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F1 autographs through the mail

on Mittwoch, 15 Januar 2003. Posted in Through the mail

experience of a F1 autograph collector

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F1 AUTOGRAPHS BY MAIL

There is no doubt that getting an autograph in person from a favourite
driver is a thrill. If the driver signs willingly with a smile and a bit of
conversation then the occasion becomes especially memorable (well, for you,
not necessarily the driver!)

Autograph Collector and UACC featured ISITREAL.com

on Montag, 20 Februar 2006. Posted in isitreal

written by David Grossberg

Businessmen 'systematically forged' sports stars' autographs

on Donnerstag, 07 Februar 2008. Posted in Autograph forgeries

written by Fred Attewill and agencies, theguardian.com

Two businessmen "systematically" forged autographs of famous England rugby and football players and sold them to sports fans, a court heard today. As well as fake signatures of Rugby World Cup winner Jonny Wilkinson and footballers David Beckham, Steven Gerrard and Michael Owen, the pair also conned fans with "poorly made" replicas of England international caps which were sold as genuine.

International Autograph Club and ISITREAL Convention (Worms) 21-22- March 2009

on Mittwoch, 11 März 2009. Posted in isitreal

written by Markus Brandes

International Autograph Club and ISITREAL Convention (Worms) 21-22- March 2009
All those who plan to attend the autograph convention in Worms are kindly requested to bring unique items from their collections.

Keep Your Autograph Collection From Fading

on Montag, 31 August 2009. Posted in Collecting and Protecting autographs

Questions and answers

Keep Your Autograph Collection From Fading

Q: Part of my autograph collection is framed and on display in my home. What can I do to preserve the ones that are starting to fade?

A: There are several ways to limit fading and prolong the life of your collection.

Since light fades ...

Let us sell autographs for you !

on Freitag, 14 Januar 2011. Posted in Buying and Selling

Get great prices when a trustful autograph dealer with numerous international contacts sells your items

Let us sell autographs for you !

In many cases we have to refuse interesting items because we could not expect the demand for them or have already similar items available.

Most autograph dealers just choose the most important names while most of the second choices are not estimated in value.  If you are not looking for a prompt sale and payment we highly suggest to use our consignment service.

    Collector's Guide for Muhammad Ali Autographs

    on Freitag, 14 Januar 2011.

    Hundrets of signature examples showing the development of his sigis signatunature

     

    Privately Printed, Miami, 2009, 90 pages heavily illustrated. Thirteen chapters chock full of information regarding Ali's signature from his days of Cassius Clay, Cassius X and Muhammad Ali. What you need to be aware of his machine signed signatures to preprints and secretarial signatures. Chapters on forgeries and in person experiences both in the United States and in Europe. This educational reference book is strictly limited to only 150 numbered copies hand signed by all three authors.

    Orders can be booked at

    Markus Brandes, Wiesenwinkelstrasse 1, CH-8593 Kesswil, Switzerland , Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!

    “I Am The Greatest!“: Eine Studie zu den Handschriften von Muhammad Ali
    von Heinz-Ulrich Kammeier

    Das Sammeln von Handschriften berühmter Persönlichkeiten bereitet in der Regel große Freude, es sei denn es stellt sich heraus, dass man im Nachhinein erkennen muss unechte Signaturen in seiner Sammlung zu haben. Auch wenn diese Erfahrung schmerzlich ist (der Verfasser dieser Zeilen weiß, worüber er schreibt), so ist es doch hilfreich ein Buch an die Hand zu bekommen, das einem hilft, Falschsignaturen zu erkennen.

    Shawn Anderson, Markus Brandes und Stephen Koschal haben ein solches vorgelegt, in dem sie die Signiergewohnheiten und auch die Falschunterschriften des wohl größten Boxsportlers aller Zeiten, Cassius Clay bzw. Muhammad Ali vorstellen und an zahlreichen Beispielen erläutern.

    Im vorliegenden Buch mit dem Titel “The Collector’s Guide to Muhammad Ali Autographs“ stellen die drei Autoren über 100 echte und falsche Handschriften des an Parkinson leidenden früheren Boxweltmeisters aller Klassen vor und beleuchten alle Facetten: die echten Unterschriften, die reproduzierten und die gefälschten, die das FBI auf den Plan riefen.

    Auch wenn man nicht das Gebiet „Sport“ sammelt: das vorliegende Werk gewährt einen detaillierten Einblick in die Signiergewohnheiten eines faszinierenden und doch so unglücklichen Menschen namens Muhammad Ali bzw. Cassius Clay.

    Das Buch kann bei Markus Brandes, Wiesenwinkelstrasse 1, CH-8593 Kesswil, Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein! zum Preis von € 10 bestellt werden.

    Collecting F1 autographs at German Grand Prix at Nuerburgring 2011

    on Montag, 01 August 2011. Posted in Hunting Channel

    Vettel:

    Great. He is the World Champion and also as friendly as your best friend from the next door. Unbelievable friendly. OK, it is not easy to meet him, but then he signs many photographs.

    and shorter. Also it is completely different than last year.

