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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 Steve P. on April 22, 2017 at 5:00am

Got my Manilow in the mail. Here's a scan to see if it looks like any others.

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Permalink Reply by Tom Martin on April 22, 2017 at 9:39am

I am the website designer for the Surf City Allstars featuring Dean Torrence of Jan & Dean. Dean has just released his autobiography and is offering Exclusive Autographed Editions for $25 at the website: www.SurfCityAllstars.com

In the 1960, Jan & Dean had the musical hits; #1 "Surf City", #3 "The Little Old Lady From Pasadena", #8 "DeadMan's Curve" and #10 "Drag City" to mention a few. They were pioneers of the California Sound and vocal surf music and most people confused the duo with the Beach Boys.

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Permalink Reply by Steve on April 22, 2017 at 6:32pm

"Before the Flood".....vinyl....signed Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Gustavo Santoallala...soundtrack........proceeds benefit climate change awareness...

http://www.lakeshorerecordsshop.com/product/before-the-flood-trent-...

Permalink Reply by Christopher Thompson on April 22, 2017 at 7:12pm

You rock..Thanks!

Permalink Reply by Christopher Thompson on April 23, 2017 at 6:06pm

I need to send one more shout out to Steve for posting the Trent Reznor LP. He is someone I've wanted to add to my collection for a long time but is frequently forged and very expensive when authenticated. It's sold out now and I would have kicked myself had I missed this one. This thread is invaluable for collectors. Thanks again.

Permalink Reply by Steve on April 23, 2017 at 8:31pm

Glad you were able to get a copy as when I checked this morning it was already sold out. I read somewhere, without verification, that there was only a very limited number of the album available.

Permalink Reply by mccawgomets on April 24, 2017 at 5:45am

How many copies are there according to unverified source?

Permalink Reply by Steve on April 24, 2017 at 6:52am

There was supposedly an individual copy given to 60 indie record stores for Record Store Day and an additional limited number of copies for sale at Lakeshore. I can't find the article with the number at the label but the link below takes you to the record store day article.

http://filmmusicdaily.com/2017/04/20/before-the-flood-earth-day-sig...

Permalink Reply by The Greek on April 24, 2017 at 8:58pm

Eli Young band Autographed Pre Sale Bundles for their new album Fingerprints

http://eybfingerprints.com

Permalink Reply by The Greek on April 24, 2017 at 9:12pm

Sort of a newbie question here

How does one spot autopen signatures? When an autopen is used is it as simple as just looking at two sigs and looking for things like the exact same spacing, pressure marks, Size gaps between letters/loops, etc. or is it way more involved then that?

For example if I ordered two signed CDs from Amazon and the sigs had clear differences can the threat of an autopen be dominated or is it still possible an autopen was used?

Any insight or help would be great. Thanks

Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on April 25, 2017 at 1:15am

Hello, a good question. I can't speak to "modern" Autopens much (I collect vintage mostly), but yes, in general you are looking for exact matches, or close enough (very close) as the machines of old could be "bumped" for variation - modern machines might incorporate random variation in a program. If I designed them they would. Often several templates (the thing cut from a genuine signature and used as a guide for the Autopen) were employed to mix it up. The typical older Autopens could not handle curves for one thing, and would create a tight series of up and over "jigged" looking strokes. The older machine would sign with any pen, or the pen provided (with its tell tale blue color) but the device could not hold the pen as a human. Other things - "dots" where the pen goes down and then up. A literally mechanical even indent. Placement can vary with these things. Others will add more.

In your example, if two templates were used both could be Autopens. Certain Hillary Clinton books are a decent example I guess.

Permalink Reply by Mark Roberts on April 25, 2017 at 10:24am