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The Kinks Kronicles -- The Work in Trying to Meet one of my Favorite Bands

I went from being a DJ at a classic rock station, to being a writer. One of the first editors I had had to keep reminded me that when I talk about bands, others won’t know the songs or musicians the way I do. So before I start this story on my quest to get all of The Kinks signatures, here’s a list of their songs that you might know: Lola, You Really Got Me, Tired of…

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Added by Josh Board on June 13, 2013 at 1:45am — 19 Comments

President Lincoln -- The Oldest Known Document

I always like when things pop up that celebrities did when they were young. A lot of Buddy Holly’s homework has popped up over the years. I’ve also seen homework from a few other celebrities, but since Buddy Holly had that geeky look with the thick glasses – and since he was a 50s singer – something seemed more interesting about a piece of school work from him.

And since we’ve all seen lots of drawings, doodles, and paintings from famous folks, there’s something so intriguing about…

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Added by Josh Board on June 9, 2013 at 7:21pm — No Comments

Jackie Robinson and Mickey Mantle Items

A couple of baseball items that were just auctioned off that sound rather interesting. A baseball glove that Jackie Robinson wore in the 1955 and 1956 World Series fetched $373,000 at the Steiner Sports Memorabilia Auction. The same seller also parted with a Louisville Slugger bat which was used in the 1956 season. That went for $114,000. The same buyer purchased both items, but didn’t identify himself. It’s probably safe to say, if burglars break into his place – he won’t be hitting them…

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Added by Josh Board on June 5, 2013 at 12:07am — No Comments

unknown autograph

Hi there,

My name is Steve i live in Manchester UK. I'm new to the site and was wandering if there was anyone who could help me identify an autographed baseball mitt i have. If you take a look at the photo i would be really grateful.I've checked golden glove winners for 1999 but had no joy. If anyone can help me out that would be fantastic.

thanks Steve.…

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Added by steve rowlands on June 3, 2013 at 12:12am — 6 Comments

RIP Jean Stapleton

Jean Stapleton, All in the Family star who played as Edith Bunker died today.  She was 90 years old.

NEW YORK (AP) — Jean Stapleton, the stage-trained character actress who played Archie Bunker's far better half, the sweetly naive Edith, in TV's groundbreaking 1970s comedy "All in the Family,"…

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Added by Mike P on June 1, 2013 at 2:22pm — No Comments

Meeting Matt Bonner -- as told to Jay Mohr

Jay Mohr does the best sports on the air. If you’re a sports fan, and you can get him in your city, tune in.

The first time I saw Mohr was on Saturday Night Live. He did great impersonations (Christopher Walken, Joe Pesci, etc); even though in the book Live from New York, he makes it sound like he wasn’t so successful on that show.

He’s always great…

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Added by Josh Board on June 1, 2013 at 1:29pm — 2 Comments

Collector's Calendar for June 2013





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Added by Kevin Segall on May 29, 2013 at 1:00pm — No Comments

A few video celebrity interviews from my archives- or Markives as it were!

Hello fellow autograph collectors and genre Con goers.

Here is a link to a few, maybe about 90 some interviews I have have done in the long past and more recently.

I will attend quite a few more Conventions/ Autograph shows, this year.

Many people have asked to see some of these interviews and not just read some excerpts from them.

I have literally hundreds and hundreds of these from the past almost 30 years of doing this.

 But at this time , I only have…

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Added by Mark J Gross on May 29, 2013 at 7:30am — 2 Comments

New way to collect autographs

Autographgiving.com is a new way to collect autographs and benefit charities at the same time. Using a Autographgiving Collectors Card the card owner gives money to a charity to receive the card. Do you think athletes will be more likely to sign these?

Added by Ben Koll on May 28, 2013 at 8:19am — 1 Comment

Buyers Beware of The Mick/Don Mattingly "Signed" Photo

I get sick of seeing eBay sellers post this as being "signed" when in reality it is a reprint. I myself actually got burned on this in the past. 

Here is the "signed" photo to be cautious of: 

As you can see below, this is the exact same "reproduction" as above, yet this seller calls it an "Autograph"…

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Added by Null on May 28, 2013 at 6:56am — 12 Comments

Jimmie/Jimmy Johnson autographed 8th grade yearbook

So I am originally from ElCajon California and recently my dad, who is a NASCAR fan, came to visit. He said the Jimmie Johnson boy me and my sister used to hang out with who raced dirt bikes and had all those HUGE trophies in 8th grade was the same guy who drives for NASCAR. Today I found my junior high year book with his pic and an autograph..Just wondering why the…

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Added by Angela Charles on May 27, 2013 at 12:26pm — 3 Comments

The Doors -- Autograph adventures and thoughts on my favorite band, in memory of Ray Manzarek

Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist of The Doors died the other day. As journalists that thought they were clever wrote, he “broke on through to the other side.”