    Available Author Autograph Signature Samples

    on Freitag, 19 August 2011. Posted in Autograph Reference Websites

    by http://www.tomfolio.com/

    Available Author Autograph Signature Samples

    Do you want to compare the autograph in your signed book with other copies of the author's signature? Check our list of 1000+ scanned author signatures. Scroll down to the author's name and click to see one or more scans of his or her autograph.

    Please note that while we have reason to be confident that these are genuine signatures by virtue of their sources, they have not undergone any expert examination or verification. Accordingly, TomFolio does not guarantee their authenticity, nor can a comparison of a signature with these examples exclude the possibility of an autopen, a printed facsimile or a reasonably capable forgery.

    The Case of the Disappearing Documents

    on Freitag, 30 September 2011. Posted in General Autograph News

    By ELLEN GAMERMAN

    The Case of the Disappearing Documents
    One collector's love for presidential memorabilia lasted decades—and led to an indictment roiling a cloistered world..

    At age 10, Barry Landau wrote a letter to Dwight D. Eisenhower, admiring his "very beautiful" wife and offering his assessment of where the general stood in the country's pantheon of great leaders. "I think you lived the most exciting and the most interesting life then [sic] any other President of our United States," according to a copy of the letter released by the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum.

    Nord Korea Autographs: Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il

    Written by Dr.Márián Zoltán on Dienstag, 03 April 2012. Posted in World Leaders

    Father and Son

    Julio Iglesias visited Budapest and signed autographs

    Written by András Kolozs on Montag, 02 Juli 2012. Posted in Music, Hunting Channel

    Julio Iglesias visited Budapest and signed autographs
    25 years after his first concert in Budapest, Spanish pop star Julio Iglesias visited our capitol yesterday in his current tour.

    Elvis Presley, The Beatles top list of most-forged autographs

    on Donnerstag, 27 Dezember 2012. Posted in Autograph forgeries

    BY ERIC KELSEY

     Elvis Presley, The Beatles top list of most-forged autographs
    (Reuters) - Elvis Presley and The Beatles top the list of most-forged celebrity signatures in 2012, with less than half of their autographs for sale certified as genuine, memorabilia authenticators PSA/DNA said on Thursday.

    Collecting autographs at F1 Grand Prix at Monaco 2013

    on Dienstag, 18 Juni 2013. Posted in Brandes Autographs News, Hunting Channel

    Collecting autographs at F1 Grand Prix at Monaco 2013

    All in all it was tough to collect autographs at Monaco this year. There are more and more professional collectors who make the drivers angry. They are not experienced without any good behavior. So it is normal that difficult drivers behave stressed and unlikely… 

     


    V&A buys Vivien Leigh archive

    on Mittwoch, 14 August 2013. Posted in General Autograph News

    Unseen photographs, diaries and letters to Laurence Olivier made available to the public

    V&A buys Vivien Leigh archive

    Vivien Leigh's archive - including letters sent to husband Laurence Olivier and diaries written until just before the Gone With The Wind star's death - have been acquired by the V&A.

    Collecting autographs at Spa-Francorchamps, F1 GP Belgium, 2013

    on Dienstag, 27 August 2013. Posted in Brandes Autographs News, Hunting Channel

    Collecting autographs at Spa-Francorchamps, F1 GP Belgium, 2013

    The autograph collecting at Spa was tough but all in all successful. 

    Great Moments in Collecting: 'President Karzai, Can I Have Your Autograph?'

    on Mittwoch, 28 August 2013. Posted in Sport

    By Bryan Curtis on August 28, 2013 11:30 AM ET

    Great Moments in Collecting: 'President Karzai, Can I Have Your Autograph?'
    Every autograph collector has an obsession. Kaplan’s is world leaders. He convinced Hamid Karzai, the president of Afghanistan, to sign an official baseball.

    Manuscript of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s first novel digitized for public access

    on Mittwoch, 11 September 2013. Posted in General Autograph News

    BY PATIENCE HAGGIN

    The original manuscript of American author F. Scott Fitzgerald’s first novel, “This Side of Paradise,” has been digitized and made publicly accessible online, the Princeton University Library announced today.

    Historic Mohave County records rescued - but why did they need saving?

    on Dienstag, 24 September 2013. Posted in General Autograph News

    Decades of documents were abandoned at Kingman Airport

    KINGMAN - Nearly 100 years of Mohave County records would have disappeared into the desert dust if it had not been for the Mohave Museum of History and Arts.

    General Giap dies at age 102

    Written by Dr.Márián Zoltán on Donnerstag, 10 Oktober 2013. Posted in World Leaders

    General Giap dies  at age 102
    Vo Nguyen Giap, the brilliant and ruthless self-taught general  who  won both the First Indochina War against the French (1946-1954),  and the Vietnam War (1960-1975) against the Americans died  in a military hospital in Hanoi on 4 October 2013.

