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Permalink Reply by Big Bad John on May 19, 2015 at 9:17am

My choice for the most valuable living celebrity is  Lou  Alcindor. Yup, he's still alive and his autograph will cost you a bundle.

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Permalink Reply by James on May 19, 2015 at 4:41pm

If it is something signed "Lou Alcindor", that may be worth a fair amount, although I don't know the particulars. However, if it's signed "Abdul Jabbar", that's not worth enormous bucks. A signed basketball is probably worth around $250 - a healthy amount, but probably wouldn't break the bank.

It's kind of like "Cassius Clay" items are worth much more than "Muhammad Ali" items.

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Permalink Reply by posterguy on August 27, 2016 at 2:04pm

(Randy Poffo sig aka Macho Mans real name would be rare as well....he's been dead 5 yrs so prolly not the best example to use , though :/ )

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Permalink Reply by Jason Poulos on July 2, 2015 at 10:26pm

Doesn't the HOME ALONE actor sell for over 1,000?  

MACAULAY CULKIN =)

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Permalink Reply by Robin McKay on August 3, 2015 at 4:15am

I think Macaulay Culkin has loosened up and he's not a strictly no autographs type of guy - he will sign. I guess its a case of right time, right place, but I wouldn't get him signing Home Alone stills as I heard he doesn't sign those.

If it were me, just an album page or a typical 10x8 would do.

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Permalink Reply by Scott W. Arnold on September 12, 2015 at 8:11am

Do we have David Gilmour on the list yet?

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Permalink Reply by crazyrabbits23 on August 30, 2019 at 9:11pm

Not sure how much interest there is in Canadian-based autographs, but I can give some examples based on what I've seen and encountered in the wild:

Margaret Atwood: Modern Atwood can still be found relatively cheap, but a first-edition signed hardcover Handmaid's Tale is going to run you at least $200-300 in decent condition. The holy grail for Atwood enthusiasts is either the true first printing of The Circle Game ($1k CAD+) or one of the original 125 handmade copies of The Journals of Susanna Moodie ($10k CAD+).

Alice Munro: Older Munro can be found for as (in very rare cases) $100 or so, but after she won the Nobel Prize, almost every book associated with her has jumped up to $300-400+. I also have reason to believe there are fakes floating around out there - her signing style tightened up around the early 2000s, and those older books can still push as high as $500+ if it was personalized. She's notoriously shy about signing, doesn't do many author events (she's 88 as of 2019, IIRC) and she lives in a small town in Ontario, Canada.

Sonali Deraniyagala ("Wave"): $125 CAD+ for a first edition copy of her book. From what I understand, she never intended the book to be released (it was basically a journal to begin with), and only did a couple of author signings in the UK and Canada (Ontario), with the latter being a launch event at a Chapters. Very tough to get in good condition.

Michael Ondaatje: Recent Ondaatje is easy to get, but his signature is downright atrocious (basically a glorified squiggle). You're looking at $1k CAD+ if you want a halfway legible full-name signature, which he hasn't really done since the late 80s/early 90s.

Stephen Harper (former Prime Minister): Of the Canadian Prime Ministers of the last twenty (maybe even thirty) years, he is the most difficult PM signature to get by a country mile, with very few legitimate examples of his signature out there in the wild. Possible estimates ranging from $100-300 based on type of item signed - and I also believe there were autopenned compliments sheets he sent out. Notoriously reclusive since leaving office, he's released two books, but as far as I know, neither of them had a proper launch/signing event. Even John Turner (the PM who was only in office for a month) signs more books than him, and he doesn't even go out in public either.

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