Since they’ve always been my favorite band, I thought I’d do a story for Autograph relating to all my meetings with the various band members.

I had been a Doors fan from an early age. When I was…

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Added by Josh Board on May 26, 2013 at 12:44am — 16 Comments

The Beatles Blog -- handwritten lyrics and guitars

I was reading a newspaper in San Diego and saw the most beautiful picture in the world. No, it wasn’t a sunrise over the beautiful beaches in La Jolla. It wasn’t one of those double rainbows some freak out over. It was the handwritten lyrics to the great Beatles song She Said, She Said from the Revolver album. It included a few lines that didn’t make it into the song, and some words crossed out. All of it in John Lennon’s writing! That song, along with the lyrics to In My…

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Added by Josh Board on May 25, 2013 at 12:13am — 1 Comment

Ted Williams Mickey Mantle Signed Photo Forgery Ebay Seller Yankeehater626 TTA Ted Taylor COA

Here's a typical set of Mickey Mantle/Ted Williams forgeries on Ebay.

This set of Mickey Mantle & Ted Williams forgeries is listed by Ebay seller Yankeehater626.

The worthless COA is from TTA (Ted Taylor).  The TTA COA is on Ebay's Banned COA list.…

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Added by CJCollector on May 21, 2013 at 6:24pm — 6 Comments

Pink Floyd Signed

I'd love to get some feedback on this.  I purchased this a couple of years ago on EBAY from a seller based in England.  Although he dealt almost exlusively with Iron Maiden items, he also had a few vinyl records that he had picked up several years ago at a Car Boot sale (my understanding is that this is the British version of a flea market).  One of the albums was a British version of Pink Floyd Meddle in near perfect condition.  As he was going through the album to check the condition, he…

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Added by Purple Hayes on May 18, 2013 at 4:28pm — 8 Comments

kiss4sale.org.........another KISS disaster

So beside the fact that I believe every autograph on their sight is at the very least suspect,

They put this "gem" up for sale:…

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Added by john reece on May 18, 2013 at 12:34pm — No Comments

My One Day at the Chiller Con 4/29/2013

The Chiller Theatre Convention is filled with celebrities, musicians, artists, wrestlers, models, zombies, monsters, vampires and so much more. The celebrity guests are all usually, human, mostly. This is a three day event, twice a year, to which I happily attended the Sunday show on April 28, 2013. My friend Anthony and I drove up to NJ to spend a few incredible hours at Chiller from Baltimore. I thank Kevin and Eddie who allow me Press passes to cover the event!

This foray of guests…

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Added by Mark J Gross on May 17, 2013 at 10:58am — 2 Comments

Skylab 40th Anniversary Celebration Benefit Dinner

The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation along with astronauts representing every era of manned spaceflight will gather on the evening of July 27, 2013 to both commemorate the 40th anniversary of Skylab’s launch into space and honor the courageous, tireless and innovative men and women who made the Skylab missions, which in many ways laid the…

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Added by Andy McIlwraith on May 16, 2013 at 10:58am — No Comments

TO Josh Board, from jaylee

Josh, I went to the site you listed  Signed, sealed.

I found three Beatles autograph of Paul M. The three are very different in my eyes. All the "P" look like "R". I have seen many of his examples and it seems he signs his last name in full. The guitar is at $9,500. I am no expert but all I see all Red Flags, thanks, Jay

here is my e-mail     jaylee98765@gmail.com

Added by jay lee on May 15, 2013 at 9:24pm — 2 Comments

Late Night with...Autographs!

Last week on the late night shows, the big news was that Saturday Night Live’s head writer, Seth Myers, would be taking over Jimmy Fallons slot when he moves over to The Tonight Show next year.

Well, what I enjoyed about the shows last week was all the talk about autographs.

Kimmel was talking about how ridiculous it was that Dennis Rodman sent a tweet asking North Korea’s leader a favor. This, of course, after Rodman went there and was hanging out with…

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Added by Josh Board on May 13, 2013 at 11:12am — 3 Comments

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