    Long-forgotten Oswald files resurface in Dallas

    on Dienstag, 15 Oktober 2013. Posted in General Autograph News

    by TINA FOSTER

    Long-forgotten Oswald files resurface in Dallas
    DALLAS — Files containing historic documents related to the assassination of President Kennedy were presented to Dallas County officials on Tuesday.

    The digital Dickinson

    on Mittwoch, 23 Oktober 2013. Posted in General Autograph News

    Sophisticated site gathers her poems, in her handwriting, for all to see and study

    By Corydon Ireland, Harvard Staff Writer

    A biographer once praised reticent and retiring Emily Dickinson for “the modest littleness of her person.”

    So what might this 19th-century poet make of the decidedly immodest archive of her poems being released today, bringing to light in one digital place most of her surviving manuscripts?

    Autograph Exhibit Doesn't Pass Authenticity Test

    on Montag, 28 Oktober 2013. Posted in Autograph forgeries

    ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The world's largest privately-held autograph collection is now open to the public, the newest addition to the St. Pete Museum of History. But the our news partners at WTSP 10 News Investigators found numerous indications some of the most prized autographs may not be authentic.

    Tips for identifying fake autographs

    on Freitag, 22 November 2013. Posted in Autograph forgeries

    Posted by FOX19 Digital Media Staff

    If the price is too good to be true, it is probably a fake.

    If a company offers an autographed item well below competitors' prices and market value, then consumers should be wary. An example would include Michael Jordan basketballs, which some companies sell for as low as $150. Given Jordan's current exclusive contract with Upper Deck and difficulties associated with obtaining his autograph, the Tuff Stuff Magazine market value of an autographed Jordan Basketball is $500, while Upper Deck Michael Jordan autographed basketballs retail for up to $1,500. (Caution: a high price does not by any means suggest authenticity either.)

    The Lost Art of the Condolence Letter

    on Montag, 10 Februar 2014. Posted in General Autograph News

    By SAUL AUSTERLITZ

    I write because I desperately need to communicate, and because I know that ultimately, I cannot. I write to remember, and to be remembered.

    Shaken and stirred: letters reveal Ian Fleming's tempestuous first love

    on Mittwoch, 26 März 2014. Posted in General Autograph News

    In letters from early 1930s to Edith Morpurgo, Fleming writes: 'I would like to hurt you because you have earned it'

    Shaken and stirred: letters reveal Ian Fleming's tempestuous first love
    It might sound more Fifty Shades of Grey than 007, but a series of letters by a young Ian Fleming to his Austrian lover see the man who would go on to create James Bond detailing how he would like "to hurt you because you have earned it and in order to tame you like a little wild animal".

    In an Era of Squiggles, You Can’t Tell the Players Without a Handwriting Analyst

    on Freitag, 28 März 2014. Posted in General Autograph News

    By TYLER KEPNER

    In an Era of Squiggles, You Can’t Tell the Players Without a Handwriting Analyst
    The walls of the steakhouse at Yankee Stadium are decorated with signatures of past Yankee greats. David Robertson, the team’s young closer, marvels at the fact that he can read the names.

    Samuel Beckett manuscript of first published novel to go on display

    on Montag, 09 Juni 2014. Posted in General Autograph News

    Nobel laureate's notebooks that cost Reading University almost £1m at auction will be on show for just one day

    Photograph: Jane Bown for the Guardian

    Six cheap dark blue notebooks, sacred relics to admirers of Samuel Beckett, will go on display this week for the first time since an English university paid almost £1m for them at auction.

    President Harding’s steamy love letters with Carrie Phillips to go on display

    on Samstag, 05 Juli 2014. Posted in General Autograph News

    By Michael E. Ruane

    On Christmas Eve, 1910, future president Warren G. Harding got out a photograph of himself, and on the back wrote an impassioned love note to his mistress.

    Michael Jackson

    Written by Stephen Koschal on Mittwoch, 16 Juli 2014. Posted in Music

    Michael Jackson

    Attention collector's and dealers. It seems since early last year there has been a flood of people offering the signature of Michael Jackson at prices from $75.00 to $300.00.  

    Khieu Samphan

    Written by Dr.Márián Zoltán on Montag, 11 August 2014. Posted in World Leaders

    Khieu Samphan
    President of Democratic Kampuchea 1976-1979

    Sources: Winston items not validated

    on Dienstag, 18 November 2014. Posted in Autograph forgeries

    written by ESPN Darren Rovell

    Sources: Winston items not validated
    The autograph authentication company that has certified more than 1,000 jerseys, photos, mini helmets and other items as bearing the valid signature of Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston received the items only after an initial authentication firm rejected the job because of concerns about their legitimacy, sources told "Outside the Lines."

    Leaders of The Soviet Union

    Written by Dr.Márián Zoltán on Dienstag, 06 Januar 2015. Posted in World Leaders

    Leaders of The Soviet Union
    Fine article about the collection of Soviet Union autographs written by Dr.Márián Zoltán.

