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Josh Board's Blog – December 2011 Archive (4)

The Artist, The Autographs

So, in the movie THE ARTIST (which is a great film by the way…my review at the end of this)…

There are two autograph scenes. In the beginning, there’s silent film star (played by Jean Dujardin), and he’s hamming it up for a crowd waiting for signatures and photos.

One girl drops her note pad. Her name is Berenice Bejo (she’s gorgeous, although a bit thin for the actresses of that day), and she gets a photo, and ends up becoming a star.

Later,…

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Added by Josh Board on December 24, 2011 at 10:44pm — No Comments

Kevin Pollock Tells Best Autograph Story Ever About Rich Little

I met actor/comedian Kevin Pollock after his performance at the Irvine improve years ago. The weird thing was, I had been at a party in Hollywood earlier that day, with a co-star of his from The Usual Suspects.

We talked for a long time about the many impressions he does, and a few other things. He signed autographs for a handful of fans that came up to ask him.

Well, on the Marc Maron podcast (he’s another funny comedian you should check out if you get the…

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Added by Josh Board on December 22, 2011 at 12:27am — 1 Comment

Michael Jackson Autograph Sells for over $100,000!

I don't know the details or exact price. You can Google. I don't spend as much time writing the stories as I used to when I was paid.

But, an auction of Elizabeth Taylors furniture and other items, included a photo he signed to her. It had an inscription with her full name, and something about him loving her so much. They expected a few thousand dollars for it, and it got in the 6 figures. BAFFLING, as an autographed 8 x 10 of Michael sells for so much less. Now, one thing if it was a…

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Added by Josh Board on December 17, 2011 at 4:55pm — 5 Comments

Question about EXPENSIVE PURCHASED I MADE...Traveling Wilbury's, Led Zeppelin

Okay folks...aside from being one of many taken by Bryan Slaven and Autograph Central years ago, I purchased about 5 albums from a guy from L.A. His name was David Dettman, and he had a company called GENUINE AUTOGRAPH.com

Of course, that's nowhere to be found now. He also worked at a place called Paper Image in Canoga Park, CA. Also nowhere to be found.

I remember when I purchased the albums from him...around $900 each...he was sweating a lot, and super nervous. I should've…

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Added by Josh Board on December 12, 2011 at 2:29am — 11 Comments