Thank you Mr. Cyrkin...

This is a great website.  I'm learning so much.

Sorry Steve, I was a bit impulsive filling out my profile...just wanted to express my interest without being presumptous. I am more interested in autographs as an 'alternative asset class" to other investments than I am as an enthusiast. That being said, I am always interested in keeping an eye on the professionals and the industry as a whole.

My apologies for summarizing my voyeurism as 'watching the drama' - my profle has been revised.

Your efforts and the inherent allure of autographs, in my humble opinion, will continue to contributed to the integrity of a market that has great potential - and I am interested in forums like this that benefit the greater good (investors, authenticators, historians, autioneers, dealers and of course collectors).

Cream always rises to the top...thank you, and keep up the good work.

Best Regards,

MSF

Thanks- that's a great idea (like I know).

Take digital photos of each and then upload in an album.

Are you restricted to the number you upload at a given time and what is the preferred size of the .jpg file?

Also, is there a market for the Playmate/Scream Queen items and what are the restrictions on the "nudity" issue?

Thank you!

Thanks for the welcome Steve, this  looks an excellent website . I am usually quite busy (in my professional job), but i will try to explore this website and add to some discussions

Regards

Paul

hi  not a game player  thanks for your welcome . Not a game player and want to sell my items that was posted  and have more than that  . if we can get sales, fine   if not remove me and my stuff .  all my photos are authenticted by the photos sent to me and autographed   by the star . Go  see more on WWW.BURTRICHARDS.COM    if you dought me

burt

Steve, thank you for the welcome. I'm moving on June 1 and will probably start uploading my autographs after that. But, if you want to see what I've collected, you can go to
http://s117.photobucket.com/albums/o74/Osasfedoche/Autographs/

and see them all except the ones I've received over the last week or so.

Steve-

I've been catching up on all your past articles and discussions since joining the site yesterday. There is a ton of useful info on here for the beginning collectors all the way up to the advanced levels. The artices about forgers have been the most interesting as well as informative. I have completely stayed away from Ebay for autographs as even I, (just a collector, not a dealer) can easily spot fakes on that website. Almost all of the examples on Ebay are horrible. The printed COA's are worse! Keep up the good work.

Hi Steve

Thank you

My girlfriend took the photo and he actually sang  into the camera for her

He lives by me and we see him regularly at the local soccer matches and he is always willing to sign

When this photo was taken he had actually signed :

Zep 1, 2,4, houses of the holy and bbc sessions.

to cap it  off i gave him a copy of destroyer 77 to sign and he looked at it  and i thought oops but all he said was Hmmm one of the better ones and started laughing and duly signed it

hes really cool

I left a message to a member on here who has been stiffed by autographs america and said i will get him a plant signature if he sends me something to sign

good to be here ,

Thank-you Steve.. what a brilliant and exciting site... I hope to share alot with you and every other member.. Thanks for the add!  cheers phil

Thanks for the welcome Steve! Looking forward to participating in the community.

Steve,

  Have you ever seen the CEO of a company handle every complaint regarding the purchase of a single $20 Mantle photo? Looks awful funny doesn't it? Can't imagine purchasing something from a large company and having the President, CEO, Owner handling every single complaint when he has an employment staff of over 200 employees.

  I got nowhere with AAFES on this mess. I spent a few bucks and spent alot of time trying. Back then it was me alone disputing these items with them. Didn't hold much weight. Now I just spend my time search EBAY and Craigslist for these items and send quick messages and links to this site to those trying to flip this garbage. I am in New York now and Craigslist here is full of this junk from AlwaysAtAuction.

  I have seen two Soldiers here who have purchased Mantles and had them on the wall. They had no idea that these were forgeries. John House is making a killing. Like I've said previously he is fully aware that these items are not genuine. He will never say that. He is hiding behind the shaky authentications of STAT, TTA, AAU and now Morales who apparantly has giuven him a mass quantity discount. I've had one of the Soldiers call and complain. They no longer offer refunds like they have in the past once the 7 day period has elapsed. The Soldier I had call has not spoken to John but the Manager of the Sports Memorabilia department. We had him on speaker phone. He claimed that no authenticator trumped their guy and then used the whole this company is badmouthing Mr. Morales because they fear him dominating the authentication market and blah, blah, blah.

  Even today with the information out about them and this site they continue to make a killing.Problem I see though with AAFES and the military police is the same as when I was contacting John. I am just a collector. Even though I have experience and can tell between an authentic Mantle from a fake I'm still a collector. AAFES and the military police are not. John shows them Morales pencil whipped resume about forensics and secret service and they are convinced it is just buyer remorse on the part of the complaintant. AAFES would have to be contacted directly by an authority figure or agency on autographs and such similiar to investigators like in Operation Bullpen.