    FC Barcelona

    Written by Adrian Jeżewski on Mittwoch, 07 Januar 2015. Posted in Hunting Channel

    written by Adrian Jeżewski

    FC Barcelona
    FC Barcelona is one of the biggest football clubs in the whole world. The club sells souvenirs for thousands of Euro year after year and hits next sales records. It seems to me that original, received in-person autograph could be better and more valuable item than next scarf or t-shirt. This is why so much fans decide to go to FC Barcelona training ground Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper in Sant Joan Despi. I was there several times and I did not regret at all even if I did not collect lots of signed photos.

    NBA Global Games 2014 in Berlin

    Written by Adrian Jeżewski on Mittwoch, 07 Januar 2015. Posted in Hunting Channel

    written by Adrian Jeżewski

    NBA Global Games 2014 in Berlin
    NBA Global Games 2014 in Berlin was great opportunity for basketball fans to obtain autographs from members of NBA Champions San Antonio Spurs. A game was planned on 8th October, but the team already arrived to Berlin on 5th October. I came to capitol of Germany 1 day later. It gave me more than a 2 days to collect.  Players, coaches and stuff stayed in The Ritz Carlton Hotel, well-situated in the city centre, not so far Grosser Tiergarten or Brandenburg Tor, what furthered to coming out of hotel.

    From the Hand of Albert Schweitzer

    Written by Markus Brandes on Sonntag, 11 Januar 2015. Posted in Brandes publications

    written by Markus Brandes

    From the Hand of Albert Schweitzer
    “I must not allow myself to fail anyone who believes I can help him, even if it is just with an autograph. Perhaps he will found encouragement in the darkest hours”

    Special reproduction for the Consortium of Autograph Collectors


    From the autograph collection of Markus Brandes

    This edition is limited to 600 copies.
    ISBN 978-3-9807905-1-2


    Michael Schumacher – one of the toughest writer in Formula One

    Written by Markus Brandes on Montag, 12 Januar 2015. Posted in Sport

    Michael Schumacher – one of the toughest writer in Formula One
    Since 1994 I visited nearly 100 Grand Prix, test sessions and events concerning to Formula One and motor racing in Europe. During that long time I was happy to meet Michael Schumacher more often than any other Formula One fan. Now I would like to give you a closer look at Michael, especially I want to show you how thrilling the autograph hunting with him was.

    When I met Muhammad Ali

    on Donnerstag, 15 Januar 2015. Posted in Sport

    When I met Muhammad Ali
    Wonderful handwritten background story about a Muhammad Ali autograph written by Felicitas Deutsch.

    Saving Bosnia's past from the ashes

    on Samstag, 17 Januar 2015. Posted in General Autograph News

    By Guy De Launey, BBC News, Sarajevo

    Saving Bosnia's past from the ashes
    The interior of Sarajevo's Presidency building would make any historian wince. Not the decor itself - but the charred papers, piled against the walls.

    This display of damaged documents stretches away down the ground floor corridors of the building, leaving dark smears on the white paint, leading to a heap of burned books, boxes and manuscripts in a stairwell.

    All the Presidents’ Memorabilia

    on Dienstag, 27 Januar 2015. Posted in General Autograph News

    By SERGE F. KOVALESKI

    All the Presidents’ Memorabilia
    Jordan M. Wright’s collection of political memorabilia is unquestionably prodigious.

    Consisting of perhaps a million-plus items, amassed over four decades, it includes an assortment of ephemera like a George W. Bush piñata and a portrait of Lincoln made of seed and saplings, but also legions of important historical artifacts, like a George Washington picture flag from his swearing in and a purse with a Warren G. Harding logo that was used to attract newly enfranchised female voters.

    German TV Report: Faszination Autographs

    on Donnerstag, 29 Januar 2015. Posted in In the media

    True or Fake ?

    German TV Report: Faszination Autographs
    The quick TV report of RTL about autographs and it's counterfeits.
    Markus Brandes occurs in this context as an autograph expert and explains what to look for when buying...

    Turing manuscript up for auction in New York

    on Mittwoch, 04 Februar 2015. Posted in General Autograph News

    By AFP

    Turing manuscript up for auction in New York
    A hidden manuscript written by British mathematician and code breaker Alan Turing at Bletchley Park is to go on auction in New York in April, Bonhams said Tuesday.

    The extraordinary document from 1942, when Turing was working to crack the Nazi's Enigma Code, is expected to fetch at least $1 million, the auction house said.

    Vatican held to ransom over stolen Michelangelo documents

    on Sonntag, 08 März 2015. Posted in General Autograph News

    By Harriet Alexander

    Vatican held to ransom over stolen Michelangelo documents
    In popular imagination the Vatican is, away from the hallowed halls, a place of dark corridors, skulduggery and shady secrets.

