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Permalink Reply by kevin conway on January 6, 2016 at 9:16pm

The highest Star Wars Cushing I could find sold last year for $875
UN Personalized by the way...  so I don't know where you guys are getting these $3000-5000 values...   Remember, Dealer "prices" are NOT values..

Glossy 10 x 8 photo of Cushing as Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars, signed in fountain pen, “May God’s blessing be with you always—in all sincerity, Peter Cushing.” Scattered surface creases and moderate contrast to signature against the dark background, otherwise fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA 

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Permalink Reply by Pete Bendu on January 7, 2016 at 4:35am

I know the R&R piece, it has horizontal creasing thru the photo and white line scratches running across the length of the signature as well. The last 2 so-so 8x10 pieces that ran on ebay went for 2250 (inscribed) and 2550 on a shot with Vader and Fisher, (both not signed.)

I can sell at least 2 more today at a price I name, people have made offers and I have not sold any in years. So you can argue and look up prices on R&R all you want, I handle Star Wars autographs daily and I do know what I am talking about.

I agree with you that the $75k price is a bit over the top, but there are indeed plenty of Star Wars related single signed pieces that regularly top the $5k mark.   

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Permalink Reply by kevin conway on January 7, 2016 at 5:43am

Obviously you know more about Star Wars than I.     Had no idea any contemporary autographs had that kind of demand.    I just dont get it, but than again I dont get why grown up men dress up in Star Wars costumes at these Sci Fi conventions....lol

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Permalink Reply by Joe W. on January 7, 2016 at 6:01am

I, too, am amazed at some of the prices newer signed items are bringing when compared to the older signatures of the legends. Time will tell if those extreme prices will hold up. I do now there is big demand for Peter Cushing and Alec Guinness. Harrison Ford signatures shock me as well. He seems to be a very accommodating signer with plenty on the market though the demand does not seem to wither.

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Permalink Reply by kevin conway on January 7, 2016 at 6:07am

I am wondering if it is limited to rare phenomenons like Star Wars?  Seems Star Wars fanatics are a breed onto themselves...    A Peter Cushing signed photo sells for $100-200.  But on a Star Wars photo many times that.  

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Permalink Reply by Joe W. on January 7, 2016 at 6:09am

Same with Alec Guinness. I can buy Alec on a regular photo for under $150 easy but triple or more on a Star Wars photo.

Permalink Reply by Mike T on January 7, 2016 at 6:29am

There's a lot more Star Wars fans out there than there are individual fans of Cushing and Guinness.  People will buy their autographs solely because of their role in Star Wars, not because they appreciated the actors career.

Guinness and Cushing both didn't sign a tremendous amount of Star Wars stuff, and both died before the autograph craze really exploded.  

Take high demand from Star Wars fans, with low supply and you get high prices.

Permalink Reply by kevin conway on January 7, 2016 at 6:16am

This is not unlike the Marilyn Monroe phenomenon...  
The demand for her signed stuff is astronomical.. you see PSA signed photos on eBay for $50,000!

But maybe more surprising is what her UNSIGNED photos are selling for.  Last week a couple TYPE I unsigned photos sold on eBay for 3800 and 3500. In September one sold for $4900,  Any Type I period photos just in the past couple years I have watched double, triple in value. 

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Permalink Reply by Pete Bendu on January 7, 2016 at 7:20am

I couldn't agree more, but I really do love the ladies that feel they must hit the shows dressed as Slave Leia. 

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Permalink Reply by FB on January 7, 2016 at 11:17am

Wow! Cushing quoted Dylan on an autograph. ;-)

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Permalink Reply by kevin conway on January 6, 2016 at 8:51pm

Funny , when I was on the show Steve way under-appraised my items, but he has no problem putting absurd values on his own stuff.    Why would anyone pay more than $5k for a signed Star Wars poster?     And $75k for signed Star Wars cards?    Particularly when NO Star Wars signatures are High end and most are relatively or long forgotten unknown celebrities, other then Harrison Ford.   And he is only $100 signature with maybe a 2-3x premium for Star Wars medium. 
And Rick offers him $100K ?    I thought it was more a parody ...;)

As I told the Left Field producer, when they contacted me about  ten times this past Spring/Summer to return to do more episodes on the show,   Authenticators are NOT appraisers!!    Why would dealers like myself want to come back on "Pawn Stars" and have an UN-Qualified appraiser Under value items in front of 6 million people?

PSA should stick to authenticating, they are NOT appraisers.   I dont recall seeing any items for sale or appraisal services on the PSA website.  

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Permalink Reply by FB on January 7, 2016 at 11:19am

I think Steve Grad is trying to get on the Star Wars bandwagon-that is, milking out money from this new Star Wars popularity. 

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