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Post by codystarbuck on Dec 25, 2022 15:02:53 GMT -5
I believe this holds the record of CGC's most signed book. The yellow label means its representative witnessed the book being signed about 99 times. To me it looks like an eyesore of a mess....too many cooks....but to each his her own.
Impressive as it is, its also expensive on how many times this person had to re-submit this over and over again. That gets costly. I'm sure that book has been downgraded each time it was submitted. How many hands that touched that book. I'm sure it went from 9.8 to 9.0 quickly over the times. I like books graded but I'm not keen on signature books. I have a few but those were mainly sketch covers that I won from the Hero Initiative auctions and wanted them preserved, back then. I get things signed because they and/or the author mean something to me and I have no intent on ever selling them, nor having them authenticated. I know the person signed it and that we got to have a moment together, which is really what the signature is, a memory of that moment. I have a copy of Thud, signed by Terry Pratchett, which means a lot, as he is one of my favorite authors and it was one of the last things he could sign, before his alzheimer's robbed him of that ability. It's a memento of a man whose work I love and what the disease cost him and the world. I usually just pick one thing to take to a signing; but, when I finally got a chance to meet Mike Grell, one of my all time favorite comic creators, I took a trade copy of the first ten issues of Warlord, the MIA issue of Jon Sable, and my copy of the Donning/Starblaze edition of Howard Pyle's The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, where Grell had created new illustrated plates. They were my favorite pieces of his body of work: Travis Morgan, Jon Sable and Robin Hood (and, his descendent, Green Arrow). I did sell off a signed copy of Warlord #2, but, I bought it already signed; the other items were personalized. Those I kept. |
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Post by DubipR on Dec 25, 2022 17:11:11 GMT -5
Impressive as it is, its also expensive on how many times this person had to re-submit this over and over again. That gets costly. I'm sure that book has been downgraded each time it was submitted. How many hands that touched that book. I'm sure it went from 9.8 to 9.0 quickly over the times. I like books graded but I'm not keen on signature books. I have a few but those were mainly sketch covers that I won from the Hero Initiative auctions and wanted them preserved, back then. I get things signed because they and/or the author mean something to me and I have no intent on ever selling them, nor having them authenticated. I know the person signed it and that we got to have a moment together, which is really what the signature is, a memory of that moment. I have a copy of Thud, signed by Terry Pratchett, which means a lot, as he is one of my favorite authors and it was one of the last things he could sign, before his alzheimer's robbed him of that ability. It's a memento of a man whose work I love and what the disease cost him and the world. I usually just pick one thing to take to a signing; but, when I finally got a chance to meet Mike Grell, one of my all time favorite comic creators, I took a trade copy of the first ten issues of Warlord, the MIA issue of Jon Sable, and my copy of the Donning/Starblaze edition of Howard Pyle's The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, where Grell had created new illustrated plates. They were my favorite pieces of his body of work: Travis Morgan, Jon Sable and Robin Hood (and, his descendent, Green Arrow). I did sell off a signed copy of Warlord #2, but, I bought it already signed; the other items were personalized. Those I kept. I'm with you on not caring about authentication either when it comes to signature. I too enjoy the experience of time meeting said person and having the story. I get a lot of books signed when I can. I, too pick books that are special to me. At conventions, if its someone like a Grell, I'll pick 1 or 2 books. I don't want to be THAT GUY who comes with a stack of books. I work a lot of conventions for the Hero Initiative or have been asked by a lot of creators to be their assistant at their tables. I've seen nothing but these type of people with their cut windows in their bags, requesting a specific type of sharpie, knowing it's going to get graded. Stacks and stacks of them. While I'm happy to help them with their request, but I know half if not more of these are going into someone else's hands. The creator knows its' going to CGC, they have specific prices for CGC signed books. I'm happy they're getting the cash The only time I'm THAT GUY is for Los Bros Hernandez. Granted, Love and Rockets comes out once or twice a year and they don't do a lot of conventions, so when they're together, I'll have a few issues and some trades to get signed. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2022 17:19:51 GMT -5
I prefer certified signatures from credible sources, so if it's not yellow label but has a COA from a reasonably creditable source, fine!
Not everyone enjoys the hassle (and expense) of going to a signing and lining up....if someone else does it, thanks mate....this one has a COA behind the book but all 3 creators were involved with the signatures and sketch on the cover. Only 24 of these exist and I have 3 of them.
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Post by Cei-U! on Dec 25, 2022 18:16:12 GMT -5
Like cody, almost all of my signed books and comics (and I have a lot of 'rm) are personalized to me because I want to remember meeting the creator and have zero intention of selling them. i do have a few things that came signed, like the American Flagg hardcover collections and the slipcased Kingdom Come hardback, but I have no sentimental attachment to them and could sell them someday without regret.
Cei-U!
I summon the cream of my collection!