    On Sunday the Pope’s press secretary appeared to give weight to the Hollywood image, with the remarkable announcement that the Vatican had received a ransom demand for the return of two rare documents written by Renaissance master Michelangelo, which were stolen from its archives nearly 20 years ago.

    Queen Victoria's Highland adventures manuscript on show in Edinburgh

    on Mittwoch, 11 März 2015. Posted in General Autograph News

    Queen Victoria's Highland adventures manuscript on show in Edinburgh
    A gilded manuscript based on a book by Queen Victoria which detailed time she spent in the Highlands and north east is going on show in Scotland.

    'American Pie' lyrics sell for $1.2 million

    on Dienstag, 07 April 2015. Posted in General Autograph News

    By Todd Leopold, CNN

    (CNN) That's some rich "American Pie."

    The lyrics to the famed Don McLean song sold for $1.2 million Tuesday morning at an auction held by Christie's.

    When Obama signs a bill he doesn’t always use his own hand

    on Mittwoch, 06 Mai 2015. Posted in General Autograph News, Autograph forgeries

    When Obama signs a bill he doesn’t always use his own hand
    Just because the president signs legislation into law, doesn’t mean the president actually signs the legislation.

    Collecting F1 autographs at Monaco 2015

    on Sonntag, 31 Mai 2015. Posted in Hunting Channel

    Mercedes AMG

    Lewis Hamilton has become the most arrogant person inside the F1 paddock. He did not sign photographs at all, especially large ones. He ignored them at any time. He only did sign a few programmes, papers and other fan stuff. There was no chance to get an photograph signed at all.

    European dealers band together to fight forgers

    on Freitag, 26 August 2005. Posted in isitreal

    Written by Autograph Collector

    Michael Schuhmacher autograph study

    Written by Markus Brandes on Montag, 28 Mai 2007. Posted in Autograph forgeries, Sport, In the media

    published in Autograph Collector April/May 2007

    Michael Schuhmacher autograph study
    Michael Schuhmacher signature study written by Markus Brandes

    Guilty: The conmen who made a fortune selling sports fans fake autographs of Ronaldo, Gerrard and Owen

    on Mittwoch, 02 April 2008. Posted in Autograph forgeries

    Guilty: The conmen who made a fortune selling sports fans fake autographs of Ronaldo, Gerrard and Owen
    Two businessmen accused of ripping off their customers by forging and selling sports stars' signatures were today found guilty.

    Why George Harrison faked the other Beatles' autographs

    on Samstag, 02 Mai 2009. Posted in Autograph forgeries

    Written by Markus Brandes

    Beatle George Harrison turned master forger to fake the autographs of John, Paul and Ringo - in order to give a dying girl the biggest thrill of her short life, experts believe.

    Autographmagazine 05/2010 Formula One Testing

    on Samstag, 08 Mai 2010. Posted in Sport

    written by Markus Brandes

    Guideline to be aware of forgeries

    on Freitag, 14 Januar 2011. Posted in Autograph forgeries

    „if it seems to good to be true – It’s propably is !“

    Title

    Help and Hints for autograph authentication

    The only 100% way to ensure that a signature is genuine is to have obtained it yourself from the person concerned. However, here some basic guidelines which we hope will assist you in your search for the genuine article.

    F1 GP Spa-Francorchamps 2010

    on Samstag, 15 Januar 2011. Posted in Hunting Channel

    In-Person autograph hunting experience at Belgium Grand Prix

    Jenson Button:
    Jenson was escorted by his girlfriend and very relaxed. He wrote one autograph per meeting.

    Hungarian F1 Grand Prix 2011

    on Mittwoch, 10 August 2011. Posted in Hunting Channel

    by Andras Kolozs (Hungary)

    Hungarian F1 Grand Prix 2011

    There were rich possibilities to collect drivers autograph by the Hungarian Grand Prix last weekend in Budapest.

    Autograph hunting at 50th anniversary of Kartclub Kerpen + Belgium F1 Grand Prix 2011

    on Donnerstag, 15 September 2011. Posted in Hunting Channel

    50th anniversary of Kartclub Kerpen with Michael and Sebastian Vettel

    Both, Michael and Sebastian, were close to the fans. So it was possible to collect a lot of great autographs. Michael wrote autographs in many different situations. Sebastian wrote even more always trying to fulfill every autographs wish. At the end of the day I had more Michael autographs as usual.

    Directly after leaving Kerpen, I travelled to Spa in Belgium. F1.

    Formula One tests in Barcelona 2012

    on Dienstag, 20 März 2012. Posted in Brandes Autographs News, Hunting Channel

    Autograph Collecting Report

    Formula One tests in Barcelona 2012
    The first opportunity to obtain autographs In-Person of the new Formula One season 2012

    Collecting autographs at F1 Grand Prix at Monaco 2012

    on Samstag, 09 Juni 2012. Posted in Brandes Autographs News, Hunting Channel

    Collecting autographs at F1 Grand Prix at Monaco 2012

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    Sebastian Vettel:

    All the time Sebastian was surrounded by his fans when he was on his way from the Red Bull hospitality to the pit lane. He tried to write many autographs, but it was very difficult because of the hectic around and because of the bodyguards. When he was able to sign his signature was ugly.

