In The Strange Case Of Horror Autograph Collecting: Hobby Or Investment?
Updated: Dec 12, 2019
Autograph collecting has been for many years, one of the most popular hobbies in the USA, but now Europe is quickly catching up. More and more people are taking up autograph collecting, not just as a hobby, but as a away of investing, in many cases, in something that increase in value quicker than almost six decades ago and, in those days, most people thought that I was indulging in a 'childish' pastime.
How time can prove you wrong!From the 1960s to 2000s most famous people were pleased to answer requests for autographs and autographed photographs and, consequently, I was very fortunate to receive many many great autographs, inscribed to myself.
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These include such as Neil Armstrong, Alfred Hitchcock, John Wayne, Frank Sinatra, Freddie Mercury, Christopher Lee, Michael Jackson, Steve Jobs, etc. and some, such as Christopher Lee and Freddie Mercury became social media's iconic trends with their images and gifs.
Today, however millions of people connecting with you and the stars on social media every day can never guarantee getting an answer, or, if you do, that is not secretarial. These, together with the other pitfall of the modern (as a fan stalking celebrities account on social media in an aggressive way) makes it very disturbing hobby to follow. (at least for the celebrities)
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By far the best way of collecting an autograph is to collect them in person, but this is not always as difficult as might seem. It does, however, take time and patience.
Waiting outside stage doors, concert halls and hotels, in very often dreadful weather, can be miserable, but meeting your favorite star getting their autographs almost impossible to get in person is deceased. However, even these can be obtained through reputable companies that have erupted throughout the world, or through auctions, which are becoming more and more commons.
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However, the rarer the piece is, the more valuable it becomes — the more valuable it becomes, the more people will want to buy it and keep it — therefore making it even more rare... and so it goes on!
Also, the more popular an artist, the more expensive the autograph. This is reflected in the massive jump in the value of the Queen's autographs when their autographic movie from Bryan Singer (Bohemian Rhapsody) was brought out last year.
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Many people, after collecting for a while, decide to 'specialize', some in sports, literature, history, music, and various categories of film, such as vintage, horror and sci-fi.
There are even people 'in the business' who are collectors - I know at least one horror autographs platform their links so you might be interested.
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They are so good at with collecting every kind of horror and also other areas (sci-fi and mystic kinds) that are collectable and the public often have the opportunity yo get in person's autographs at various fairs and conferences held throughout the country.
After saying all of this, Autographs Collecting can still be one of the least costly hobbies. All you need to start are postage stamps, stationery, trying to find the list of addresses, researching on internet with internet archive (You can use www.archieve.org for needful materials.) if you are old-school type then you can often be found in the local library what are you looking for. (But this method can be more useful than the internet researching.)
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It is important to remember that you have more chance of an answer if you send a reply envelope, either you can use our website as a reference for horrorautographs.com.
This, combined with some patience, can become a hobby that can also become an obsession.
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