Show your strange autographed items.
Crazylegs
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Bought a large collection a while back and this strange beauty was
part of the haul.
When Gaylord Perry retired he became a tobacco and peanut farmer.
This is an autographed 5 lb. peanut bag from his farm.
I thought it was pretty cool.
part of the haul.
When Gaylord Perry retired he became a tobacco and peanut farmer.
This is an autographed 5 lb. peanut bag from his farm.
I thought it was pretty cool.
Craig AKA "Crazylegs"
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I'm going to an auto signing here soon and I have a super oddball item I'm getting signed. Once it is I'll post a pic.
Eric
IMF
I went to the TriStar show in San Francisco years ago with a blank, brown paper bag to have Kurt Warner sign. He did not sign it and was not happy about me having a grocery bag to autograph. I was escorted out and after conversing with the ticket people for awhile I finally got my money back. It was funny though. Lighten up Kurt.
Putting on the foil - youtube
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Here's a piece of fallen Metrodome roof under which Frank Thomas hit his 1st and 500th home runs; he was kind enough to inscribe it at a free signing because he thought it was so cool.
Love the Uecker, Fernando, Carter & Ripken. Funny stuff.
Love the "Slapshot" foil auto. Great movie.
I've seen the oil can "Boyd" cans before. I think he's done a
bunch of those.
I was telling my son about this and he said "Dad, do you remember when I was 6, &
we went to Disney, and you bought me the autograph book to walk around with."
We both started cracking up when I remembered what he did.
He was walking around getting all of the Disney Characters autographs and having a blast like
any 6 year old would. Then he saw a huge guy walking around in a Giants jersey. Even at 6
being my son and a born Redskins fan, he recognized the N.Y. Giants jersey. I knew right away
it was LT. I told him that that was one of the greatest players ever, go ask him for his
autograph. So he walked over with his little book and told LT he was a Redskins fan and that he
hated the Giants, but my Dad says you're great so can I please have your autograph.
LT started laughing his ash off. He acted like he was all mad and then took my son's little Disney
book and signed on the page right behind Pooh & Liverlips lol. Great memory we will always have.
Kind of made me forgive him a little for ending Joe Theismann's career.
Here's a few of his favorites. Donald Duck, Doug, Aeriel and Lawrence Taylor lol.
I am trying to think of what I have that is "strange"...a while back someone said signed candids were strange or the like, but not to me as I collect them.
Unusual - I have something unusual. The sticker that goes on the old VHS for Soylent Green signed in green ink by Chuck Heston. He refused to sign anything but his book, which I did, so i stood there and waited while he signed with Lydia behind him...eying the younger ladies I might add. Finally, he was finished. So there I was with Detective Thorn...I went to him again as he stood up and just said "Mr. Heston, would you please grace this in green?" He smiled and signed it. He was pretty tall. I was much younger - I did not think to ask him to write "It's people!" but it would not fit on such a small sticker. Years later is simply fell cleanly off the video and into a plastic sleeve with a C. 1970 SP of Edward G. Robinson and an original color Soylent still - a keyshot too.
I was doing signed VHS back then - I had met Delores Fuller from Ed Wood's 1953 Glen or Glenda with Bela Lugosi and she signed a copy of Glen for me. But the cool thing was after talking for 20 minuted about the film Bela and Patrica Arquette who played her opposite Jonny Depp in Ed Wood ("...but she never asked me about the role - she was playing me!). But then she bent down under a table and got a bag inside of which was one of THE angora sweaters in a cleaners bag. I have no idea how she got it back from Ed
Phone book=fair game, sometimes. I recall talking to Trixie Norton/Joyce Randolph on New Years Day long ago - just a "thank you for the memories and we love you!" call - but for the first several minutes she thought I was a salesman. Then, it was great. Old memories, talk of "Mr. Gleason." Years later I was sitting near her at a closed show in NYC for Actors Equity or some such - all actors and industry people. We talked for a while and I said sheepishly "..umm..you remember a certain call on New Years Day...?" "That was you? Oh you dear, come get a hug." She signed nicely for me as Trixie and we again spoke of making the Honeymooners."Magic! "How sweet it was!" I used to watch them at 11:30 on Ch. 11 like everyone else around this place.
My best story perhaps, well, one of them, does not involve an autograph at all. I once was at a party with Audrey Hepburn and some other folks. She was literally swamped with people in a line - at a private party! I went to bar and got a glass of red and a glass of white, jumped that line cleanly and put a chair directly in the way and sat down, ending the impromptu signing session. She as very thankful. We spoke of no film. Just nice talk. It was a Unicef party. After a while she wanted to dance (I do not, and she did, like a madwoman with many people about 20 years old) - so I got up and said goodbye...and kissed her hand. She had wrists like pencils. Obviously, also magic!
I hope this was enjoyable and not boring, this walk down memory lane. I did not even get far
I have been very, very lucky and most fortunate! I hope you have not been very, very bored!
Eric
OK - maybe that was a bit too long