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Autograph Collecting – Identifying Non-Genuine Autographs
Last week I was going through my autograph research files and came across my ‘education folder.’ The ‘education folder’ is a file full of most of my major buying mistakes and so named because every time I made a mistake, I learned — the hard way. It contains forgeries, autopen facsimiles and [...]
Autograph Collecting – Albert Einstein, Can I Have Your E = MC Squared?
Perhaps the most famous equation is Albert Einstein’s “E=mc2. Although most of us have seen it, most have no idea of what it actually means. Well relax, we won’t discuss quantum physics here. We will however explain many letters sent by the “Energy Committee of Atomic Scientists” that contain the facsimile signature [...]
Autograph Collecting – Getting Started
The hobby of autograph collecting has grown explosively in the past two decades. Autograph collectors can be found in every state in the US and around the world. Autograph shops, historical document galleries, and website autograph stores are popping up like mushrooms on a muggy day. Auction houses in big cities and [...]
Collecting the Statue of Liberty – Little Known Facts About Gustav Eiffel and Auguste Bartholdi
That Face, That Face, That Fabulous Face
You hear a lot about artists and their “muses,” but we know one Frenchman who didn’t have to go any further than his own backyard to find the inspiration for one of the greatest monuments in America.
No…not Mount Rushmore! (Although those are some fabulous faces). We’re talking about the [...]
Autograph Collecting
Terminator III? No…. R2D2 turned crook? No… Robocop gone bad? No… This
mechanical forger goes by the name of “Autopen.” It has become a modern technological
wonder for busy VIP’s, celebrities, and politicians, but has become a headache for autograph
collectors.
Knowing that autopens exist is not enough. An autograph collector must be able to
determine which signatures in his [...]