How to Choose the Best Silver Marker for Your Autographs
The carpenter has his hammer. The plumber has his wrench. The grapher has his blue Sharpie. But sometimes your photo has a dark background. Or your bat is black. Or you have a football....
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Your All-Weather Guide to Autograph Collecting
There’s one obstacle even the most experienced, creative and reckless autograph collector can’t entirely overcome—Mother Nature. Here in New England, we graph all four seasons (sometimes in the same month) and the climate plays...
The Best Way to Store Your Autographed Photos
Proper storage for your autograph collection is critical to maintaining your investment and enjoyment in the hobby for years to come. Unfortunately, it’s a step that is often overlooked. Inspired by a reader’s question...
How to Request Autographs Through the Mail (TTM)
Collecting autographs through the mail (TTM) is a great way to grow your collection, especially if you live in an area where in person opportunities are limited. In response to a reader request, I’ve...
The Ultimate List of Autograph Resources on the Web
My long-term mission for Autograph University is to develop the most complete educational resource for autograph collectors on the Web. I want to help you improve your autograph collection, meet celebrities and, in turn,...
The Event Calendar Every Autograph Collector Needs to Create
If I had a dime (or better yet, an autograph) for every time I found out about a celebrity appearance the next morning… Event organizers know there’s no better way to drive ticket sales...
4 Simple Ways to Make Your Autograph Collection Awesome
Everything I’m going to say you probably know already. It may seem basic. Maybe it’s common sense. But I still find myself failing to adhere to these principles and I bet, from time to...
How to Use Twitter Lists to Meet Celebrities and Get Autographs
As an in-person autograph collector, my two greatest challenges are knowing where a celebrity will be and when. Simple questions with difficult answers. Graphers use various intel to aid tracking, from team schedules to...
2011 NBA Draft Pick Autograph Signing Habits
The hoop dreams of sixty shooting stars came true at last week’s NBA Draft in the Brick City. For these young men, their selections signify not the completion of a journey but, like a...
The Case of the Disappearing Autograph
It was toward the end of the 2006 baseball season when I started to tag along with a friend who was a veteran of tracking athletes down at team hotels to get autographs. During...