HEY, HOW'S IT GOING TODAY,
I'M JUST GONNA BE BASICALLY, I'VE HAD, I'VE
HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT FAKE
AUTOGRAPHS AND
YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE WRITING THROUGH THE MAIL,
SO SENDING FAN MAIL AND REQUESTING AN AUTOGRAPH FROM
A CELEBRITY OR ATHLETE OR WHOEVER,
AND A LOT OF TIMES YOU GET AN ACTUAL
REPLY, THEY'LL SEND YOU AN AUTOGRAPH. UM
MAYBE LIKE DO A HANDWRITTEN LETTER OR SOMETHING LIKE
THAT, BUT A LOT OF THE TIMES
ALSO YOU GET KIND OF THESE FAKE
RESPONSES AND THERE'S LIKE WHOLE
BUNCH OF THEM, LIKE EVERYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE,
FROM AN AUTO PEN TO A SECRETARY
SIDING TO JUST BASICALLY A
PRE PRINT, WHICH IS LIKE A PHOTO COPY,
I MEAN THERE'S ALL KINDS OF STUFF OUT THERE, SO I WANTED TO
GO OVER THIS BOX
RIGHT HERE AT MY SIDE WHICH HAS ALL
OF THE AUTO PENS AND ALL
THE KIND OF FAKE AUTOGRAPHS THAT I'VE COLLECTED OVER THE
YEARS THAT PEOPLE HAVE SENT ME. UM
SO FIRST I'M GONNA START OFF WITH SOME THAT
I WROTE TO YOU, ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER
WHEN HE WAS STILL GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA
AND UH BASICALLY WROTE HIM SOME FAN
MAIL, UM I WAS WORKING FOR THE STATE
AT THE TIME, UM AND I WOULD
ACTUALLY LIKE RUN LEGISLATION DOWN TO HIS OFFICE,
SO I GOT TO SEE HIM LIKE DO
SOME SPEECHES OUTSIDE OF HIS OFFICE AND LIKE I GOT TO
GO INTO HIS OFFICE AND SEE
THE PORTRAIT, BUT HIS ANDY WARHOL
PORTRAITS OF HIM AND HIS WIFE MARIA,
UM AND I'M STILL LIKE A BIG
ARNOLD FAN TO THIS DAY, UM EVEN
BACK THEN, DEFINITELY BIG FAN, SO I WROTE HIM SOME LETTERS
AND I GOT
THIS KIND OF FORM RESPONSE
BACK, SO PROBABLY HIS SECRETARY, REMEMBER
SECRETARY AT THE TIME WAS NAMED MARYLAND?
I WOULD TALK TO HER AT HER DESK, SO
THEY WOULD SEND ME THESE KIND OF BOILERPLATE
RESPONSES, I MEAN THEY WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE RESPONDED
TO WHAT I HAD WRITTEN, BUT
YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH IT'S ON ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER'S
LETTERHEAD AND IT HAS LIKE A
FACSIMILE PHOTO HERE, SO JUST LIKE HIS
PHOTOCOPIED SIGNATURE, LIKE NOT
LIKE THE REAL THING, BUT HE
WOULD ALSO SEND ALONG WITH
THAT
LIKE AN EIGHT X 10 PHOTO AS WELL,
SO
YOU WOULD GET THIS IN THE MAIL AT THE TIME,
AND THIS IS ALSO JUST BASICALLY LIKE, YOU KNOW,
PRINTED OUT WITH A SIGNATURE ALREADY ON IT.
SO WHILE I HAVE, I
DO HAVE HAND SIGNED AUTOGRAPHS BECAUSE I DID MEET
HIM IN PERSON AND I GOT SOME STUFF SIGNED.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT IS CALLED A PRE
PRINT, SO IT'S BASICALLY JUST PRINTED OFF WITH A
SIGNATURE ON IT ALREADY,
SO
UM THAT WAS A PRETTY COOL ONE, AND
SIMILARLY, UH IF YOU HAD
WRITTEN TO HIS WIFE MARIA SHRIVER,
WELL AT THE TIME, WIFE, THEY ARE NO
LONGER MARRIED, BUT SHE WOULD KIND OF SEND OUT
THE SAME KIND OF THING. UM SO THIS IS MARIA
RIGHT HERE AND
YOU CAN SEE THAT
SHE'S GOT BASICALLY THIS PRINTED AUTOGRAPH
AT THE BOTTOM. UM SO
LET'S SEE NOW THAT I'M LOOKING AT IT,
BUT IT MIGHT ACTUALLY BE, SO
THIS IS ACTUALLY AN AUTO PEN NOW THAT I'M ACTUALLY LOOKING
AT IT CLOSELY, SO YOU CAN YOU PROBABLY CAN'T TELL
ON THE CAMERA, BUT IT'S, THE INK IS A LITTLE BIT
RAISED, IT'S CLEAR THAT THIS WAS LAID
DOWN BY LIKE ACTUALLY LIVE INK.
SO WHAT AN AUTO PEN IS, IT'S
BASICALLY LIKE IT'S JUST A MACHINE WITH
AN ARMATURE ON IT AND YOU ACTUALLY STICK A REAL
PEN IN IT WITH ACTUAL INK. SO
BASICALLY GOES ON A TEMPLATE.
