by buffysatine » Thu Jun 09, 2011 6:27 am
Jonnoy1572 wrote:Well then I guess everyones attitude towards collecting is different. I'm not doing this as a nest egg type thing to where if I have to sell I can. I do it just for something to do with my kids. We have authentics, we have PP, and we have autopens. Our authentics are personally collected via venue. All the other autographs we have is a gamble, like a crapshoot. When you mail off, you never know what your getting. We appreciate anything that's sent. It's worth the stamp or email to see the look on my kids face to open the envelopes and see who's inside.
My collection is a hobby, not an obsession. It makes my kids happy that's all that matters to me.
My collection is also a hobby & has been since I was a child. It is also not a nest egg to sell as I request to have everything dedicated to me. It is a hobby I am serious about & when I started as a child the goal was to always get the person to read my letter and hopefully sign something to me. Just knowing that they read your letter and took the time to dedicate a photo to you is PRICELESS. It is not the '$$$$' value for me its the sentimental value of having something actually signed by the person I like/admmire enough to write too. Most collectors I know do this for the exact same reason as I do. Even as child I was dissappointed to get a preprint back.
Celebs who do not sign I think obviously do not care about their fanbase as much. Answering fanmail is part of the job and I dont see how many of them can't set aside even 1 hour a week to sign some photos for fans. Many of the big name stars at the moment still can find the time to do this like Chrisitan Bale, Mark Wahlberg, Amanda Seyfried, Sienna Miller etc... & sign genuine autographs for their fans. Not be lazy and use auto pens or pre prints. I would rather not hear back at all then get a SEC and have my item ruined by someone else (if I wanted anybodies auto I would have jsut given it to anybody to sign). Auto pens /Stamps are just as misleading to people who do not know much about collecting.
I would be happy to wait however long and get back a genuine autograph. The most precious ones to me are the ones who have obviously read my letter and make some reference to something I have said on my photo they have signed.
I recently got to meet Australian singer/actress Natalie Bassingthwaighte whom I wrote to several months ago. When I wrote she not only signed my photos with special messages she sent me a handwritten letter. She came into the crowd before taping X Factor Australia which she is now a mentor on. When I started talking to her she not only remembered my letter & its contents & asked me about how several things I mentioned in the letter were going, she also even remembered my name. She hugged me and told me how much my letter had meant to her etc... Do you know how great that made me feel? That is someone who cares about their fans (& you may not know her overseas but she is very famous here & does get alot of fanmail). Some celebs obviously appreciates their fans & enjoy reading our letters.
[quote="Jonnoy1572"]Well then I guess everyones attitude towards collecting is different. I'm not doing this as a nest egg type thing to where if I have to sell I can. I do it just for something to do with my kids. We have authentics, we have PP, and we have autopens. Our authentics are personally collected via venue. All the other autographs we have is a gamble, like a crapshoot. When you mail off, you never know what your getting. We appreciate anything that's sent. It's worth the stamp or email to see the look on my kids face to open the envelopes and see who's inside.
My collection is a hobby, not an obsession. It makes my kids happy that's all that matters to me.[/quote]
My collection is also a hobby & has been since I was a child. It is also not a nest egg to sell as I request to have everything dedicated to me. It is a hobby I am serious about & when I started as a child the goal was to always get the person to read my letter and hopefully sign something to me. Just knowing that they read your letter and took the time to dedicate a photo to you is PRICELESS. It is not the '$$$$' value for me its the sentimental value of having something actually signed by the person I like/admmire enough to write too. Most collectors I know do this for the exact same reason as I do. Even as child I was dissappointed to get a preprint back.
Celebs who do not sign I think obviously do not care about their fanbase as much. Answering fanmail is part of the job and I dont see how many of them can't set aside even 1 hour a week to sign some photos for fans. Many of the big name stars at the moment still can find the time to do this like Chrisitan Bale, Mark Wahlberg, Amanda Seyfried, Sienna Miller etc... & sign genuine autographs for their fans. Not be lazy and use auto pens or pre prints. I would rather not hear back at all then get a SEC and have my item ruined by someone else (if I wanted anybodies auto I would have jsut given it to anybody to sign). Auto pens /Stamps are just as misleading to people who do not know much about collecting.
I would be happy to wait however long and get back a genuine autograph. The most precious ones to me are the ones who have obviously read my letter and make some reference to something I have said on my photo they have signed.
I recently got to meet Australian singer/actress Natalie Bassingthwaighte whom I wrote to several months ago. When I wrote she not only signed my photos with special messages she sent me a handwritten letter. She came into the crowd before taping X Factor Australia which she is now a mentor on. When I started talking to her she not only remembered my letter & its contents & asked me about how several things I mentioned in the letter were going, she also even remembered my name. She hugged me and told me how much my letter had meant to her etc... Do you know how great that made me feel? That is someone who cares about their fans (& you may not know her overseas but she is very famous here & does get alot of fanmail). Some celebs obviously appreciates their fans & enjoy reading our letters.
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