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Post by Emig5m on Sept 9, 2018 6:01:42 GMT -5
Is an autograph really meaningful if you didn't get it yourself? I have some autographed stuff that I got myself in person and now I was looking into buying some autographed stuff that I never had a chance to get in person but then I felt like the coolness of having something that's autographed just isn't there if you didn't get it in person yourself!? Kinda like buying a trophy and not earning it? Not to mention, even with a "well regarded" 3rd party authenticator like JSA, can you really ever be for certain that it's a real autograph if you didn't see it signed in person? I'm sure there has to be some counterfeit autographs out there that are verified as authentic, no?
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Post by ForRealTho on Sept 9, 2018 8:57:53 GMT -5
I got a copy of Evil Dead 2 autographed by Bruce Campbell, then I lost it
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Post by Cop on Sept 9, 2018 9:08:32 GMT -5
I think it's always worthless, especially those signed pictures from cons that you have to stand in a line for and pay $20 or whatever those prices are up to nowadays. Never understood the fascination and certainly not the increase in value something is supposed to get when it gets signed.
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Post by Ambience on Sept 10, 2018 8:40:16 GMT -5
It's value is what it means to you. That's all. People who collect for investment is like believing that you are investing in a brand new car. You aren't going to make money off the deal, so go with what you enjoy. I've always wanted an autographed book from Stephen King, but I'm not going to pay $1200 for one..so if the right deal comes along I'll get it. Not because I'm going to make a fortune off of it in the future, but because having something that he spent time holding in his hand is pretty damn cool.
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Post by Emig5m on Sept 10, 2018 14:35:03 GMT -5
I don't care about any monetary values, that's not why I have any autographs and don't wish to ever sell them or make any money/profit off of them and don't care what their monetary value is. I'm talking purely sentimental value....like is the sentimental value lost if you just buy something off say ebay from some random stranger that got the autograph and it wasn't you that was there in person getting it and meeting the person for yourself? Like for instance, I got Jeff Emig to sign a Jersey for me on the very day that he won the championship from the dominant Jeremy McGrath. Me and friends drove hours, spent hundreds, camped out at the track, locked the keys in the car with the engine running, my friend had to leave his license with security so that we could borrow a slim jim to unlock the car when the actual police failed to get the car unlocked (funny some brotha' from NYC finally got the door unlucked for us, lol), we screamed our brains out cheering on Jeff Emig/Team Kawasaki as him and Jeremy McGrath traded positions for first place until Jeff Emig finally (in McGraths own words) "psychoed" past him by jumping over him. We paid extra for pit passes....I would say that autograph has a hell of a lot more sentimental value over if I had just bought an autograph from some random person and wasn't there for the experience myself....make sense?
So of course you can't always meet all of your idols and when you try you can't always get an autograph. I've been to a million MX races all over the world and never once did I ever get Jeremy McGraths autograph (he seems to like to hide when the public is allowed in the pits) so of course sometimes if you want something that's been autographed from one of your idols the only option is getting one from someone else who got it but I just feel like the sentimental value isn't there in this case and it's not even remotely close to being as special as getting it for yourself and meeting your idol in person.
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Post by Coolverine on Sept 10, 2018 15:02:06 GMT -5
The only autograph I ever got was when my dad managed a music store, Steve Smith (drummer from Journey) was there. My dad said Dimebag Darrell would go in there sometimes, never got to meet him though.
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Post by ForRealTho on Sept 17, 2018 8:28:06 GMT -5
Also Chuck Palaniuk autographed a copy of Fight Club for me and my ex-gf got her copy of Choke autographed...............no idea what I did with that copy of my book.
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Post by Emig5m on Oct 22, 2019 14:34:31 GMT -5
Ok so I "purchased" my first autographed item and like I thought I would feel...it's doesn't seem to hold the same sentimental value of my other autographs that I personally got in person where I got to meet them one-on-one and witness the signing where there's absolutely no doubt it's legit plus it makes me feel more special than a first place winner in the special olympics knowing that they where signing it for me personally! Albeit this particular autographed item all the people who got them also didn't get them in person either as they where sold on the persons official website. And even from an official source if I didn't personally see it get signed who knows maybe an assistant was signing them and there's no way to tell 100% for sure that's my main gripe with buying autographs I just will never 100% trust that they're legit if I didn't witness it myself. But you guys have to guess whose autograph it is, I know I have faith in you guys to guess first try on whose it is - there's no doubt in my mind! Make me proud!
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Post by Babel-17 on Oct 22, 2019 22:14:15 GMT -5
Ok so I "purchased" my first autographed item and like I thought I would feel...it's doesn't seem to hold the same sentimental value of my other autographs that I personally got in person where I got to meet them one-on-one and witness the signing where there's absolutely no doubt it's legit plus it makes me feel more special than a first place winner in the special olympics knowing that they where signing it for me personally! Albeit this particular autographed item all the people who got them also didn't get them in person either as they where sold on the persons official website. And even from an official source if I didn't personally see it get signed who knows maybe an assistant was signing them and there's no way to tell 100% for sure that's my main gripe with buying autographs I just will never 100% trust that they're legit if I didn't witness it myself. But you guys have to guess whose autograph it is, I know I have faith in you guys to guess first try on whose it is - there's no doubt in my mind! Make me proud! It's like you were having a moment right out of The Man in the High Castle!
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Post by Emig5m on Oct 23, 2019 16:59:08 GMT -5
I don't know what that is but I'll settle out of court and take your word for it but I know you're dying to know what persons autograph I got and I know that you know who it is...lol. Guess correctly and I'll throw in a dic pic! Heck maybe I'll even autograph it for ya!
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