Collecting Celebrity Autographs                                    

  The fabulous world of collecting celebrity autographs, continues to grow and a new generation of collector's are emerging, fascinated with this field of collecting, which can be quite lucrative as well.

   People have been collecting autographs for decades and this hobby has flourished long before alot of us were born .
 The autograph market has been stable for years, with thousands of collectors and a handful of dealers were quietly buying up material on a global basis long before we knew such a market existed.

                                                        Some of The Most Collectible Names

   Although you should always collect anything because you enjoy owning it, many people still admit to the importance of the investment potential in our field. To that end many collectors like to know from dealers what other collectors are collecting and in fact, it is a question dealers get asked quite often.

    Therefore, here is a list of the 100 most collectible names according to an informal deal poll we took this past year.

    No regard was made towards issues like rarity-although we did eliminate Jesus Christ and William Shakespeare from the list. They have been desired for generations of collector's collections but alas have not shown up- Yet!

Abraham Lincoln                     Jefferson Davis

Daniel Boone                          George Washington                        

Alexander Graham Bell           The Beatles

Mark Twain                            Amelia Earhart

Charles Lindbergh                   Winston Churchill

Ernest Hemingway                   Marilyn Monroe

James Dean                             Jimmy Stewart

Babe Ruth                              Walt Disney

Neil Armstrong                       Vivien LEigh

Clark Gable                           Judy Garland

Humphrey Bogart                   Frank Sinatra

Ty Cobb                                Lou Gehrig

Hrry Houdini                          John D. Rockefeller

Ulysses S. Grant                     Theodore Roosevelt

Sigmund Freud                      Elvis Presley

Henry Ford                           Albert Einstein

George S. Patton                   Thomas Jefferson

The Three Stooges               Martin Luther King Jr

  Marx Brothers                    Gen. George A. Custer

Thomas Edison                    Howard Hughes

Robert E. Lee

                                                    Do Your Research Before You Buy

  If you are going to buy a  piece for investment purposes or for your own personal enjoyment, be sure to do your research !

Conduct a personal search for that particular signature and compare them to verify that they infact match genuine known exemplars.

Also, be sure you are clear on the seller's return policy and if  the seller has a lifetime guarantee on the piece you are buying, and ask about the history of the piece and if the seller is a member of the UACC (Autgraph Collector's Club) or other clubs ? This helps provide you peace of mind on the piece you are buying.

   Once you have taken these easy steps to collecting celebrity autographs, you will enjoy this fascinating world of collecting !