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Permalink Reply by Joe W. on January 4, 2019 at 5:48pm

I never carried an autograph book myself. Although my grandfather visited the set during the filming of Raintree County back in 1956. He obtained many autographs of actors, producers, film crew, even security! Best of all he obtained Elizabeth Taylor, Eva Marie Saint, Nigel Patrick, and Agnes Moorehead. It was passed down from him, to my mother, finally to me.

I guess you might say that autograph collecting must be in my DNA.

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Permalink Reply by goodcat on January 4, 2019 at 5:51pm

That's cool Joe and thanks for sharing

I still dig autograph books. 

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Permalink Reply by Joe W. on January 4, 2019 at 6:09pm

He got a lot of candid shots as well. Believe it or not, but the autograph was in a house that got destroyed by a tornado. The autograph book survived without any damage!

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Permalink Reply by goodcat on January 4, 2019 at 6:38pm

Love it Joe

That's some kinda cool cosmic force going on there

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Permalink Reply by James on January 4, 2019 at 11:49pm

I never had specifically an autograph book; however, I do have a large coffee table book with probably 30-35 autographs in it.  So it isn’t simply a signed book.  I purposely used it to collect autographs over a period of five years or so.  

The book was published in 1992 I believe.  It’s titled, “The Kansas Century”.  It’s about the history of Kansas Jayhawks basketball up until the early 90s.  I’m a huge Jayhawks fan.  I managed to snag some notable autographs, the best one being Wilt Chamberlain which I got signed on January 17, 1998 upon Chamberlain’s return to his alma mater.  I also have other former Jayhawks like HOFer Dean Smith, who played for Kansas and later coached UNC for over 30 years.  I also have HOFers Roy Williams, Bill Self, Larry Brown, and Clyde Lovelette. Others include 1988 National Player of the Year Danny Manning, future Celtics HOFer Paul Pierce, former Kansas Head Coach Ted Owens, current Stanford Head Coach Jerrod Haase, as well as former Celtics great and HOFer Jo Jo White, and Ian Naismith, the grandson of Kansas’s first coach and the inventor of basketball, James Naismith, who was either a coach, athletic director, chaplain, or administrator at the University of Kansas for 41 years.  Plus, I have a host of other former Kansas players. This came as the result of a lot of footwork!  

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