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Post by Icctrombone on Dec 26, 2022 16:26:16 GMT -5
I have some nice autographs, like Neal Adams , Jack Kirby, Marv Wolfman, Jim Starlin, and Jim Shooter and more. I have never paid for any of them and I never will.
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Post by MDG on Dec 26, 2022 16:30:50 GMT -5
I don't think I ever paid for an autograph and probably have a hundred or more.
What I never did, like some fans, is plop a stack of 10 or 20 books in front of a creator and ask them to sign all of them.
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Post by Icctrombone on Dec 26, 2022 16:53:30 GMT -5
I don't think I ever paid for an autograph and probably have a hundred or more. What I never did, like some fans, is plop a stack of 10 or 20 books in front of a creator and ask them to sign all of them. These days , they charge for just one. |
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Post by Batflunkie on Dec 26, 2022 19:17:50 GMT -5
I don't think I ever paid for an autograph and probably have a hundred or more. What I never did, like some fans, is plop a stack of 10 or 20 books in front of a creator and ask them to sign all of them. I think I'd only want a couple of signatures
1) DeMatties and Zeck on Cap #261 and #267 (and maybe on the inside creators listing of my Cap Epic Collection 9 thru 11)
2) Dixon on my Robin Annual #3 (though I'd want a cleaner copy than the well-worn issue that I've had for years)
and though it's theoretically impossible
3) Steve Gerber on my HTD Omni and HTD Max mini-series
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2022 19:45:26 GMT -5
I don't think I ever paid for an autograph and probably have a hundred or more. What I never did, like some fans, is plop a stack of 10 or 20 books in front of a creator and ask them to sign all of them. These days , they charge for just one.
Can't blame them...too many signature-seekers and other sharpies are just looking for opportunities to flip signed books on ebay afterwards.
Lee Bermejo was charging this when everyone wanted his signature on the batawang
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2022 20:05:38 GMT -5
Jim Shooter still charges zero for autographs, as I discovered at Galaxy Con a few weeks ago. You could buy prints for a very reasonable price for him to sign, or commission a sketch, but for the autographs themselves were free including stuff you brought to sign. I thought that was very classy.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Dec 27, 2022 9:43:01 GMT -5
The only signature I ever got myself was PAD... I had him sign my Spidey 2099 #1, which he was kinda surprised to see, it seemed (it was a good 5 - 7 years after it was cancelled). I have a couple other random things that have signatures on them I didn't get on purpose.
I agree I'm not interesting is paying for a sig... I'd be more than happy to buy something like a sketchbook or something when getting the sig, but like last time I came across a creator was Jim Steranko, at Thats Entertainment in Worcester.. I went there at random to buy my nephew a some comics, and it happened to be happening. I was super excited until I saw that sign that said sigs were $50. If I could have, say, bought the 'SHIELD by Jim Steranko' Trade and had him sign in, then I'd have absolutely done so, but it was $50 just for a signature. Oh, well.
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Post by impulse on Dec 27, 2022 11:04:43 GMT -5
I have Claremont on a few key Uncanny X-Men issues. Oh, I also had Bendis on Alias # 1, but at the time I didn't know anything about COAs, so the only proof I have is my word that I watched him sign it. Got one or two others but nothing I'm super excited about. I might have sold all but the X-Men now I think about it.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2022 11:11:23 GMT -5
I don't think I ever paid for an autograph and probably have a hundred or more. What I never did, like some fans, is plop a stack of 10 or 20 books in front of a creator and ask them to sign all of them. If I was a creator, there’d be rules, e.g. 3 books. And that’s per group as well as per person, I would have no patience for a person who tried to give me 9 books because their aunt and uncle are in the queue - and he claims they want signed books, too. If I was a creator, I’d want people to queue for as little time as possible, with everyone getting the opportunity to see me/speak with me. It’d be detrimental to the queue if one person wanted you to sign 10-15 books, perhaps different pages in each book. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2022 14:51:49 GMT -5
If I was a creator, there’d be rules, e.g. 3 books. And that’s per group as well as per person, I would have no patience for a person who tried to give me 9 books because their aunt and uncle are in the queue - and he claims they want signed books, too. If I was a creator, I’d want people to queue for as little time as possible, with everyone getting the opportunity to see me/speak with me. It’d be detrimental to the queue if one person wanted you to sign 10-15 books, perhaps different pages in each book.
If I was a creator, it might not be as simple as that. Someone might have paid for me to be there, as well as return airfare, accommodation, incidental expenses like meals....and that cost has to be recouped. So that might mean my sponsor also made an agreement with me to sign a pile of books plonked in front of me by specific reps and not necessarily from those who want to meet me, shake my hand and get a personal autograph. I've seen it happen....and the dude was still nice to me.
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Post by badwolf on Dec 27, 2022 17:23:42 GMT -5
I've never paid for an autograph, but sometimes you had to buy the book they were promoting (possibly store policy not the creators').
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