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Autograph Collecting

A photograph freezes one moment in time and connects the present with the past. So does an autograph.

How Much Is Your Autograph Worth?

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How Much Is Your Autograph Worth?
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Collecting Celebrity Autographs

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Collecting Celebrity Autographs
I can look at my Alan Shepard signed photo and think back to that short conversation with one of the few men who have walked on the moon! I don't doubt that a hundred years from now somebody could very well be looking at that photo and wonder about the circumstances that led to that signed photo.

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Autograph blog updated often.

Common Autograph Terms and Abbreviations

Sig: A simple signature

SP: Signed Photograph

TLS (Typed Letter Signed): Letter typed, but signed by the subject.

LS: (Letter Signed) Letter written by another, but signed by the subject.

ALS (Autograph Letter Signed): Letter written and signed by the subject.

DS: Document Signed

FE: First Edition

SB: Signed Book

FF: Free Frank

ANS: Autographed Note Signed

FDC: First Day Cover

MQS: Musical Quote Signed

Inscribed: Personalized. For example: To Mary

RS: Responsive Signer

Autopen: Autograph originating from a machine designed for the purpose of replicating an autograph. Since the early 1950s all American presidents and many other government officials have used them for routine official correspondence. Also used by many astronauts.

Secretarial: Entirely written and signed by another, but authorized by the subject.

Facsimile: A printed copy of an original autograph.

KS: (Key Signature) Considered the toughest, and maybe most expensive, autograph to acquire to complete a subject group.

Autograph Sites

Celebrity Book Signings & events
Good site for upcoming celebrity book signings. Some stores will reserve an autographed copy and ship it to you.
Space Autograph Signings & Events
Nice site to research upcoming astronaut signings and events. Site also has a message board to discuss space autographs.

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