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Musicians Who Sell Their Signatures In Shop.

We now have a Musician-Direct Autograph Sales Forum where you can post individual discussions of new offerings. It's a big change—and a big improvement. We closed this discussion after 8 years but it will always be available to read.

The new system has been in place for 2 months now and it's working well.

This video shows you how easy the new forum is to use.

You can follow the forum and be notified of new signings exclusively! And you can enter a musician's name in the forum's search box and find any discussions about them.

Be sure to click the Follow link at the bottom of the list of discussions.

Try it...I think you'll like it.

Steve Cyrkin

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Though I recall a member posting a blog asking about this a while ago, I could not relocate it for my purpose in this discussion.

It can be nice when one stumbles upon a musician's shop (via their website), to see that they are selling their autographs. I figured this could grow as a wee database for listing those musicians who partake in this.

I recently recieved a couple press photos signed in ballpoint from John Mayall's website (http://www.johnmayall.com/merch.html). I am also aware that you can purchase signed CDs from Peter Noone of Herman's Hermits(http://peternoone.com/store/). John 5 ( formerly Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie guitarist) sells various items signed, with an option to dedicate.

So, does anyone else know of this being done by other musicians?

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Permalink Reply by just some dude on December 12, 2018 at 9:54am

Further, knowing what market value is for a set of Beatles or the Doors sigs, you would be a fool to pass up a low price if for no other reason to make a buck, right?

Honestly, would anyone here turn down a legit set of Beatles or Doors or anyone else for that matter at half (or less) of the price of going market rate??

And dont forget that flippers or scalpers or whatever you want to brand them have real life needs too. Emergencies happen and people sell assets to cover losses in other areas. Its not necessarily fair to automatically condemn someone for taking advantage of a particular situation - there are 2 sides to every story.

Permalink Reply by Daniel S. on December 12, 2018 at 10:30am

Amen! +1

Permalink Reply by Stalger on December 12, 2018 at 10:36am

All good points and I get it. I've sold on eBay for many years and have been involved with memorabilia most of my life. However, I'm not here buying lets say, John Legend, because I think there's a John Legend fan who'll pay $50 for the signed cd I bought for $20. I'm only buying who I like.

I'm simply pointing out the most egregious case I've seen and trying to get a feel for who the audience on here is. It looks to me most people are also selling and that's where I'm saying it conflicts with collecting.

And the artists and record companies are exploiting us with the high-priced bundles and autographs too. They want x amount of sales and those incentives certainly drive sales. Still trying to figure out what to do with my Steve Perry socks...

Permalink Reply by Nick Dominic on December 12, 2018 at 10:45am

HA! same here..i have those socks.I 100% believe the record companies have caught on as of late with those bundles. i do think it is genius however with what Mccartney's label did with those signed lithograph contests. I bet that helped to sell a ton more copies of his latest album. Selling signed anything guarantees bigger sales for sure..Marketing 101 if ya ask me!

Permalink Reply by mccawgomets on December 12, 2018 at 12:36pm

I have passed on most of those extortion bundles. I don't need a pair of Steve Perry socks. I understand why they do it but they are selling fast less auto items because of it.

Permalink Reply by PFCollector on December 12, 2018 at 3:10pm

Sometimes the bundles pay off. I've purchased some for the autograph and just sold the other junk, which cut the cost on the autograph to fairly cheap. But obviously depends on the bundle and how much it was.

Permalink Reply by Brandon on December 12, 2018 at 3:12pm

I actually wear the Steve Perry socks that came with my bundle quite often haha

Permalink Reply by Steve F on December 12, 2018 at 10:19am

"Its not necessarily fair to automatically condemn someone for taking advantage of a particular situation."

Agreed. Further, is it even "taking advantage" if you sell it for more than you got it for? The father of a friend of mine received a signed Abraham Lincoln presidential order 40 years ago from a client as thanks for a job well done. Once my friend's dad passes, I'm sure she will sell it for tens of thousands of dollars or maybe much more. Is selling it for the fair market value taking advantage? In 1991 I paid $35 to get Mickey Mantle to sign a baseball; I'm sure they sold out of tickets that day and some people couldn't buy it. Is it taking advantage if I sold it for over $63.94, the inflation-adjusted value of that? They regularly go on eBay for over $800. Last year I bought Gene Simmons's book at B&N for about $16. Now I see they are selling on eBay for about $30, far more than inflation. Is that taking advantage? I don't think either is.

Permalink Reply by Joe W. on December 12, 2018 at 10:50am

These recent comments are getting off the track of the purpose of this discussion. Maybe start a new discussion on the merits on what and why collectors spend their money.

Permalink Reply by Ian Baldock on December 12, 2018 at 3:18pm

Like.

Permalink Reply by Christopher Thompson on December 12, 2018 at 11:13am

Johnathan Davis signed 18x24 lithograph/poster $55

https://www.merchbar.com/hard-rock-metal/jonathan-davis/jonathan-da...

Permalink Reply by Steve on December 12, 2018 at 4:06pm

Signed exclusive: Avantasia, the all-star rock opera spaceship piloted by Edguy singer, songwriter and producer Tobias Sammet, release their eighth full-length album, ‘Moonglow’, via Nuclear Blast Records at the start of February. Record store have the double picture disc, 64-page artbook, 32-page digipack, double black LP and standard CD, all signed by the band:

Doesn’t say who signed by but decent lineup

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