    Gresham man gets prison for selling fake sports, Beatles memorabilia

    on Donnerstag, 18 Oktober 2012. Posted in Autograph forgeries

    written by Steve Mayes

    Gresham man gets prison for selling fake sports, Beatles memorabilia

    A Gresham man who sold fake Beatles and sports memorabilia on Craigslist was sentenced Thursday to more than two years in prison.

    Royal Arabic and Middle East history autographs (Copy)

    on Mittwoch, 13 Februar 2013.

    getting high collectible and in demand

    Autographs of the Middle East Royal families and Saudi Arabia getting in very high demand particular with educated and history interested collector's from Saudi Arabia. 

    Collecting autographs at F1 German Grand Prix at Nuerburgring 2013

    on Dienstag, 06 August 2013. Posted in Brandes Autographs News, Hunting Channel

    Collecting autographs at F1 German Grand Prix at Nuerburgring 2013

    Sebastian Vettel was the nicest driver at the Nürburgring F1 Grand Prix. He signed a lot and in contrast to the past races very nice. 

    Lincolns letter took a long mysterious path to Tacoma

    on Samstag, 24 August 2013. Posted in General Autograph News

    Published: August 24, 2013




    A copy of letter from Abraham Lincoln written to a nephew in Oregon in 1860, then photo-copied - literally - onto two glass negatives around World War I in Tacoma. Not seen since then, those negatives were re-discovered this year by the Tacoma Historical Society, which was going through dozens of donated boxes of negatives.

    Stolen manuscripts worth 4 mn euros recovered in Italy

    on Dienstag, 27 August 2013. Posted in General Autograph News

    Rome: Italian police said on Friday they had recovered 36 manuscripts by novelist Giovanni Verga worth some four millions euros (USD 5.25 million). The manuscripts were stolen in the 1930s. 

    10 Reasons to Invest in Collectibles

    on Freitag, 30 August 2013. Posted in Investment Guide

    The Top 10 reasons why you should consider investing in collectibles

    Govt to ask for 900-year-old manuscript back from Oxford University

    on Montag, 23 September 2013. Posted in General Autograph News

    The Annals of Inisfallen – written in 1092 – have been on display in the Bodleian Library.

    Capone Correspondence Revealing

    on Dienstag, 08 Oktober 2013. Posted in General Autograph News

    The Manuscript Society News, Vol. XXXIV, No. 4, 2013

    “Here is your friend Al Capone, writing you this letter from here.” A recently sold cache of correspondence from the collection of Capone’s Florida physician pulls back the curtain on the once-fearsome mobster’s final years.

    Doctor Who: Norfolk counterfeiter jailed for fake autographs

    on Montag, 14 Oktober 2013. Posted in Autograph forgeries

    Written by BBC News Norfolk

    Doctor Who: Norfolk counterfeiter jailed for fake autographs
    A man who ran a "cottage industry" producing fake celebrity autographs, including those of actor David Tennant, has been jailed.

    Harry Belafonte sues Martin Luther King Jr's heirs

    on Mittwoch, 16 Oktober 2013. Posted in General Autograph News

    By Layne Weiss

    New York - Harry Belafonte, 86, sued the estate of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Tuesday over three documents that used to be in Mr. Belafonte's collection of memorabilia, The New York Times reports.

    Ruth Sando Perry 1939- Chairwoman of the Council of State of Liberia 1996-1997

    Written by Dr.Márián Zoltán on Donnerstag, 24 Oktober 2013. Posted in World Leaders

    She is known as being the first female  Head of State of Africa, as well the first female President of Liberia.

    Beatle John Lennon school detention sheets put up for sale

    on Montag, 11 November 2013. Posted in General Autograph News

    Beatle John Lennon school detention sheets put up for sale
    Detention sheets describing Beatle John Lennon's schoolboy misdemeanours are being put up for sale.

    Springsteen's Handwritten 'Born To Run' Lyrics Fetch $197,000 At Auction

    on Mittwoch, 08 Januar 2014. Posted in General Autograph News

    Handwritten lyrics to Bruce Springsteen’s 1975 hit “Born to Run” sold today at Sotheby’s in New York for $197,000.

    Historians unravel mystery of cryptic Lincoln note

    on Samstag, 08 März 2014. Posted in General Autograph News

    Historians believe they’ve unraveled the mystery of a cryptic note Lincoln penned that doesn’t identify the recipient by name and has a section clipped out.

    Autograph Fakery: Two Firms Monopolize a Lucrative Business

    on Donnerstag, 27 März 2014. Posted in Autograph forgeries

    By Jake Rossen

    Autograph Fakery: Two Firms Monopolize a Lucrative Business
    How could anyone be really sure that Jordan, and not a fry cook, had signed a pair of Nikes?

