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The Sanders price guide to autographs : the world's leading autograph pricing authority.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sanders, Helen.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Autographs--Prices--United States.
- Autographs.
- Autographs--Collectors and collecting--United States.
- Autographs--Collectors and collecting.
- Autographs--Prices.
- United States.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 720 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Fifth edition / Helen Sanders and Ralph Roberts.
- Place of Publication:
- Alexander, NC : Alexander Books, [2000]
- Summary:
- You might be richer than you think! Over 70,000 autograph prices are featured, as well as extensive advice on autograph collecting by experts in the field. A massive book with hundreds of b&w illustrations and several thousand facsimiles of authentic autographs for authenticity comparison. Indisputably the leading, best-established, and most widely publicized autograph price guide of all time.
- Quoted as the autograph price authority in USA Today over 25 times in the past five years. Also in the New York Post numerous times and scores of other newspapers, as well as on CNN and many radio talk shows. Indispensible for the collector!
- Contents:
- Trademarks 4
- 1 The Joy and Magic of Autograph Collecting / Ralph Roberts 21
- Why Collect Autographs? 23
- What's It Worth? 24
- Interview of George Sanders 31
- The Great Garbo 40
- Wishing You, Joy and Magic 40
- 2 Collecting People on Magazine Covers / Helen Sanders, Ralph Roberts 41
- People on Covers 45
- 3 Internet Auctions / Stuart Lutz 77
- Rules for Internet Auctions 84
- 4 Hail to the Chief: Collecting U.S. Presidents / Michael Minor, Larry Vrzalik 85
- 5 Military Autographs of the 20th Century / Terry Patton 97
- 6 Autographed First Day Covers: Philography & Philatelics / Thomas Eisaman 101
- First Day Covers 102
- Categories to Consider Collecting 108
- 7 Mary Benjamin (1905-1998) / Al Wittnebert 109
- Section 2 Ralph's Stuff
- 8 Paper and Its Enemies: Care & Preservation of Autographs / Ralph Roberts 115
- Paper and Its Enemies 115
- Some Tips for Older Documents 117
- Acid 117
- In All Humidity 120
- In the Harsh Light of Day 120
- Dust Unto Dust 120
- Danger! Humans Present 121
- Prevention is Preservation 122
- 9 Basics of Matting and Framing / Ralph Roberts 123
- Learning How to Mat 125
- Matboard Colors and Textures 127
- Types of Matboard 129
- Tools for Matting 131
- Double Matting
- A Practical Exercise 132
- Framing 141
- Types of Frames 142
- Tools Needed for Framing 145
- Safe Places to Hang or Store Framed Pieces 146
- Doing It Right 146
- 10 Autopens and Other False Signatures / Ralph Roberts 147
- Honest Mistakes 147
- Secretarial 148
- Expert Help 149
- Autopens 150
- Tips for Detecting False Signatures 156
- Section 3 George Sanders
- 11 George Sanders 1924-1998: in memoriam 161
- A Farewell Salute to George Sanders 165
- Goodbye, George 165
- My Remembrance of Two Great Men 166
- 12 Autograph Dealers / George Sanders 169
- Dealer Catalogs 171
- In-Person Autographs Are Nice, But 172
- Dealers Come in All Sizes 174
- 13 Big Business is Big Business in Autographs / George Sanders 175
- Growing Up With Industrialists 175
- A Television "Success Story" 177
- Business Leaders are People, Too 179
- The Rewards of Collecting Big Business 181
- The Big Picture of Big Business 187
- 14 How to Reach the Stars / George Sanders 189
- In-Person Autographs 189
- A Little Creativity 190
- More Creativity 191
- The Best Places for In-Person Autographs 192
- The Right Equipment 192
- Willingness to Sign 193
- Obtaining Autographs by Mail 196
- An Artful Method of Obtaining Autographs 197
- Persistence Pays 197
- But Don't Get Too Creative 198
- Addresses 199
- Beware of Publicity Departments 200
- 15 Marilyn Monroe: Her Final Autograph / George Sanders 203
- A Lonely Starlet 203
- "I Was Just Too Adult" 204
- Final Visit 206
- Marilyn's Last Check 207
- Section 4 Autograph Organizations
- 16 I.A.C.C./I.A.D.A. / Stephen Koschal 211
- 17 The Manuscript Society / David R. Smith 213
- 18 P.A.D.A. 215
- 19 The U.A.C.C. (Universal Autograph Collectors Club) / Bob Erickson 217
- Section 5 Prices
- About Pricing 221
- Because Someone's Gone Missing 223
- Condition 226
- Pricing Categories 227
- Major Autograph Categories 228
- Section 7 Autograph Dealers.
- Notes:
- Rev. ed. of: The Sanders price guide to autographs / George Sanders, Helen Sanders, and Ralph Roberts. 4th ed. c1997.
- ISBN:
- 1570900949
- 9781570900945
- 1570900914
- 9781570900914
- OCLC:
- 50868094
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