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Signature Study: Keira Knightley

Keira Knightley was pretty much thrust into fame here in the US as a look alike for Natalie Portman. Cast as the Queen's decoy in Star Wars Episode 1, after making some tv appearances in the UK, she was bound for bigger and better things. I believe she is actually a much better actress than Natalie and I don't care what the Academy says. Opinions aside one fact remains...she certainly handles her fame and autograph requests, far better than her doppelganger.

Keira at the beginning of her career signed beautiful autographs with nearly every letter, within a year that changed to K Knightley, within a year or 2 she shortened that down to KK, and that lasted for a couple of years. Then the single K lasted for about a year, until the dreaded checkmark arrived.

The following images show the way a nice celeb's autograph can devolve over the course of about 10 years.

Lastly is an image of just a huge grouping of Keira signature all in one place...

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Permalink Reply by Bradford on February 12, 2015 at 7:49pm

Impressive. Definitely an example of the devolving signature. Are these autographs all yours?

Permalink Reply by Pete Bendu on February 12, 2015 at 7:58pm

The last 2 Star Wars images with the checkmark signatures belong to a friend who lives in London. I am down to only about 60 pieces.

The last 3 pieces I got from her are the 3 before the SW images, and I have retired from attempting to get her to sign anything else......she is good enough not to refuse to sign, but her autograph is now worse than Pacino's.

Permalink Reply by Bradford on February 12, 2015 at 8:02pm

Haha. I absolutely love the first 2. How often does Natalie sign as compared to
Keira? I know there are fewer of Natalie's but just curious.

Permalink Reply by Ian Baldock on February 12, 2015 at 8:53pm

Wow what a shame I hate check marks.

Permalink Reply by Pete Bendu on February 13, 2015 at 4:34am

The last known Natalie Portman signatures in the US were signed in December of 2009 while she was at an after-party and all 3 of them did not look anything like a Portman signature. She had been drinking, so my guess is it loosened her up enough to sign a few, but it didn't help the graphs at all. Before that she signed 3 or 4 pieces in November of 2008 which do look like her standard autographs.

I have seen 1 or 2 pieces signed in Europe since 2009, but I obviously was not there, nor can I verify them.

Dating all the way back to 2001, it has been Natalie's usual response to a request for an autograph, to have her security or friends circle around her and then they all run away.

Permalink Reply by Bradford on February 13, 2015 at 1:56pm

That is actually fascinating information. With that being said, how much would an avid collector of Star Wars autographs be willing to pay for an autograph by Portman on a SW photo?

Permalink Reply by Pete Bendu on February 13, 2015 at 3:58pm

That is kind of a trick question, for a number of reasons.

#1 I consider myself an avid collector of Star Wars autographs and I wouldn't give ya a nickel for her.

#2 The last Star Wars items she signed for the public were teaser posters for Ep1 on her way into the press junket in NYC, she left that day and has refused to sign anything SW since, unless it is signed for charity auctions.

#3 No authentic Star Wars photos signed by Portman exist. The pieces she has signed for charity have been oddball items like snowglobes, Amidala childrens costumes, Lego statues, Hasbros spaceships, a magazine and a handful of posters. I actually have seen a single 8x10, which I beleive she signed by mistake in a crowd (the image was very plain with no SW images or costumes visible) the owner was asking $3,000 for it. No takers that I am aware of.

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