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Permalink Reply by wascher on September 27, 2014 at 1:44pm

There are quite a few women on the forum here :) 

-wascher

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Permalink Reply by Ben M on September 27, 2014 at 1:51pm

Good to know. Maybe the women are just avoiding me, like they always have!

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Permalink Reply by wascher on September 27, 2014 at 2:38pm

I do think there are a lot more guys in it than gals, but there are some really strong gal collectors on the forum too.  Maybe some more will pop in to say hello! :)

-w

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Permalink Reply by michelle on September 27, 2014 at 6:58pm

well I am popping in all the way from England ,where I cannot sleep, to say hello Ben.  I am A   FEMALE !!!!!!   

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Permalink Reply by Ben M on September 27, 2014 at 11:25pm

Hi, Michelle. I have been interested in autographs for 50 years. I've been to many estate sales, charity auctions and collectors' homes. I can't recall a single female collector. I'm very glad to know you're out there. May I ask what types of autographs capture your interest?

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Permalink Reply by michelle on September 28, 2014 at 12:05am

Historical documents & autographs,  old style Holywood movie stars like Bergman, Hepburn , Astaire, and 60s - 80s pop.  

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Permalink Reply by Ben M on September 28, 2014 at 7:05am

Nice

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Permalink Reply by Mike Shepherd on September 27, 2014 at 6:26pm

Those are very interesting questions Ben.  I have never considered them before.

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Permalink Reply by Ben M on September 27, 2014 at 11:29pm

Hi Mike, From the replies I'm getting it appears there are more women involved than I thought.

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Permalink Reply by Rich Treichler on September 28, 2014 at 8:23am

Hi Ben, my wife and daughter are both sports fans. We have great fun collecting together. My daughter graduated from college in December and now works in the hobby. There are a number of items in our collection that my wife would call "hers", and my daughter recently bought her first item.

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Permalink Reply by Ben M on September 28, 2014 at 1:06pm

Hi Rich,
I'm glad to hear women are involved. My sons and I are huge sports fans, too, but I've never had much interest in sports autographs. The few I've bought were under pressure from my boys. My main interest has been in music and entertainment. Not sure why, maybe because I used to be a decent athlete but have no musical talent, so I have more admiration for musicians.

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