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Star Wars Collectors Unite!
I have been collecting Star Wars autographs since 1998. Not all of my signatures are on Star Wars memorabilia. For example, when I met Warwick Davis at a comic convention in New York City, I had him sign a Willow photograph. I also have publicity photos of Sir Alec Guinness and Christopher Lee from the 1970s, and a Natalie Portman signed The Diary of Anne Frank theater poster from her performance on Broadway back in 1998. My current wish list includes Peter Cushing, Terence Stamp and John Williams. I am interested in knowing about the collections and wish lists of other members.
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Permalink Reply by Pete Bendu on
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Ray is a great guy, I had coffee with him once about 10 years ago to try and get him to do a signing, and then when he agreed to do his first show, 3 or 4 years ago. I worked with him collecting the cash and handling the send in stuff.
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Permalink Reply by Mike Shepherd on
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Very cool Pete. I figured that for $25 someone may be interested. He also had a very small part in Superman: The Movie.
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Yes. He was credited as Officer 2. Good call Bradford.
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Permalink Reply by Bradford on
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I love some me some superman. Most of my autographs are superman related.
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So....why was David Ankrum the voice of Wedge??? It was a different guy that actually portrayed the character? A David Prouse/James Earl Jones thing?
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Aside from the major actors in the film, the entire film was redubbed here in the states. The costs involved of bringing all of these Brits back here to re do their lines in a sound studio would have blown the budget even higher over the original estimate. Add to that fact if everyone in the film had a British accent it would have been pretty weird.
It is Cushing, Guinness, Ford , Hamill, Fisher and Daniels that you hear on screen, but the vast majority of the remaining voices that you hear are voice over actors recorded here in post production. The Rebel Generals and pilots as well as Stormtroopers and Imperials are friends of the sound department, ILM and voice actors including Michael Bell, David Ankrum, Harry Shearer(Spinal Tap & The Simpsons), Terry McGovern etc.
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Thanks Pete. This is a nice piece:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/141375163365
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The slabbed comic concept still baffles me. Coins, comics, paper money, cards and even an autograph...sure!
But comic books, what good is that?
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It has to do with value. And today.....value is determined by grading.
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Pete, you are joking, right? The whole idea is to keep them in pristine condition. A collector can always have a comic book graded after they carefully read it with white gloves on.
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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on
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In general, Comic collectors have little education in autographs and zero trust in any autograph that is not CGC signature series. I have stacks of signed comics I got long before CGC signature series existed and they are all "suspect" now.
CGC did a hell of a job marketing their SS line and in the process created a tremendous amount of distrust in a genre that has relatively few fakes. Like who is faking Herb Trimpe and Dick Ayers?
You see a lot of Stan Lee fakes now and some Kirby's, but it is a relatively recent development. Prior to 2 or 3 years ago, there were very few IMO. -
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