UM YOU CAN THINK OF LIKE
KIND OF LIKE A CRICKET, HOW THEY HAVE AN ARM
THAT MOVES AROUND
BASED ON THE DESIGN. WELL, INSTEAD OF
JUST LIKE A PATTERN OR A PICTURE THAT A CRICKET
MIGHT DO. AN AUTO PEN WOULD DO
THE DESIGN OF SOMEBODY'S SIGNATURE. SO
IT WILL USE AN ACTUAL PEN ONTO
A PHOTO OR WHATEVER KIND OF MATERIAL THAT YOU
SEND THEM AND YOU KNOW,
IT WILL SEND OUT
RIGHT THE SIGNATURE ON THERE AND IT LOOKS PRETTY GOOD
UM BECAUSE IT IS LIVE INK
AND IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S JUST LIKE A
PHOTOCOPY. UM
BUT THERE'S A COUPLE OF
WAYS THAT YOU CAN TELL WHAT AN AUTO PEN IS
THAT YOU HAVE AN AUTO PIN
BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, WHEN
YOU WRITE THE LINES OF YOUR
SIGNATURE WILL HAVE VARYING
THICKNESS IN THE LINES, BECAUSE
THAT'S JUST YOU HAVE DIFFERENT PRESSURE
AT CERTAIN POINTS. AUTO PINS
DON'T REALLY DO THAT. SO YOU'RE GONNA SEE A UNIFORM
THICKNESS AND ALL THE LINES
AND UM IT'S KIND
OF AT LEAST TO BE A TELL FOR SOME OF THE OLDER
MACHINES, BUT NOW, I MEAN AUTO PENS HAVE
GOTTEN A LOT BETTER, BUT THEY'VE
BEEN AROUND FOR PROBABLY LIKE 100
YEARS AT THIS POINT, THEY'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG
TIME,
WHICH MEANS THAT THE TECHNOLOGY HAS HAD A LONG TIME
TO GET PERFECTED AS WELL, BUT
ONE OF THE TELLTALE SIGNS CERTAINLY USED
TO BE LESS. SO NOW THAT THE
INK WOULD KIND OF POOL AT THE END OF THE LETTER,
SO YOU WOULD GET THESE LIKE DOTS AT THE BEGINNING
AND END OF LETTERS WHERE THE PEN
JUST WOULDN'T LIFT UP.
UM
SO THAT'S KIND OF SOME WAYS YOU CAN TELL, BUT THE BEST
BEST WAY TO TELL IF YOU HAVE AN AUTO PEN IS
JUST LIKE COMPARING WITH
OTHER PEOPLE. SO A LOT OF TIMES
PEOPLE SEND FAN MAIL TO
A CERTAIN CELEBRITY, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT
OF FANS OUT THERE, A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE FOR
EXAMPLE THE ROCK, LIKE
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WRITING FAN MAIL TO THE ROCK AND
THEY'RE GETTING RESPONSES FROM HIM. IF
YOU LOOK AT ALL THE RESPONSES, THEY ALL
LOOK IDENTICAL BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL DONE BY AN
AUTO PEN MACHINE, NOT THE ROCK HIMSELF.
SO IF YOU JUST COMPARE AND YOU SEE THAT THEY ARE
EXACT PERFECT MATCHES, THEN YEAH,
IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE NOT A MACHINE. SO
THERE'S THAT. ALRIGHT, SO I GOT A QUESTION
ABOUT FROM SUSANNA
ABOUT TOM FELTON IF HE SIGNS THROUGH THE MAIL.
UH ACTUALLY I JUST GOT
HIM THROUGH THE MAIL. UM BECAUSE
HE I THINK HE I DON'T KNOW IF HE STILL
IS OR HE CERTAINLY WAS
LIKE LAST MONTH ON BROADWAY
ON THE WEST END. SO THAT'S U. K'S VERSION
OF BROADWAY.
HE WAS DOING
33 10 TO 12 A GHOST
STORY, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I FORGET EXACTLY THE
THE TITLE OF THE PLAY BUT HE WAS DOING A PLAY
ON THE WEST END AND I WROTE HIM
A LETTER THERE I THINK ACTUALLY TO THE STAGE
MANAGER AND ASKED THE STAGE
MANAGER TO GET ME A PLAYBILL. UH
AND THEY DIDN'T COME THROUGH
THE PLAYBILL BUT THEY GAVE ME A SIGNED PIECE OF PAPER BY
TOM AND THE REST OF THE CAST THERE.
SO UM YEAH YOU
CAN DEFINITELY GET TOM FELTON BUT
PROBABLY THE EASIEST WAY TO GET HIM. AND HE ACTUALLY HAS AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
COMING UP AND IF YOU GO TO
PREMIER COLLECTIBLES YOU CAN PRE ORDER THE
AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND IT'S THEY HAVE SIGNED
COPIES THERE. UM SO THAT'S
LIKE DEFINITELY THE EASIEST WAY IS PROBABLY LIKE I DON'T
KNOW $30 FOR TOM
FELTON WHO PLAYS DRACO MALFOY
AND HARRY POTTER IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN HIM.
ALL RIGHT. UM BLAZES
ASKED IF IF I HAVE ANY
OZZY OSBOURNE AUTOGRAPHS. I
DO NOT. I MEAN I'VE CERTAINLY SEEN
HIS SO HE'S LIKE ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO SELL
AUTOGRAPHS WITH THEIR
WHEN THEY RELEASE A NEW ALBUM,
RIGHT? SO, UM
UNFORTUNATELY,
I THINK THE LAST ALBUM, I THINK THOSE ARE GOOD,
BUT THE ONE BEFORE THAT AT LEAST THOSE WERE ALL
LIKE AUTO PEN. SO UM
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES CERTAIN ARTISTS, THEY CAN BE A LITTLE BIT
HIT OR MISS, UNFORTUNATELY, SO
YOU CAN GET SOMEONE WHO,
FOR ONE ALBUM, THEY'LL ON THEIR OFFICIAL
STORE, THEY'LL SELL SOME CDS THAT HAVE,
YOU KNOW, SIGNED ART CARDS OR THE
ALBUM THEMSELVES ASSIGNED,
BUT WHEN YOU GET IN THE MAIL, YOU FIND
OUT IT'S AN AUTO PEN OR WHATEVER
AND THE NEXT ALBUM THAT GETS RELEASED, THEY ACTUALLY
TAKE THE TIME TO SIGN THEMSELVES. SO, I MEAN, EVEN
WITH LIKE, FROM ARTIST TO ARTIST, YOU CAN LIKE JUST
WORK THEM OFF ALTOGETHER. UM
YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME ARTISTS WHO ALWAYS COME THROUGH
WITH AUTHENTIC STUFF AND THERE'S SOME ARTISTS WHO ARE A LITTLE
BIT MORE SHADY, SO I
WOULD SAY OZZY IS MORE ON THAT
SHADY SIDE WHERE YOU DON'T KNOW IF
YOU'RE GOING TO GET SOMETHING THAT'S AUTHENTIC OR NOT.
