Kids Corner: Collecting Comics
April 1, 2010 by Steve Cyrkin
Filed under Animation, Entertainment, Recent Articles
By JAY R. NEILL —Autograph April 2010
Vintage Hollywood Signed Photos
January 11, 2010 by Steve Cyrkin
Filed under Classic Hollywood, Cover Stories, Entertainment, Featured, Recent Articles
As you start to collect vintage Hollywood autographs, there’s a great deal of information you need to gather. Let’s say you’re looking at a photograph inscribed and signed by James Dean. Who was it inscribed to? Did this person really exist? Did this person know James Dean? When was it signed? Dean had a tragically short life—is it realistic that he personally inscribed this photo? What type of photograph is it? Is it some flimsy, single-stock photograph, or a high quality studio photograph, something Dean would have had access to? The secret to collecting the vintage, classic Hollywood autographs of Bogart, Gable, Errol Flynn and the other great stars is to ask and answer these questions.
The Red Thread Legacy
April 1, 2009 by Steve Cyrkin
Filed under Authenticity, Tips & Addresses, Magazine, Recent Articles
By NATALIE NAVARRO Featured in Autograph April 2009 In 1929, Joy Light started what would become her son Walter’s life work: a large Irish linen tablecloth autographed by Hollywood celebrities, presidents and first ladies, music stars and sports legends. Olga’s husband Walter Sr., owned a movie theater in Chester, Ill., and used to take Olga [...]