  Remember AlwaysAtAuction is making a killing on these forgeries. In turn AAFES is collecting a good percentage of these sells that come from the AAFES website.

  I'm at a total loss where to go next. I've contacted AAFES, The Army Times and IG. He continues to convince them that we all are just conspiracy theorist.

Steve,

I saved my last unpublished blog, but can't find how to bring it back up to finish my story. Help. Joe

hi Steve,

I hope you have a wonderful Holiday season.

-Jason

I bought 2 guitars from Legacy Hall. A Fender Starcaster signed by all 4 Eagles members & a Sunburst California signed by Paul Mc Cartney. I paid $400.00 each. The guy I talked to was Paul, he said his father passed away and they were selling out the family business. If this is a scam, and he used the death of his dad to rip people off, then he is a jerk and should spend some time in the slammer

Thank you, Steve.  We're all part of the same fight.  Don't ever let the bad guys get you down.  Their personal attacks mean you're winning.

Chris

Hi Steve,

I have photos with autographs of actors and actresses from 1992-present.  Robin Williams, Farah Fawcett, Chevy Chase, Rutger Hauer, Brian Dennehy, Adrian Paul, Patrick Duffy, Jon Voight, David Hasselhoff, Michael Gross, Adam Sandler, Faye Dunaway and more.  Some of them are personalized to me!

Thanks!

Thanks Steve.  I have found this photo in my grandparents files. It appears to be authentic, but there is one identical, with identical signature on the mitchlllibrary.org site (Glasgow City council) page 779 record 927. This makes me wonder which of us has a copy.  I appreciate any assistance with my research!

My friend Thom's great Aunt was a secretary to a lawyer who received the letter asking for donations.  They took great pride in the letter and all that Helen was able to acomplish.  They had a cousin who was blind and the efforts of Ms. Keller helped her and people like her all over the world.  This letter is three typed pages and a list of contributors signed in pencil by Helen,  Sent in 1939.

I would like to find out what it is worth and any other information that would be helpful.  Tomorrow I will upload the scans of the letter.

Hi Steve...thanks for the welcome. Though I mentioned my areas of expertise the item I'm researching is only tangently in my area. It is a 78 RPM opera record. As a collector I know that in general, it's rare that a 78 has any great value. The item I'm researching came with two boxes of records including one box of 78s all, in extraordinarly good shape. I won't get into what I know about them at the moment because there is only one of serious interest because it is inscribed: RCA Red Seal 14901 78rpm. Side A-Song of the Volga Boatman/Song of the Flea. Sung by opera singer Feodor Chalapin (1873-1938). On side A he has inscribed the following in the run-off: Fedor Chalapin/Feb. 6, 1936/Japan. According to Wikipedia his last live performances were in Japan. This recording was owned by a woman who traveled the world to see Opera performed (she is deceased). Her immediate relative is 90 years old and inherited this record from her. I've researched his signature and found several examples for sale...all on programs or other paper goods but none on an actual recording. I shot a few pictures of it: No problem viewing the recording but I'm having a hard time making the lettering stand out in a photograph...I'll finish doing that shortly and post the images. Thanks for your time and interest. 

Steve, I keep getting a "sorry that upload won't work" when attempting to upload the image...It (and the next two I'd send) are small, i.e. 1mb or less. I'm not sure why though I use Zone Alarm Extreme and it can be a bit of a bully sometimes. I'll check back soon once I solve that problem. PS: I did NOT know that you were in the middle of a Jimi Hendrix conversation with someone else when I said "Hendrix" in my answers! Funny. I tell the story here (scroll down below the pictures to see my story) about seeing Hendrix: my first live concert http://www.garagehangover.com/?q=Dome

Hi Steve, thanks for the welcome. I'm not sure if I'm doing this right, but in response to that Billie letter all I can say is I can't imagine the self loathing that trumps my losing a 10 of 10, 5X7 Billie (Club Downbeat) souvenir card with an inscription about staying happy, a huge signature and a 'Lady Day' to boot for just about $1100 bucks, but you may have me beat. That's holy grail status in the Billie world. What did it end at? Had to be past 5 or 6K.

I love her and have a few things left, like the charts, some stuff from her desk (whatever that might have been) like autographed photos signed to to her and a simple hat (that I can't find!). These were all finds from a trunk that belonged to Louis McKay and supposedly ended up in cousins garage in NJ. I purchased the pieces in the very early days of eBay, when everything collectible flowed a little better. I took just what I could afford at the time. There were some beautiful items like gloves, sunglasses, costume jewels and her funeral receipts.

What can I say? 

Steve,

Thanks for the heads up about my blog. Hope you can retrieve it. If not, don't lose any sleep over it as I won't. Joe Galiardi