UM AND PLUS MAN,
I MEAN, I THINK HE'S DEFINITELY A MUSIC LEGEND.
UM BUT I MEAN HE'S NOT SOMEONE THAT I REALLY
LISTENED TO IN GENERAL, SO
I TEND NOT TO COLLECT PEOPLE WHO
DON'T HAVE SOME KIND OF PERSONAL INTEREST
IN MYSELF,
BUT UM
YEAH, LET'S SEE, OKAY, SUZANNE, I THINK
BACK TO TOM FELTON SENT HIM
A PHOTO A MONTH AGO, SO HOPEFULLY IT WILL
COME BACK SOON. YEAH, SO I HOPE YOU GET
IT. UM YEAH IF NOT I WOULD ALREADY
PRE ORDERED THE BOOK FROM HIM ON
PREMIER COLLECTIBLES. UM
I'VE NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEM WITH THE SITE AND
THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN PRETTY UPSTANDING. THE ONLY
LIKE QUALM I HAVE ABOUT THEM
IS THAT USUALLY THE
AUTOGRAPHS COME ON A PREMIER COLLECTIBLES, LIKE
BOOK PLATE UM WHICH
IS ALL LIKE ALREADY PRE ATTACHED TO THE BOOK,
SO IF YOU WANTED TO LIKE FRAME IT YOU WOULD HAVE TO CUT IT
OUT OF THE BOOK,
WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT OF A BUMMER. BUT
I MEAN THE AUTOGRAPHS ARE ALWAYS LIKE GENUINE
AND GOOD. SO UM
YEAH I WOULD GO THERE FOR MY
TOM FELTON AUTOGRAPH NEEDS
UM
AND HE DOES CONVENTIONS TOO, SO I MEAN IT'S POSSIBLE
YOU MIGHT GET HIM AT A CONVENTION OR SOMETHING.
UM ALRIGHT, HERE'S ONE FROM
EVEN MCGREGOR ACTUALLY HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO MEET HIM IN PERSON WHEN HE
WAS IN SAN ANTONIO JUST LIKE TWO MONTHS
AGO, BUT THIS WAS THROUGH THE MAIL
AND THESE ONES ARE
SECRETARIAL. UM
YEAH SECRETARIAL. SO I'M
LOOKING AT IT RIGHT NOW,
YOU KNOW ACTUALLY I'M GONNA
SAY YOU KINDA HAVE TO LOOK AT IT HOW IT LOOKS
IN THE LIGHT TO SEE HOW THE PEN IS
AND YEAH
THIS IS NOT LIVING, SO THIS IS ACTUALLY A PRE PRINT
MY BAD, SO THIS IS BASICALLY JUST PRINTED
OFF AND UM
NOT HAND SIGNED BY YOU AND SO IT'S A PRE
PRINT
UM
ZOE DESCHANEL UM
THIS IS FROM
UH THIS IS FROM SPANKY
TAYLOR OR NO STUDIO FAN MAIL, THIS IS WHERE
IT'S FROM. SO THERE'S THIS AGENCY CALLED STUDIO
FAN MAIL. THEY HANDLE FAN MAIL FOR
A LOT OF DIFFERENT CELEBRITIES
AND
BASICALLY NONE OF THE STUFF THEY SEND OUT
IS LEGIT, IT'S ALL EITHER A PRE
PRINT OR AN AUTO PEN. UM SO
BASICALLY THE CELEBRITY JUST PAYS THEM
MONEY TO HANDLE THEIR FAN MAIL AND JUST WHENEVER
THEY GET A LETTER I PRESUME THEY
PROBABLY DON'T EVEN READ THEM. THEY JUST
SEND OUT LIKE THIS PRE PRINTED
PHOTO AND THAT'S IT. SO
IF YOU HAVE FIND AN ADDRESS
FOR STUDIO FAN MAIL SOMEWHERE AND
YOU WANT TO WRITE TO THE CELEBRITY UM
IF YOU WANT TO GET THIS PHOTO IT'S A NICE LOOKING
PHOTO, IT'S GOT A NICE LOOKING SIGNATURE, IT'S JUST
NOT GENUINE. SO IF YOU
WANT TO HAVE LIKE A FREE SOUVENIR
OR LIKE YOU KNOW KIND OF PIECE OF MEMORABILIA
MAYBE THEN IT'S COOL
BUT IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AN ACTUAL AUTOGRAPH,
LIKE SOMETHING THAT IN THIS CASE
ZOEY DESCHANEL ACTUALLY TOUCH FOR THEIR HAND
AND SIGNED THEN UM NO
BUT IF YOU CAN ACTUALLY EMAIL THEM TOO.
SO IF YOU WANT TO EMAIL THEM,
ASK FOR AN AUTOGRAPH, DON'T HAVE TO MAKE IT ELABORATE,
YOU CAN GET LIKE SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
BUT
MOST COLLECTORS UM
DON'T EVEN KEEP THESE KIND OF THINGS LIKE I HAVE A
WHOLE
BOX FULL OF ALL MY PRE PRINTS AND THE
FAKES AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. A LOT
OF COLLECTORS WERE JUST THROWN RIGHT INTO TRASH BUT
I THINK IT'S GOOD TO KEEP FOR REFERENCE
AND YOU KNOW IT'S KIND OF COOL
TO LOOK BACK AT THEM AND SEE THE KIND
OF STUFF THAT THESE CELEBRITIES SEND OUT.
