First 2 successes

Emiko wrote:
Hiyas!

I just started collecting in August of this year and was beginning to
wonder if any of the people I sent request to were ever going to
reply and finally last Friday I got an 8x10 ISP from Judith Light and
a 5x7 ISP from Tony Danza both are excellent black and white pics.
I'm so excited and am having so much fun. I'd like to thank everyone
here that helped me get started. Thanks a bunch!!!

~Emiko

Congrats on your first successes.

As Dahoov said you'll always remember your first success. In my case my
first was a failure but also was memorable. Long ago a friend of mine wrote
Vincent Price and received a nicely signed 8x10. Knowing I was a fan too he
passed along the address to me. Unfortunately I never was one for writing
letters, so I put off writing. Whenever I had the time I couldn't find the
where I put the address, when I stumbled across the address I never had the
time. Finally one day when I found the address I made time, wrote my
request and mailed it out. The very next day the newspapers reported that
Mr. Price passed away. Though there was no way my request arrived in that
short a time to this day the friend who originally gave me the address kids
me that I killed Mr. Price with a "poison pen letter."

Years later I found a reputable dealer selling a signed photo of Mr. Price
with a personalization "To Bill" and purchased it. I consider this a
success from Mr. Price from beyond the grave, which seems oddly fitting, and
makes it one of my most cherished autographs.

Best of luck in your future collecting.


Bill

Congrats and you always remember your first....lol

On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 15:32:20 -0500, "Emiko"
wrote:

Hiyas!

I just started collecting in August of this year and was beginning to wonder
if any of the people I sent request to were ever going to reply and finally
last Friday I got an 8x10 ISP from Judith Light and a 5x7 ISP from Tony
Danza both are excellent black and white pics. I'm so excited and am having
so much fun. I'd like to thank everyone here that helped me get started.
Thanks a bunch!!!

~Emiko

That's a nice story to share on Vincent Price... sometimes things do
affect us. I remember a couple poor responses or oddball ones where
they thought I was up to no good by asking for an index card or
something like that. I remember those odd things most of all. Cool
that you found a real inscribed one with your name. I had found one of
John Ratzneberger like that too before. Kind of rare. Neat though.


On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 22:37:05 GMT, "Bill Plenge"
wrote:

Emiko wrote:
Hiyas!

I just started collecting in August of this year and was beginning to
wonder if any of the people I sent request to were ever going to
reply and finally last Friday I got an 8x10 ISP from Judith Light and
a 5x7 ISP from Tony Danza both are excellent black and white pics.
I'm so excited and am having so much fun. I'd like to thank everyone
here that helped me get started. Thanks a bunch!!!

~Emiko

Congrats on your first successes.

As Dahoov said you'll always remember your first success. In my case my
first was a failure but also was memorable. Long ago a friend of mine wrote
Vincent Price and received a nicely signed 8x10. Knowing I was a fan too he
passed along the address to me. Unfortunately I never was one for writing
letters, so I put off writing. Whenever I had the time I couldn't find the
where I put the address, when I stumbled across the address I never had the
time. Finally one day when I found the address I made time, wrote my
request and mailed it out. The very next day the newspapers reported that
Mr. Price passed away. Though there was no way my request arrived in that
short a time to this day the friend who originally gave me the address kids
me that I killed Mr. Price with a "poison pen letter."

Years later I found a reputable dealer selling a signed photo of Mr. Price
with a personalization "To Bill" and purchased it. I consider this a
success from Mr. Price from beyond the grave, which seems oddly fitting, and
makes it one of my most cherished autographs.

Best of luck in your future collecting.


Bill