    John Lennon manuscripts, drawings sell for $2.9 million at auction

    on Mittwoch, 04 Juni 2014. Posted in General Autograph News

    John Lennon manuscripts, drawings sell for $2.9 million at auction
    (Reuters) - Original manuscripts and drawings by former Beatle John Lennon, produced for two acclaimed books he wrote in the mid-1960s, sold for $2.9 million on Wednesday, more than double the pre-sale estimate, Sotheby's auction house said.

    Buyer Beware: How To Spot Baseball Autograph Forgeries

    on Montag, 30 Juni 2014. Posted in Autograph forgeries

    By David Seideman

    Buyer Beware: How To Spot Baseball Autograph Forgeries

    Years ago, I enjoyed a huge adrenalin rush at a flea market in Brooklyn’s Park Slope section. For a few hundred dollars I bought a beautiful baseball from the late 1940s with the signatures of the great Brooklyn Dodgers such as Jackie Robinson, Pee Wee Reese, and Roy Campanella. But my baseball was a bust when I tried consigning it to an auction held by Lelands, a top New York house. Mike Heffner, the president, informed me that many of the autographs were penned by the Dodger’s clubhouse boy.

    Taylor Swift May Be Right About the Death of the Autograph

    on Freitag, 11 Juli 2014. Posted in General Autograph News

    By Alice Robb

    But some people now want their selfies signed

    Did Bach’s wife write his finest works?

    on Samstag, 25 Oktober 2014. Posted in General Autograph News

    by Hannah Furness

    JS Bach and his wife, Anna Magdalena - Photo: Alamy

    Martin Jarvis, professor of music at Charles Darwin University in Australia, claims some of Johann Sebastian Bach’s best-loved works were actually written by his wife.

    Thousands of Einstein Documents Are Now a Click Away

    on Donnerstag, 04 Dezember 2014. Posted in General Autograph News

    By DENNIS OVERBYE

    Albert Einstein writing out an equation relating to the density of the Milky Way at the Carnegie Institute in Pasadena, Calif., on Jan. 14, 1931. Einstein left a scattered collection of letters, notebooks and diaries.
    They have been called the Dead Sea Scrolls of physics. Since 1986, the Princeton University Press and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, to whom Albert Einstein bequeathed his copyright, have been engaged in a mammoth effort to study some 80,000 documents he left behind.

    Lee Israel, a Writer Proudest of Her Literary Forgeries, Dies at 75

    on Mittwoch, 07 Januar 2015. Posted in General Autograph News, Autograph forgeries

    By MARGALIT FOX

    Lee Israel, a Writer Proudest of Her Literary Forgeries, Dies at 75
    In a rented storage locker on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, the writer Lee Israel kept a cache of antique typewriters: Remingtons and Royals, Adlers and Olympias. Each was tenderly curated, hung with a tag whose carefully lettered names — Edna, Dorothy, Noël, Eugene O’Neill, Hellman, Bogart, Louise Brooks — hinted at the felonious intimacy for which the machines were used.

    Steven Spielberg

    Written by Adrian Jeżewski on Mittwoch, 07 Januar 2015. Posted in Hunting Channel

    written by Adrian Jeżewski

    Steven Spielberg
    When I have heard that Steven Spielberg comes to my city I was deeply excited. I thought about a chance to get one of the best autograph in my collection. Spielberg has shoot scenes here in Wroclaw  to his new movie called 'St. James Place'. Basically, sets were located in Berlin and Potsdam, but a crew planned to visiting Poland for a few days. Additionally, local media spread rumors about Tom Hanks, Janusz Kaminski or Sebastian Koch are coming as well. Finally, in the middle of November, here they come. 

    Meeting Shirin Ebadi in Teheran, 2004

    on Samstag, 10 Januar 2015. Posted in World Leaders

    Written by Christer Danielsson

    Meeting Shirin Ebadi in Teheran, 2004
    I made my trip to Iran, Pakistan and Oman from 21th October to 14th November last year.
    I first went a couple of days to Manama, Bahrain and than I flew to Teheran. It was wery exciting and I was very thrilled entering the customs at Teheran International Airport.

    From Sharon to Farrah - May 98

    on Montag, 12 Januar 2015. Posted in Movie

    (An article by Thierry Angevin –Translated from french to english by Stéphane Laporte)

    From Sharon to Farrah - May 98
    A few days ago, we started watching out for Sharon Stone, as the media managed to convince us that she would be at Cannes. While this euphoria-ridden period tends to swarm with rumors, Sharon's coming no longer was one. But hearsay abounds : she's here, she'll be here tomorrow, she's coming today, she's taking a car at the airfield, she's landing at Mandelieu, we'll see her, we won't…

