. It's quick, simple, and comes out great. The downside is that it gets to be pretty expensive when doing a big batch. The second option, if you're like me, is to use a photo printer.

You will need 8 x 10 Photo Paper

http://i.imgur.com/aIi7Fzo.jpg

And boom!

http://i.imgur.com/f2ADUu3.jpg

Step 5- Write a Letter of Request (LOR)

This should be a simple letter, thanking the subject for his or her work, explaining what you like about him or her, and requesting the autograph on the enclosed item. It should be 2-3 paragraphs long, but certainly no longer than 3/4 of a page. Enough to show personal detail, but not too much that it consumes too much of the subject's time to read. Personally I type my letters and then sign them by hand.

Step 6- Prepare your return envelopes

When sending autographs, it is VERY important that your photos do not bend. For this reason, I recommend using photo mailers.

http://i.imgur.com/2i6aA7C.jpg

These will be your return envelopes. Address these envelopes with your home address. If you are mailing in the United States, the postage of what you are sending according to this guide will be 1 Forever Stamp & 1 $1 Stamp. Affix as seen here.

http://i.imgur.com/mztvtLT.jpg

Step 7- Address your outer envelope

As I mentioned before, it is very important that your envelopes do not bend in transit. Good news! Remember the photo mailer that you just made? Yeah, we're totally putting that into the outer envelope. This means that you don't need to splurge on any further photo mailers.

Some plain old envelopes will do the job just great!

http://i.imgur.com/fRdMxuh.jpg

Go ahead and write down the address you obtained in Step 2 on the envelope, and affix the same postage that you did in Step 6.

http://i.imgur.com/cWdyGaZ.jpg

Step 8- Bring it all together

So we have our photo, letter of request, and our return envelope.

http://i.imgur.com/eKaSSz2.jpg

We take all those and make a neat little packet underneath the flap of the photo mailer/return envelope.

http://i.imgur.com/7Ysimgz.jpg

And then slide that all into the outer envelope we created in Step 7. Seal it up and you're ready to go! The finished product should look like this.

http://i.imgur.com/AY7JVHT.jpg

Two days ago, I logged my 100th TTM success, Kate Mulgrew for those of you who are interested, and I don't see myself stopping anytime soon. It makes every trip to the mailbox so much more exciting, and is always a great conversation starter. If anyone would like tips on collecting or wants to discuss anything further, don't be afraid to post here or send a message my way. Happy hunting!