Depending upon who signed the poster or lobby card, I usually like signed lobbies and posters. I have some nice cards signed by Gregory Peck, Cary Grant, Bette Davis and Katharine Hepburn that I consider priceless. I don't like personalized items however. I don't want that Dear Elmo lobby card that Bette Davis signed. FRANC
-----Original Message----- From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Kirby Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 1:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MOPO] the value of an autographed CARD or POSTER Personally I do not like autographs on posters and would not buy one unless the poster was very scarce and I really wanted it - to me the poster is defaced with an autograph, so I would grade it lower - but I don't know what the convention is on this. Tom On Thu, 2009-12-10 at 08:32 -0500, Michael B wrote: just like the debates of LINEN vs, UNBACKED affecting values, another debate is: DOES AN AUTOGRAPH ADD VALUE TO AN ITEM? most say, YES. MANY PAY SUPER-HIGH PREMIUM AMOUNTS for autographed posters/cards. am i in the minority or majority that prefer a poster not to have an autograph? if an autograph is "To Elmo from Bette Davis", and my name isn't Elmo....... if a poster is in poor condition, but autographed, would it fetch more than a VF grade? thoughts? michael Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