HERE'S ONE FROM
KRISTEN STEWART'S THIS ONE. LET'S
SEE. THIS WAS DEFINITELY
WITH LIVE INK SIGNED. IT LOOKS
LIKE SILVER SHARPIE BUT
IT'S AN AUTO OPEN UNFORTUNATELY.
ALRIGHT, ANOTHER
EXAMPLE OF AN AUTO
PEN AND EVEN LIKE THIS ONE.
SO IT'S NOT SOMETIMES IT'S NOT JUST
LIKE THE SIGNATURE. THIS ONE SAYS PEACE
AND LOVE
THINGS SO THEY CAN HAVE
ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT INSCRIPTIONS ON THERE, NOT
JUST THE SIGNATURE ITSELF. SO LIKE
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU KNOW, SOMEWHAT ELABORATE AND
IT'S GOT A LITTLE MESSAGE. SO YOU MIGHT THINK OH HEY,
SOMEBODY ACTUALLY SIGNED THIS, RIGHT?
BUT YOU KNOW IT'S JUST JUST
A MACHINE THAT HAD THIS PRE PRE
PRE SET TEMPLATE IN THERE. SO
UM YEAH, YOU GOTTA BE CAREFUL
AND REALLY LOOK AT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING AND DO A LITTLE
BIT OF RESEARCH WHEN YOU'RE TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT IF THESE SIGNATURES ARE REAL OR
NOT, JOHNNY SAID JUST POSTED
MY STAR WARS COLLECTION AND BACK TO THE FUTURE COLLECTION
AND THE LAST FEW NIGHTS. OH COOL.
YEAH. I
MEAN I STARTED OFF
AUTOGRAPH COLLECTING WITH STAR WARS
LIKE I DON'T KNOW, PROBABLY BACK
AND AT LEAST ABOUT
2010 MAYBE EARLIER. AND
STAR WARS WAS MY MAIN FOCUS AND IT'S STILL PROBABLY
ABOUT,
I'D SAY PROBABLY ABOUT HALF OF MY COLLECTION OF STAR WARS
UM AND IN PARTICULAR,
THE ORIGINAL TRILOGY IS LIKE WHAT I'M REALLY INTO
UM THAT'S WHAT I GREW UP WITH
UM AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK
IS KIND OF THE MOST UH MOST MAGICAL
FOR ME, SO UM YEAH,
STAR WARS ORIGINAL TRILOGY IN
PARTICULAR, A LOT OF AUTOGRAPHS FROM
THAT. UM SO YEAH, I'D DEFINITELY
BE INTERESTED IN CHECKING OUT WHAT UH
WHAT YOU'VE GOT, JOHNNY
DUB SAYS,
DO YOU THINK IT WOULD WORK TO REQUEST
THROUGH THE MAIL USING AN ADDRESS FOR A PUBLIC
ON LOCATION SET? LIKE
A SCHOOL? UM
YEAH, WELL I MEAN IT DEPENDS
LIKE ESPECIALLY IF, YOU
KNOW, YOU REALLY GOTTA HAVE SOME GOOD TIMING, LIKE SOMETIMES AN ON LOCATION
SET, THEY'RE ONLY THERE FOR LIKE A DAY,
SO YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE
REALLY GOOD TIMING IN ORDER TO GET THAT.
UM BUT IT CAN WORK LIKE
ESPECIALLY FOR LIKE, YOU KNOW, SINGERS,
IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE AT AN ARENA
SINGING UM YEAH, IT'S
PERFECTLY COOL TO LIKE SEND THEM
A LETTER A WEEK IN ADVANCE
AND YOU KNOW, THEY'VE
BEEN THROUGH THAT KIND OF THING, THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO,
THEY KNOW WHO TO GIVE IT OFF TO, BUT SOMETHING LIKE
A SCHOOL WHERE THEY MAYBE THEY'VE NEVER HAD
A FILM PRODUCTION THERE BEFORE,
THEY MIGHT GET YOUR LETTER AND KIND OF LIKE SCRATCH THEIR
HEADS AS TO WHAT TO DO WITH IT,
SO UM
YOU KNOW, I MEAN IT'S WORTH A SHOT, YOU CAN SEND IT.
I MEAN THE WORST THING THAT CAN HAPPEN IS YOU'RE OUT
THE 50 CENTS FOR A STAMP, RIGHT?
SO I WOULD SAY
UM YOU KNOW, SEND IT. BUT
I MEAN THE CHANCES OF SOMETHING LIKE A SCHOOL
WHERE THEY'RE PROBABLY ONLY GONNA BE THERE
FOR A DAY OR TWO MAX IS PROBABLY
LIKE NOT THAT GREAT, YOUR BEST
DOING, SENDING IT TO LIKE
PRODUCTION STUDIO WHERE THEY'RE
GONNA BE KIND OF LIKE,
YOU KNOW, GOING TO BE SET UP CAMP FOR A LITTLE BIT
LONGER THAN THAT.
UM LET'S SEE,
TATTOOS INCLUDED SAYS I
SENT FOR A ROBERT. DOWNEY JR
AUTOGRAPH ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO.
HOW LONG COULD A REPLY POSSIBLY
TAKE?
UM YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY THREE MONTHS IS
UH YOU KNOW, IT SOUNDS LIKE A LONG TIME
FOR A REPLY, BUT IT'S REALLY
NOT. I MEAN I'VE
I MEAN CERTAINLY A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL REPLY
WITHIN THREE MONTHS, BUT I MEAN I'VE
HAD RESPONSES TAKE YEARS TO GET
TO ME. SO I MEAN IT'S REALLY
KIND OF ABOUT PATIENTS LIKE YOU BASICALLY GOT TO SEND
IT OUT THERE AND THEN JUST LIKE
FORGET ABOUT IT, GO ON TO THE NEXT REQUEST AND HOPEFULLY
THAT WILL COME BACK. UM
I'D SAY LIKE EVEN LIKE
GIVE UP ANY HOPE UNTIL LIKE
A YEAR OUT, LIKE WAITING A YEAR
FOR A RESPONSE IS NOT LIKE UNHEARD OF
AND IT'S DEFINITELY
YEAH, DO YOU HAVE A DECENT CHANCE OF GETTING A
RESPONSE BACK? I WOULD SAY STILL
ROBERT DOWNEY JR I MEAN
HE'S TOUGH LIKE I MEAN
JUST BECAUSE HE CHARGES FOR AUTOGRAPHS, LIKE
PEOPLE WHO CHARGE FOR AUTOGRAPHS EVEN WHEN THEY
CHARGE LIKE ROBERT DOWNEY JR WAS LIKE,
I DON'T KNOW, $1,200 OR SOMETHING FOR HIS
AUTOGRAPH. HIS LAST SIGNING.
