Mystery Autograph Help Part 2 (likely entertainment)

[bgar3]

Sorry I can't identify the actual autograph but number 5, the bookplate, is more than likely an author, as publishers get bookplates signed to paste in books or send out from requests rather than have the bulkier books done.

[ATP]

Thanks for the info. I fear I likely won't every figure out the bookplates on my own unless someone happens to recognize it. I've looked at them quite a bit and just can't seem to come up with anything. Regarding the genre, I am leaning towards it more than likely being a singer or an actor, rather than an author. The reason I think that could be is because the collection it came from was rather large (over 1000 autographs and all obtained by the same collector or by him through the mail), and maybe contained only half a dozen or so bookplates. But, they were all this same style of bookplate and the others were signed by Dolly Parton, Kenny Loggins, Frank Sinatra Jr, Clint Eastwood, and Tony Bennett.

[Michael B]

The bookplate is not something that the publisher would use to place in a book to be sold as signed. They would use a nice big, usually adhesive style, sticker/bookplate that would have a large blank space for the person to sign. Many of those would have a nice black/blue/gold border. The ones you have are the ones you could buy pre-gummed in a box of 25 - 50 at a place like Barnes & Nobles or a stationery store.

[Steve D]

The bookplates are actually the type that are used to identify that a particular book came from someone's library:

ex li·bris
ˌeks ˈlēbris/

adverb
1. used as an inscription on a bookplate to show the name of the book's owner.
"ex libris Edith Wharton"

noun
1. a bookplate inscribed to show the name of the book's owner.

So, the signature could be anyone, not necessarily an author.

Steve

[Michael B]

Originally Posted by Steve D

The bookplates are actually the type that are used to identify that a particular book came from someone's library:

ex li·bris
ˌeks ˈlēbris/

adverb
1. used as an inscription on a bookplate to show the name of the book's owner.
"ex libris Edith Wharton"

noun
1. a bookplate inscribed to show the name of the book's owner.

So, the signature could be anyone, not necessarily an author.

Steve

Thus the ones you would buy in a bookstore or stationery store.