    Judge to finally rule in bitter legal dispute between Martin Luther King Jr's sons and daughter over sale of his Nobel Peace Prize and Bible which Obama used at his 2012 inauguration

    on Montag, 12 Januar 2015. Posted in General Autograph News

    By ASSOCIATED PRESS

    Judge to finally rule in bitter legal dispute between Martin Luther King Jr's sons and daughter over sale of his Nobel Peace Prize and Bible which Obama used at his 2012 inauguration
    • Martin Luther King III and Dexter Scott King plan to sell their father's Bible and 1964 Nobel Peace Prize to a private buyer  
    • Their sister Bernice refused to hand over the items and opposes the sale
    • Last March, she handed them to a court and they remained in a safe
    • A judge will pass verdict or send the case to trial on Tuesday
    • The Bible was last seen at Obama's inauguration on January 20, 2013 

    Solving The Mystery Of A Family Letter 'Signed' By Babe Ruth

    on Donnerstag, 15 Januar 2015. Posted in Autograph forgeries

    by David Seideman

    Solving The Mystery Of A Family Letter 'Signed' By Babe Ruth
    Almost every weekday morning, one of my new friends at the wonderful coffee house where I do a lot of my work, the Brooklyn Commune in my Windsor Terrace neighborhood, folds his New York Times up in a small square to work on the crossword puzzle. We talk current baseball— both of us are long-suffering Mets fans— and baseball history.

    Is The Bull Market Back At Baseball Card And Autograph Shows?

    on Samstag, 24 Januar 2015. Posted in General Autograph News

    by David Seideman

    Is The Bull Market Back At Baseball Card And Autograph Shows?
    If you’ve read my other posts, you can tell that I really enjoy attending a good baseball card show to swap stories with other baseball history fans and revel in vintage tobacco and gum cards, But for the past year I have worried that these events are going the way of Sunday double-headers that were routine in the 1950s and 1960s.

    Museo del Prado Acquires Rubens Sketchbook, Rare Manuscripts

    on Donnerstag, 29 Januar 2015. Posted in General Autograph News

    by David LaGaccia, Thursday, January 29, 2015

    Museo del Prado Acquires Rubens Sketchbook, Rare Manuscripts
    Madrid's Museo del Prado announced Tuesday the acquisition of the Juan Bordes Library, comprising around 600 historical manuscripts that trace the study of the human anatomy in art.

    Collection of autographs is world heritage

    on Montag, 02 Februar 2015. Posted in World Leaders

    Published in a dutch newspaper: "Nieuwsblad"

    Collection of autographs is world heritage
    “The pope doesn’t give one. Neither does the king. But all other famous people do sign their pictures.’ And that’s exactly what Jan Costermans (60) collects. 

    €500 Million Ponzi Scheme Suspected at Paris Museum

    on Freitag, 06 März 2015. Posted in General Autograph News

    by Coline Milliard, November 20, 2014

    €500 Million Ponzi Scheme Suspected at Paris Museum
    The cosily niche books and manuscripts market may be about to be hit by one its biggest scandals in recent years. And Paris's Musée des Lettres et Manuscrits, as well as its sister organization the Institut des Lettres et Manuscrits, is in the eye of the storm.

    Autograph Collecting during F1 Winter testings in Spain

    on Montag, 09 März 2015. Posted in Hunting Channel

    Autograph Collecting during F1 Winter testings in Spain
    Ferrari:

    It was quite unusual to see Sebastian Vettel in red colors. But good news: he is still the most friendly driver in the F1 paddock. He had really fun to sign Ferrari pictures, although he does not sign as much as in the past. But still very satisfying.

    Kimi was like always. He signed one photograph per meeting, but it was really tough to meet and get him.

    Apollo 11 In-Person Berlin autographs

    Written by Heidrun Reinhardt on Montag, 16 März 2015. Posted in Brandes Autographs News

    spaceflight that landed the first humans, Americans Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin, on the Moon on July 21, 1969

    Apollo 11 In-Person Berlin autographs
    Beautifull Apollo 11 Autograph signed by all three astronauts, collected In-Person in Berlin, 1969.

    Michael Jackson - a collector's story

    on Donnerstag, 09 April 2015. Posted in Music

    Michael Jackson - a collector's story
    The background story behind an autograph obtained In-Person in Berlin on Michael Jackson’s World Tour in the 80s.

    Archivists Find Fragments of an Unfinished Orson Welles Autobiography

    on Mittwoch, 20 Mai 2015. Posted in General Autograph News

    By MICHAEL CIEPLY and BROOKS BARNESMAY 20, 2015

    Archivists Find Fragments of an Unfinished Orson Welles Autobiography
    LOS ANGELES — Yet another unfinished work by Orson Welles, that master of the incomplete, is about to surface.

    Brandes charity auction for Vietnam and Syria refugees

    Written by Markus Brandes, Heidrun Reinhardt on Freitag, 11 September 2015. Posted in Brandes Autographs News

    "I am life that wants to live, surrounded by life that wants to live." (Albert Schweizer)

    Brandes charity auction for Vietnam and Syria refugees
    The news is  full of reports of people who have lost everything and had to flee from war, famine and death. In desperation and the desire to live free from fear, they take drastic measures which often result in death.