UM THIS DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN
THAT HE WON'T SIGN FOR FREE THROUGH THE MAIL.
IT STILL HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. SO
UM
FOR THAT REASON ALONE I WOULDN'T DISCOUNT THEM BUT
HE JUST HE DOESN'T HAVE A REALLY GOOD TRACK RECORD
WITH SIGNING THROUGH THE MAIL AND
I BELIEVE HE SENDS OUT PRE PRINTS. SO I
MEAN IF YOU GOT SOMETHING BACK, THE
ODDS OF IT BEING SOMETHING THAT HE ACTUALLY SIGNED
HIMSELF WOULD BE NOT GOOD.
YEAH, UNFORTUNATELY. BUT
IT'S WORTH A TRY. I'VE WRITTEN TO HIM A NUMBER OF TIMES
AND I MEAN I'M STILL WAITING ON A RESPONSE
SO YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T GIVEN UP
HOPE THAT STRANGER THINGS HAVE HAPPENED.
ALL RIGHT.
JOHNNY SAYS ALL OF HIS
ARE ORIGINAL TRILOGY. MOSTLY COOL. YEAH.
SO I'M SURE THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT OF
OVERLAP IN OUR COLLECTIONS. A LOT OF THE SAME PEOPLE WE'VE GOT
UH HAS BASICALLY ALL THE ORIGINAL
ACTORS JUST FINISHED
WITH ALEC GUINNESS AND GEORGE LUCAS. YEAH. GEORGE
LUCAS WAS LIKE
I ONLY GOT HIM JUST THIS
YEAR AND I'VE BEEN COLLECTING
FOREVER. SO
UM YEAH HE WAS DEFINITELY LIKE ONE OF THE
ONES THAT
AND I REALLY WANTED HIM. I MEAN HE'S THE CREATOR
OF STAR WARS, SO I FELT
LIKE I HAD JUST THIS HUGE HOLE IN MY COLLECTION
NOT HAVING HIM IN THERE.
UM BUT I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT, YOU KNOW, PUT ME OFF WAS
THAT HIS SIGNATURE IS JUST
SO EASY TO FAKE. SO I HAD TO
LIKE WAIT TILL I FOUND SOMEBODY WHO
I COULD TRUST LIKE A REPUTABLE
SELLER BECAUSE HE DOESN'T
REALLY SEE THROUGH THE MAIL. I'VE TRIED THEM THROUGH THE MAIL
ALL A BUNCH OF TIMES WRITTEN
TO HIM AND A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT ADDRESSES AND
UH NO LUCK. NO LUCK
WITH GEORGE LUCAS THROUGH THE MAIL. SO I HAD
TO WAIT TO BUY IT ON THE SECONDARY MARKET
AND IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO FIND SOMEBODY WHO
HAD ONE AVAILABLE PRE DECENT PRICE
THAT I TRUSTED. AND I FINALLY FOUND SOMEBODY
THIS YEAR ACTUALLY, LIKE DID IT WAS LIKE
A PARTIAL PURCHASE PARTIAL TRADE.
UM SO
YEAH, THAT WAS COOL. I'M
GLAD I FINALLY GOT GEORGE LUCAS IN MY COLLECTION.
JOHNNY SAYS THAT BY FAR MY
FAVORITE ONE I GOT
UM MY BLASTER SIGNED BY
HARRISON FORD. COOL. YEAH, SO I MEAN PROPS
ARE PRETTY COOL. LIKE I DON'T REALLY HAVE
A WHOLE LOT OF SIGNED PROPS
AND I'M STILL KIND OF LIKE
IF I WERE TO GET SOMETHING LIKE A BLASTER,
I THINK I'D BE PRETTY TORN BETWEEN
ACTUALLY GETTING THE BLASTER ITSELF
SIGNED OR LIKE A PLAQUE LIKE,
I DON'T KNOW. UM
THEY DO LOOK COOL THOUGH AND I MEAN
CERTAINLY, UM, IF
YOU'RE SPENDING LIKE TOP DOLLAR ON SOMEONE LIKE HARRISON
FORD WHO THEIR BASE
PRICE IS $800 FOR LIKE A TRADING CARD
AND IT JUST GOES UP FROM THERE.
UM, IF YOU, IF
YOU GET A TRADING CARD, UM, YOU KNOW,
THERE'S PROBABLY NOT A WHOLE LOT OF
MEAT ON THE BONE FOR
RESALE VALUE AFTER THAT. BUT IF YOU
GET SOMETHING LIKE A BLASTER WHERE YOU KIND
OF PUT IN LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF A
EXTRA INITIAL INVESTMENT TO GET LIKE,
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THAT COST WOULD PROBABLY LIKE, YOU
KNOW, TWO OR 300 BUCKS I WOULD IMAGINE
OF A REALLY NICE REPLICA.
UM,
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA GET LIKE
CONSIDERABLY MORE VALUABLE ITEM WHEN YOU ADD
THE SIGNATURE TO THAT. SO
UM, YEAH, I THINK IT'S A GOOD
CHOICE TO GET SOMETHING LIKE A BLASTER SIGNED.
UM,
YEAH, HELMETS ARE COOL. MY BUDDY.
