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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 Bradford on August 16, 2014 at 7:50pm

Fortunate or unfortunate, it is a necessary evil. Regardless which people have more expertise in their respective hobbies, it's the 21st century and how things are done today. I have a stan lee signed amazing #700 and had to go through his personal 3rd party signature authenticator (desert wind) to witness the signing who then partnered with CGC to get the authentication. That means I had to pay Desert Wind to work with CGC. Both parties made money off of me in the end. Fortunately it was a 9.8 grade that's worth about $400 and in the end I had about $150 tied into it.

Going back to the Hamill and Fisher signed comic: Not only is this piece authenticated by CGC but by Celebrity Authentics as well. This also leads me to believe that CGC and CA partner together on some level because I highly doubt both entities had to be present for this to be authenticated. My thoughts are that due to the reputation of CA witnessing everything that is signed, CGC must put their stamp on it respectively.

Permalink Reply by Pete Bendu on August 16, 2014 at 9:17pm

I ran comic shops in the 80's and 90's, still have friends in the business, and still read a handful of books monthly. I have hundreds of signed comics, by the creators that I have met over the last 3 decades and some books I keep in pristine condition, some I have sold and some I toss in a box. I just can't bring myself to slab any of them. Yes they are collectible, sure I may sell some, but the idea has been first and foremost to enjoy reading them. Sticking them in forever sealed plastic so that you can only enjoy the cover and the back....defeats the purpose.

I have a dozen copies of New Mutants #98 sitting on a table in the other room, a friend of mine is pushing for me to send them in to be encased in carbonite....I just can't bring myself to do it.

Permalink Reply by Mike Shepherd on August 16, 2014 at 1:32pm

This is very interesting Bradford. I had no idea. I suppose I should have always wondered why Wedge Antilles did not have a British accent, but it never occurred to me.

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Permalink Reply by Pete Bendu on August 17, 2014 at 10:14am

I have no choice but to share this one. Just too good a deal not to.

Good old ebay. Terrible write up, horrible photo.

$14 buy it now option with $10 shipping.

Needless to say ...the best $24 I have spent in a very long time.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on August 17, 2014 at 10:24am

When was that signed? Late '80s-early '90s?

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Permalink Reply by Pete Bendu on August 17, 2014 at 10:34am

I'd probably put it in the mid to late 80's.

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Permalink Reply by Bradford on August 17, 2014 at 11:16am

When did you purchase?

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Permalink Reply by Pete Bendu on August 17, 2014 at 11:27am

It took about 10 days to get here. I didn't want to mention it until I could verify it and have it in hand for a full inspection. I had to be sure that is wasn't a print of some sort, so roughly about 2 weeks ago.