Star Wars Collectors Unite!

I have been collecting Star Wars autographs since 1998.  Not all of my signatures are on Star Wars memorabilia.  For example, when I met Warwick Davis at a comic convention in New York City, I had him sign a Willow photograph.  I also have publicity photos of Sir Alec Guinness and Christopher Lee from the 1970s, and a Natalie Portman signed The Diary of Anne Frank theater poster from her performance on Broadway back in 1998.  My current wish list includes Peter Cushing, Terence Stamp and John Williams.  I am interested in knowing about the collections and wish lists of other members.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Shepherd on August 11, 2014 at 5:27pm

Very cool Pete.  I figured that for $25 someone may be interested.  He also had a very small part in Superman: The Movie.

Permalink Reply by Bradford on August 11, 2014 at 5:36pm
Was he one of the police officers?
Permalink Reply by Mike Shepherd on August 11, 2014 at 5:43pm

Yes.  He was credited as Officer 2.  Good call Bradford.

Permalink Reply by Bradford on August 11, 2014 at 5:46pm
I love some me some superman. Most of my autographs are superman related.
Permalink Reply by Bradford on August 15, 2014 at 9:18pm
So....why was David Ankrum the voice of Wedge??? It was a different guy that actually portrayed the character? A David Prouse/James Earl Jones thing?
Permalink Reply by Pete Bendu on August 16, 2014 at 3:58am

Aside from the major actors in the film, the entire film was redubbed here in the states. The costs involved of bringing all of these Brits back here to re do their lines in a sound studio would have blown the budget even higher over the original estimate. Add to that fact if everyone in the film had a British accent it would have been pretty weird.

 It is Cushing, Guinness, Ford , Hamill, Fisher and Daniels that you hear on screen, but the vast majority of the remaining voices that you hear are voice over actors recorded here in post production. The Rebel Generals and pilots as well as Stormtroopers and Imperials are friends of the sound department, ILM and voice actors including Michael Bell, David Ankrum, Harry Shearer(Spinal Tap & The Simpsons), Terry McGovern etc. 

Permalink Reply by Bradford on August 16, 2014 at 11:12am
Thanks Pete. This is a nice piece:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/141375163365
Permalink Reply by Pete Bendu on August 16, 2014 at 1:05pm

The slabbed comic concept still baffles me. Coins, comics, paper money, cards and even an autograph...sure!

But comic books, what good is that?

Permalink Reply by Bradford on August 16, 2014 at 1:12pm
It has to do with value. And today.....value is determined by grading.
Permalink Reply by Mike Shepherd on August 16, 2014 at 1:38pm

Pete, you are joking, right?  The whole idea is to keep them in pristine condition.  A collector can always have a comic book graded after they carefully read it with white gloves on.

Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on August 16, 2014 at 7:22pm
In general, Comic collectors have little education in autographs and zero trust in any autograph that is not CGC signature series. I have stacks of signed comics I got long before CGC signature series existed and they are all "suspect" now.

CGC did a hell of a job marketing their SS line and in the process created a tremendous amount of distrust in a genre that has relatively few fakes. Like who is faking Herb Trimpe and Dick Ayers?

You see a lot of Stan Lee fakes now and some Kirby's, but it is a relatively recent development. Prior to 2 or 3 years ago, there were very few IMO.
Permalink Reply by Bradford on August 16, 2014 at 7:50pm
Fortunate or unfortunate, it is a necessary evil. Regardless which people have more expertise in their respective hobbies, it's the 21st century and how things are done today. I have a stan lee signed amazing #700 and had to go through his personal 3rd party signature authenticator (desert wind) to witness the signing who then partnered with CGC to get the authentication. That means I had to pay Desert Wind to work with CGC. Both parties made money off of me in the end. Fortunately it was a 9.8 grade that's worth about $400 and in the end I had about $150 tied into it.

Going back to the Hamill and Fisher signed comic: Not only is this piece authenticated by CGC but by Celebrity Authentics as well. This also leads me to believe that CGC and CA partner together on some level because I highly doubt both entities had to be present for this to be authenticated. My thoughts are that due to the reputation of CA witnessing everything that is signed, CGC must put their stamp on it respectively.

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