UM, NICK WEST
WHO HAS THE WEBSITE, SIR,
NICK JUSTICE. HE DOES LIKE CUSTOM
HELMETS. HE DOES LIKE, HE
MAKES THEM AT HOME AND HE HAND PAINTS THEM,
DOES THE WEATHERIZING AND ALL KINDS OF STUFF TO
THEM. UM, SO HE'S GOT A NUMBER OF THOSE
SIGNS. HE'S ALSO AN AUTOGRAPH COLLECTOR. SO WE'LL TAKE THEM
TO CONVENTIONS AND GET OUTSIDE AND STUFF,
BUT IF YOU WANT A HELMET, I
WOULD RECOMMEND LOOKING HIM UP. I THINK HIS PRICES
ARE PRETTY GOOD. IT'S ALL
HANDMADE BY HIM.
SO PLUG FOR
SONIC JUSTICE. MY BUDDY. UM,
ALSO ANOTHER SAN ANTONE
IAN,
LET'S SEE.
I GUESS WE LOOK AT SOME MORE AUTOGRAPHS
EVEN. I MEAN, I THINK
SO. THIS IS GEORGE BUSH SR ANOTHER AUTO
PEN. LIKE I THINK AUTO PENS KIND
OF GOT POPULARIZED THROUGH THE USE
OF PRESIDENTS AND
POLITICAL FIGURES.
UM, THAT WAS REALLY THE KIND OF THE
ORIGINAL USE CASE. LIKE JUST THE
FACT THAT CELEBRITIES AND PEOPLE LIKE THAT
USED IT TO RESPOND TO FAN MAIL WAS KIND OF LIKE A
SECONDARY ADD ON THING. IT WASN'T
REALLY THE ORIGINAL INTENTION OF THE AUTO PEN
MACHINE.
UM,
LET'S SEE. LET'S SEE. MAYBE I CAN DIG
UP SOME COOL ONES.
SO YEAH, SPEAKING OF,
SPEAKING OF HARRISON FORD, MAYBE I CAN FIND
HIS IN HERE. SO
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE I'D SAY
LIKE TWO TIMES A YEAR, HARRISON
FORD SENDS OUT LIKE AN ACTUAL
GENUINE HAND SIGNED RESPONSE
TO FANS AND
YOU KNOW, HE PROBABLY GETS, I
MEAN, NO DOUBT HE GETS THOUSANDS OF AUTOGRAPH
REQUESTS EVERY YEAR THROUGH THE MAIL AND
HIS SECRETARY JUST SENDS BACK.
UM, IT'S BASICALLY LIKE
A FORM LETTER AND SOME
PRE PRINTED PHOTOS.
UM,
RIGHT, SO
THIS IS WHAT THE FORM LETTER AND THE PHOTOS LOOK
LIKE.
SO THIS IS THE FORM LETTER. IT BASICALLY SAYS,
YOU KNOW, HARRISON FORD GETS A LOT OF REQUESTS. DOESN'T
HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF TIME. UM,
YOU KNOW, YADA YADA,
HERE IS SOME
PICTURES AS
KIND OF
CONSOLATION PRIZE I GUESS.
UM, SO, I MEAN, AS YOU CAN SEE,
I MEAN I'VE
I'VE GOT A NUMBER OF THESE ALREADY
UM YOU KNOW
SO I MEAN I SENT HIM A NUMBER OF
LETTERS IN VAIN
AND I'VE GOTTEN THESE KINDS OF RESPONSES BUT
I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET AN ACTUAL RESPONSE FROM
HIM UM BUT
IT TOOK LIKE 30 TRIES SO
UH AND LIKE I TRIED
YOU KNOW PROBABLY HALF AS MANY
ADDRESSES JUST TO GET A RESPONSE
FROM HIM. UM AND IT FINALLY HAPPENED
WHEN I WROTE TO HIM THE VENUE,
SO HE WAS DOING, I FORGET WHAT THE FILM WAS BUT
HE WAS ABOUT TO FILM SOMETHING
ACTUALLY SHOT AN EMAIL TO THE PRODUCER
OF THAT FILM AND THEY SENT IT
TO HIS SECRETARY
AND
I GOT IT DONE THAT WAY, SO THAT WAS PRETTY COOL
UM
YEAH JOHNNY SAYS YOU MET HIM,
THIS IS LIKE SO I MET ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER
AND THAT WAS LIKE THE BUCKET
LIST ITEM AND LIKE THE OTHER CELEBRITY REALLY
WANT TO MEET THEM AND THAT'S LIKE ANOTHER BUCKET LIST ITEM
IS HER SON FORD. UM
YEAH, YEAH I WOULD LOVE
TO MEET HARRISON FORD, I PROBABLY
WOULD DO LIKE ONE OF THOSE DINNERS WHERE LIKE
HE GOES TO SPEAK AND HE PAY
LIKE CHILL OUT A BUNCH OF CASH JUST
TO BE IN ATTENDANCE BUT
YEAH I MEAN ULTIMATELY I'D LOVE TO DO THAT, I
WISH I WAS STILL IN CALIFORNIA BECAUSE
THAT WOULD BE A MUCH EASIER PROSPECT
SINCE HE DOES MOST OF HIS APPEARANCES THERE IN
CALIFORNIA
UM I'M HERE IN TEXAS NOW, BUT
UM
YEAH, HOPEFULLY I CAN MAKE IT OUT TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND ACTUALLY
MEET HIM,
JOHNNY, I'M CURIOUS HOW YOU MET HIM, HOW
DID THAT COME ABOUT?
UM
JOHNNY SAYS TOP THREE PEOPLE HE MET
FOR AUTOGRAPHS WERE
FORD GOLD BLOOM AND KEATON,
SO ONLY ONE OF THOSE
THAT I'VE ACTUALLY MET IS GOLD BLOOM.
