Why Autographs?

[mighty bombjack]

Originally Posted by JimStinson

I don't think it is a matter of choice, I was born with the autograph collecting "gene"
Wish I had been born with the bottle cap or butterfly collecting gene instead. Alot less expensive

I don't know but I would imagine those hobbies can and do get very expensive at some level of obsession.

[Exhibitman]

I enjoy owning something that was touched by a person whom I admire or whose work I admire and who inspire me. I do not limit myself to sports. I have signed pieces from actors, musicians, comedians, astronauts, war heroes and so on. One of my favorite pieces is a signed copy of the Guggenheim's lifetime show catalog for Roy Lichtenstein that I picked up at the museum in NYC. I was there looking in the gift shop about 2 years after the retrospective, saw the catalog for sale unsigned, and asked a clerk if they happened to have a signed one because I knew Lichtenstein had signed some of them. They did and sold it to me for the same price as the unsigned book. Weighs about ten pounds and is the size of a cafeteria tray so it made for an interesting carry-on time at the airport.