So I wanted to get an autograph at Regina's show in Salt Lake this last weekend but it was SOLD OUT. Now I have an 8x10 with no autograph AND I didn't get to see the Regina concert. If I sent someone the picture with a Self-addressed stamped envelope, would they get it autographed and sent back? Pleeeeeeassseee??? I'll even let you keep the Sharpie.

You might buy an autographed item on eBay.
Here is a signed poster . And here is a signed promo .

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Originally posted by filax11:
You might buy an autographed item on eBay.
Here is a signed poster . And here is a signed promo .

I always have mixed feelings about these "autographs sold". I guess because it bothers me on some level that someone went to all the trouble to have someone sign something only to profit from it by turning right around and selling it (and this happens CONSTANTLY these days).

I mean, if you had an artist you admire sign something, years ago, and then later feel like "eh, I don't really care about this person or their music or their work any more" and sell it, that's one thing. But too often people just bring things to events, get a signature on something solely for the reason of selling it, and I think that wastes the artist's time and makes it just one less autograph a real fan gets, ultimately.

On the other hand, I have purchased autographs, especially of people who are no longer with us. I have Christopher Isherwood's own personal copy of a book of poems by his friend Stephen Spender. I bought an autograph of Leonard Bernstein once (on a postcard) for very little money. I paid for an Ennio Morricone autograph just last year, because it was meaningful for me to have it.

So it's not like I object to the idea of buying autographs. It's more that I object to the racket many people seem to enter into whereby they just acquire autographs at events and signings only to immediately profit by them, without even being fans of that person.

Does anyone else have any particular feelings or opinions on this?

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Originally posted by morricone1900:
But too often people just bring things to events, get a signature on something solely for the reason of selling it.

Does anyone else have any particular feelings or opinions on this?

Yes. They are scum.

They ruin it for everyone. This is one of the reasons why you see players selling tickets at shows to sign an object. Yes, they profit. But the bigger picture is an attempt to try and circumvent the exact activity you mention.

So some poor little 8 year old kid can't get his hero to sign his baseball because he doesn't have the $50 to buy a ticket.

It's pathetic.

I went to see a play last year in NYC (The History Boys), and after the show, I saw a guy outside with several posters, getting ALL the actors (about 10 of them) to sign these posters.

I went home and looked on ebay the next day--there they were. I felt like the guy had gotten the actors to sign them under false pretenses.

Well, for the record - I have no intent of selling the autograph. It's for my own collection.

Awwww. We never thought that! We were just thinking about how you could buy one and how we felt ambivalent about the people that sell them.

Regina will be signing copies of her latest album, Begin To Hope, at SoundWaves (3509 Montrose Blvd.) in Houston, TX on Wednesday, November 7th at 3:00PM.