HE WAS AT A CONVENTION
AND
I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S A QUICK ENCOUNTER, LIKE
WE WERE JUST DOING LIKE THE AUTOGRAPH SIGNING LINE
AND YOU KNOW, THEY GET YOU OUT OF THOSE THINGS
IN AND OUT IN LIKE UNDER A MINUTE, SO I
MEAN
I HAD VERY LITTLE TIME TO TALK TO HIM,
BUT I WAS THERE WITH MY WIFE
AND SHE MENTIONED THAT
SHE SAID TO HIM, OH YOU WERE
LIKE, YOU KNOW, REALLY ATTRACTIVE
IN REAL LIFE, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.
AND YOU KNOW, HE
HE LIKED THAT, HE SAID OH THANK YOU. AND
UM THAT WAS ABOUT THE EXTENT OF THE CONVERSATION,
SO UM BUT
I DON'T KNOW, IT WAS FUNNY, THAT WAS FUNNY.
UM YEAH, SO
GOLD BOOM, HE'S A GOOD GUY, WOULD
DEFINITELY LOVE TO MEET FORD, I'M SURE
MICHAEL KEATON WOULD BE COOL TOO, HE WAS IN SAN
ANTONIO LIKE TWO YEARS
AGO OR SO, AND I MEAN THAT WAS LIKE
A REALLY BIG APPEARANCE FOR HIM, I
THINK THAT WAS HIS FIRST CONVENTION EVER,
SO UM
YEAH, IT WOULD'VE BEEN COOL TO GET KEATON, BUT
YEAH, I DON'T KNOW,
I DIDN'T ACTUALLY MAKE IT OUT TO THAT CONVENTION.
I THINK I FORGET WHAT I HAD GOING
ON.
YEAH.
SO.
MHM.
YES. ANYWAY, LET'S SEE WHO ELSE.
SO HERE'S ANOTHER
EXAMPLE OF AN AUTO PEN HERE.
SO I THINK THIS ONE'S FROM
TRANSFORMERS I GUESS. I THINK THAT'S WHAT
THAT'S FROM.
SO YOU HAVE THIS WHOLE LIKE
ENVELOPE FULL OF CARDS
THAT I THINK ARE EITHER EITHER
FAKE OR AUTO
PEN OR WHATEVER. SO I THINK THIS WAS JUST A
STRAIGHT UP
FORGERY THAT I GOT TRICKED INTO BUYING
AT ONE POINT.
UM RIZ AHMED THIS WAS THROUGH THE
MAIL. THIS IS THE SECRETARY. YOU CAN'T EVEN
LIKE SEE THAT REALLY, SEE IF
I CAN GET THE LIGHT ON THERE,
SIGN IN BLACK, ON THE BLACK AREA.
OF COURSE JOHN
BOYEGA WROTE TO HIM AND
HE WAS ON BROADWAY. UM
I BELIEVE THIS IS THE SECRETARIAL AS WELL,
NATALIE PORTMAN
FORGERY IS JUST A FAKE
AUTOGRAPH.
I DON'T KNOW WHY I KEEP THE FACE, BUT I DO.
THEY'RE ALL ALL SEGREGATED FROM MY
COLLECTION UH TUCKED
AWAY NICELY. SO HOPEFULLY WHEN
I DIE, NOBODY GETS CONFUSED ABOUT THEM,
BUT
WHATEVER,
I'LL BE DEAD. SO WHAT DOES IT MATTER?
A COUPLE MORE JOHN BOYEGA GOES.
SO YEAH, THAT'S I DON'T HAVE LIKE A WHOLE LOT OF
UM AUTO PENS OR
SECRETARIES OR FORGERIES ON TRADING
CARDS. THEY'RE MOSTLY ON PHOTOGRAPHS.
ALL RIGHT, JOHNNY SAYS THAT
HE MET FORD IN SAN DIEGO AT A
RESTAURANT AND HE RAN HOME FOR
THE BLASTER. THAT'S COOL. YEAH,
JEEZ MAN, I DON'T KNOW IF
I SAW HARRISON FORD AT A RESTAURANT. I
DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD
HAVE IT IN ME TO LIKE RUN HOME
AND GET A BLASTER AND MISS
HIM. I WOULD PROBABLY JUST LIKE
BE IN HIS AURA AS MUCH AS
POSSIBLE.
UM
YEAH,
LET'S SEE.
MATTHEW, ARE YOU
GETTING MACAULAY CULKIN FOR HIS PRIVATE SIGNING?
SO I DID NOT ORDER AND MACAULAY CULKIN
IS ALL SOLD OUT FROM
MY UNDERSTANDING.
SO UH YEAH,
I WILL NOT BE GETTING HIM. I THINK HE WAS LIKE 250 BUCKS,
SOMETHING LIKE THAT. UM
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN COOL. I MEAN I REALLY LIKE HOME
ALONE A LOT AND I WATCH IT EVERY CHRISTMAS
FOR SURE. UM HOME
ALONE ONE AND TWO FOR THAT MATTER,
SO IT WOULD HAVE BEEN COOL.
BUT UM I WASN'T
REALLY IN THE BUDGET AT THIS TIME. SO
UH YOU KNOW, MAYBE NEXT TIME I'M SURE,
I'M SURE IT'S NOT NOT GOING TO BE THE LAST
TIME HE DOES A SIGNING, LIKE THAT'S KIND OF HOW IT GOES,
LIKE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS
A LOT OF BIG HYPE AFTER, IT'S THE FIRST TIME
AND I MEAN THESE THINGS THEY'RE SO
LUCRATIVE THAT AFTER THE FIRST
SIGNING, I MEAN LIKE ONCE YOU GET THEM FOR
ONE, THERE'S GONNA BE ANOTHER, IT'S
LIKE I DON'T EVEN WORRY ABOUT IT ANYMORE.
