hello David///
i think Picasso used to sign stuff at restraunts and neverpaid for a
dinneras the owners wanted the sig over money...orit was a skiton snl
orsomething LOL:)
Iliked letters and contracts and checks i had a errol Flynn Contract and
a marilyn Monor and a rockabilly programs i sold to england with Roy
Pbisob and gene Vincent and others...i havea few peopel left butsold
mostoff,,and kept some letters i got personally to me...I hada few
contracts signed...most is gone///
Its ok ,,, i did like signed Books i had RoddyMcDoweell signa few
ofhisphoto book to me when we met him...he signed mykid a planetof apes
dolland a planetof apes trading Card,,
nice memory
gave myson most o t he stuff we met bootsie collins and funk
brothersthey signed a dvdandmet Pete Best the beatles 1st drummer, and
met Jerry Lewis, and a few others.. i prefer handshakes the best
Tom
Hollywood dream factory®
since 1977
Tommy got the producer of star wars episode 1 Rick MCallamweho evensent
him a letter after they metin denver at star wars celebration 1 so he
will have some memories when hes old he has a Harold Ramis signed
groundhog day and Jeff Danielks dumb abd dumber,,anda star wars poster
signed bt
y chewy and david prowse not bad for a young guy..I gave him a 1 sheet
signed by everyone in Ghostbuster 2 except Sigorney all signed in Silver
paint pen
On 2024-02-21 19:40, David Kusumoto wrote:
This debate has been going on for years and people remain split on
it. In fact, more recently there was this raging debate on a fan site
about removing personalization from a genuine signature from a Beatle.
My thoughts, then vs. now, have changed.
I used to think personalization ruins a book, poster, photograph,
whatever. I no longer do and prefer it because:
1) The more strokes of a pen, the easier it is for authenticators to
separate what's genuine vs. what's a forgery.
2) Collectors can still prefer NO personalization - but it gets
complicated when it's done by a celebrity who is no longer alive.
Recently, a collector wanted opinions about removing personalization
from an item signed by John Lennon. The signature was authenticated by
two different organizations - and the collector said seeing
"personalization" to another person not sharing his name - really
bugged the crap out of him.
Where I fall on this is simple. I would NEVER want to erase a single
pen stroke done by a legendary figure. Same with authors. I prefer
personalization from an author like Hemingway, Faulkner, Fitzgerald,
Didion, E.B. White, Virginia Woolf, etc. I don't care if the
personalization is for a random fan vs. for someone who was famous,
the latter of course would enhance value. To me, it represents the
celebrity taking an extra few seconds to write something besides his /
her name. I myself would never erase personalization from even a
single-genre celebrity like Mark Hamill, who is notorious about
publicly calling out fakes of his own signature. Separate from
signatures, restoration of paper does impact the perception of value,
e.g., sometimes a poster needs it and the value goes up or down or
stays the same. In the comic book world, though, restoration does have
devastating impact on value.
Of course, right now people want to remove things like, "Best of luck
William, All the Best! Paul McCartney" - if they're not named William.
They're look at personalization as hurting market value. Probably. But
when someone like McCartney eventually passes - and the world mourns
him - the perception of market value with or without personalization
DOES shift. Again, speaking for myself, I would never want to remove
anything signed by such a person. That's like wanting a portion of
Albert Einstein's writing removed because it includes something like,
"You're a smart young man, Herbert! Good luck! A. Einstein." -d.
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SUBJECT: Re: Does This Poster Restoration Work Impact Value?
Interesting topic, Scott. I have always been under the impression that
a personalized autograph was more likely to be authentic.
I had Robert Dix sign a lobby card the first time I met him. Instead
of Glenn he signed it to STAN! I was too polite to correct him or do
anything about it. It bothered me every time I looked at it. I
eventually sold it. It wasn't worth much at all but I just couldn't
look at it. Silly I guess but I'm not Stan and never have been!
Robert and I later became good friends and I have his signature on
things that are more personal to me than a lobby card so it's all
good.
Glenn
On Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 4:05 PM Scott Burns <[email protected]>
wrote:
Interesting video from Fourth Cone Restoration on YouTube where a
client wanted “Best to Harold” removed from a “Star Wars”
Topps poster, autographed by Mark Hamill. Does this kind of
restoration make any difference in the value of the poster? This
being a Topps poster, I’m not sure how much value there was to
begin with, but a Hamill autograph would certainly boost the value.
Opinions?
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