How to degloss your cards to make them autograph-ready
When I was a kid you could walk into any convenience store and get a pack of Topps baseball cards for fifty cents. In those days there were no autograph inserts or game-used swatches....
Tagged: autographs
Autograph University Class Review (January – March 2011)
In the quarterly “Class Review” I’ll recap my autograph-related activities of the past three months. Rather than publishing a new post every time I obtain an autograph or meet someone, I’ll include the highlights...
Autograph Adventures – Salma Hayek
In my office we eat lunch at our desk—while still scanning Outlook and responding to email with one hand. Only on the nicest days do I treat myself to a midday break, usually a...
Autograph Adventures – Paris Hilton
February 6, 2008 Boston, Massachusetts Before closing in 1990, Boston’s Charles Street Jail held its fair share of historical icons, Malcolm X and Sacco and Vanzetti to name a few. Nearly two decades later...
2 items no autograph collector should leave home without
Is that a Sharpie in your pocket? Watch this brief video to find out which two items I always have on my person to ensure I’m prepared to graph in any situation. What is...
Quoted in Boston Herald autograph story (3/11/11)
The March 11, 2011 edition of the Boston Herald features an article about Sarah Jessica Parker and Christine Hendricks giving the stiff-arm to autograph seekers on the set of “I Don’t Know How She...
“To” or not to, that is the question
A surefire way to ruin the resale value of your autographs is to get your items personalized. I do it as often as I can. Why? Because I don’t view autographs as assets in...
How to Get a Grammy Award Winner’s Autograph for Free
As music’s best and brightest were recognized at the 53rd Grammy Awards, my wife and I were sleeping off another day of adventures (and pints of Guinness) in Galway, Ireland. While we made a...
Catching the White Whale (My Paul Pierce Dilemma)
Paul Pierce made me quit graphing in 2008. Outside a Boston nightclub where he was hosting a pre-playoff rally, my buddy and I were ignored by the Celtics star and peppered with f-bombs by...
Win this Dwight Howard autographed 8×10
UPDATE: Congratulations to our winner, Bryan! Thank you to everyone who left a comment, this was fun. Let’s do another giveaway next month. — Yesterday I was finally feeling better after a nasty cold...