LIKE THE INDUSTRY HAS GOTTEN
SO BIG, THERE'S SO MUCH MONEY BEHIND IT
THAT UM YOU
DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT MISSING ASSIGNING ANYMORE BECAUSE
THERE'S GONNA BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY
PEOPLE CAN'T TURN DOWN THE MONEY. EVEN A
LIST CELEBRITIES JUST CANNOT TURN DOWN THE MONEY
FROM AN AUTOGRAPH SIGNING BECAUSE IT'S SO,
SO LUCRATIVE. UM
YEAH, SO NEXT TIME I'LL GET HIM NEXT
TIME,
BUT IT WOULD BE COOL.
JONES SAYS THE RESTAURANT WAS
LUCKILY ONLY FIVE BLOCKS FROM MY HOUSE AND
HE JUST SAT DOWN. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO,
I MEAN, YEAH, I GUESS IF
IF THAT WERE THE CASE, I PROBABLY WOULD'VE RAN LIKE HELL
AND GOT OVER THERE.
UM
YEAH, THAT'S REALLY COOL.
UM I DON'T THINK I'LL
EVER RUN INTO HARRISON FORD ON THE STREET,
BUT UH YOU KNOW, MAYBE
MAYBE IF I GET REALLY LUCKY, THAT WAS
THAT WAS A PRETTY LUCKY COINCIDENCE FOR YOU.
UM YEAH, I FEEL LIKE I'VE HARDLY
LIKE RAN INTO ANY CELEBRITIES LIKE RANDOMLY
ON THE STREET, YOU KNOW,
MET A BUNCH OF CONVENTIONS. UM
I THINK THE ONLY ONE THAT I CAN ACTUALLY THINK OF
IS LIKE THE GUY WHO PLAYS
FLASH GORDON? LIKE HE WAS GOING TO BE
APPEARING AT A CONVENTION LIKE THAT SAME
DAY IN SAN ANTONIO I HAPPEN TO BE OUT
AT A RESTAURANT. I SAW HIM THERE.
UM AND THAT WAS IT. I DIDN'T
SAY ANYTHING TO HIM OR ANYTHING, BUT
UM THAT WAS LIKE MY ONLY IN
THE WILD CELEBRITY
ENCOUNTER, I'M PRETTY SURE.
YEAH, I MEAN,
I'M SURE IF I HAD MORE OPPORTUNITIES
TO GO TO DISNEYLAND OR DISNEY
WORLD. I WOULD HAVE RUN INTO A LOT MORE CELEBRITIES.
I KNOW A LOT OF A LOT OF ENCOUNTERS
HAPPEN THERE.
UM
YEAH, OKAY. MATTHEW SAYS
LOOK AT NOW THE PORTMAN, SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR
AND ROBERT. DOWNEY JR THEY'VE ALWAYS
BEEN TOUGH. YEAH.
YEAH, NATALIE PORTMAN SUPER TOUGH.
YEAH. THROUGH
UM
WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT SIGNINGS IN GENERAL. BUT
YEAH, SO THEY'VE THEY'VE ALL HISTORICALLY BEEN SUPER
TOUGH TO LIKE REFUSE
TO DO A PRIVATE SIGNING.
BUT YEAH, I MEAN NOW
THE FLOODGATES ARE OPEN FOR THEM, THEY'VE
THEY'VE AGREED TO DO THEM.
UM
YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY DOES NATALIE PORTMAN, SHE
DID, SHE DID THE PRIVATE SIGNING WITH STAR'S AUTOGRAPH
UNIVERSE AND SHE AGREED
TO SIGN THE STAR WARS ITEMS, WHICH
WAS ALWAYS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE KIND
OF BIG QUESTION, LIKE IF SHE DOES ASSIGNING IS SHE
GONNA SIGN STAR WARS BECAUSE
HISTORICALLY SHE'S REFUSED TO SIGN STAR
WARS BECAUSE SHE JUST
IS NOT HAPPY WITH THAT MOVIE AND DOES NOT
REALLY,
HE'S NOT PROUD OF THAT ROLE. SO
SHE WOULD NOT SIGN STAR WARS STUFF, BUT
WHEN SHE ACTUALLY DID THE SIGNING,
SHE AGREED TO SIGN STAR WARS STUFF.
SO I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S AMAZING
WHAT LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY CAN DO
TO CHANGE PEOPLE'S MINDS.
UM
BUT YEAH, EVEN AFTER THAT NOW, LIKE YOU CAN
YOU CAN GET A NATALIE PORTMAN AUTOGRAPH
FOR LIKE NOTHING BECAUSE SHE'S DONE
ALL THOSE, SHE'S DONE TABLES
AND HAD LIKE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT RELEASES WHERE SHE'S DONE
SIGNED EDITIONS. SO YOU CAN GET
PRETTY NICE LOOKING CUT
FOR, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY
NOTHING. LIKE I'M DEFINITELY UNDER 100 BUCKS
EASY. SO UM
YOU KNOW SINCE THAT FIRST SIGNING WHERE SHE
WAS LIKE AT THAT POINT ULTRA EXCLUSIVE
AND ULTRA RARE NOW, SHE'S LIKE
SUPER COMMON. SO
YEAH, I MEAN I WOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT LIKE MISSING
OUT ON A SIGNING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA
BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY AND
SOMETIMES THE PRICE GOES UP.
SOMETIMES IT GOES WAY DOWN LIKE IN NATALIE
PORTMAN'S CASE.
SO ANYWAY, THANK
YOU GUYS FOR WATCHING. I MEAN MY PHONE IS
AT LIKE 5% RIGHT NOW SO IT'S ABOUT TO DIE.
UM BUT DEFINITELY APPRECIATE
YOU GUYS WATCHING AND UM YOU KNOW,
LEAVE ME A COMMENT ON SOME OF MY VIDEOS.
IF YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS, YOU WANT TO TALK, YOU CAN ALWAYS SEND ME
A MESSAGE OR HEAD OVER TO
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OR ON THE WEBSITE.
JUST HIT ME UP ON TALES FROM THE COLLECTION. GO TO
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UM PRETTY QUICK. GREAT RESPONDING. SO
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