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Star Collector Mailbox - 7/19
Today brought a long-forgotten request from Mark Hamill. Either he,
or his assistant, is catching up on a lot of fan mail. The picture that I sent was returned unsigned. An 8x10 b&w signed picture was included with a Xeroxed form letter, ad for a comic company and a form to join the Mark Hamill Fan Club. For $15.00, you are a member for a year. You get a membership card, 4 issues of a newsletter and access to the fan club website. Ironically, nowhere is it listed that you get an autograph for your money. Mark Hamill (address so old, I don't have it in records) return address: c/o The International Mark Hamill Fan Club PO Box 287 Grand Blanc, MI 48480-0287 (sent 8x10 color picture, SASE; picture returned unsigned + 8x10 b&w signed picture was included with a Xeroxed form letter, ad for a comic company and a form to join the Mark Hamill Fan Club he sent) (mailed November 13, 2003! - received 7/19/08) - 1710 days (4 years, 8 months, 6 days) -- Mike Gummby3 -= Star Collector =- www.star-collector.net Celebrity addresses the way they should be - free. |
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Star Collector Mailbox - 7/19
He has always been hit and miss.
During that period about 10 where no one was getting him ttm, i got my jedi headshot 8x10 back signed and inscribed...although it did take about 2 years. MrB -- ANNOYING USENET SINCE 1996 "Gummby3" wrote in message . .. Today brought a long-forgotten request from Mark Hamill. Either he, or his assistant, is catching up on a lot of fan mail. The picture that I sent was returned unsigned. An 8x10 b&w signed picture was included with a Xeroxed form letter, ad for a comic company and a form to join the Mark Hamill Fan Club. For $15.00, you are a member for a year. You get a membership card, 4 issues of a newsletter and access to the fan club website. Ironically, nowhere is it listed that you get an autograph for your money. Mark Hamill (address so old, I don't have it in records) return address: c/o The International Mark Hamill Fan Club PO Box 287 Grand Blanc, MI 48480-0287 (sent 8x10 color picture, SASE; picture returned unsigned + 8x10 b&w signed picture was included with a Xeroxed form letter, ad for a comic company and a form to join the Mark Hamill Fan Club he sent) (mailed November 13, 2003! - received 7/19/08) - 1710 days (4 years, 8 months, 6 days) -- Mike Gummby3 -= Star Collector =- www.star-collector.net Celebrity addresses the way they should be - free. |
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Star Collector Mailbox - 7/19
Mark Hamill's autograph has definitely been hard to get. That's one
of the reasons that it slipped my mind I even sent it. :-) I figured it was in the circular filing cabinet years ago. I'm definitely not naive. I know that the odds of this being genuine are about as good as Fox News NOT dedicating any time to Obama's trip to Iraq. I did do comparisons to IPs and known authentics and they did match. That said, Bob Hope was interviewed once stating that his assistant/secretary was so good at his signature that he hard a hard time telling the difference. :-) -- Mike Gummby3 -= Star Collector =- www.star-collector.net Celebrity addresses the way they should be - free. "Mr Black" wrote in message ... He has always been hit and miss. During that period about 10 where no one was getting him ttm, i got my jedi headshot 8x10 back signed and inscribed...although it did take about 2 years. MrB |
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Star Collector Mailbox - 7/19
Mark has not been hard to get for like the first 20 years. When I
wrote to him back in like 2000, I got nothing then wrote a couple more times and eventually got stamped (rubber stamped items). I gave up. Then he started signing again so I wrote again but got back an item saying sorry you got a rubber stamp but he's not signing and hope this helps (blank photo with a handwritten note, I believe to be Mary Lou's handwriting). Then he didn't sign for a year or two and then reports of "big" ticket items being signed and others returned or not sent back. Then another report of him not signing, then signing again, then not signing and charging HUGE money up till now. Then a few reports this week of more sigs. It's quite possible he's trying a secretary now, but historically, it's been him himming and hawing on the sigs (and he has always signed personally). I gave up. Ended up getting an inscribed legit photo to someone else I knew who I traded for it, then I ended up buying one of his signed comics. I would eventually like the perfect one item signed to me or not dedicated but really, it IS hard to know what you are getting for sure. On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:55:44 -0500, "Gummby3" wrote: Mark Hamill's autograph has definitely been hard to get. That's one of the reasons that it slipped my mind I even sent it. :-) I figured it was in the circular filing cabinet years ago. I'm definitely not naive. I know that the odds of this being genuine are about as good as Fox News NOT dedicating any time to Obama's trip to Iraq. I did do comparisons to IPs and known authentics and they did match. That said, Bob Hope was interviewed once stating that his assistant/secretary was so good at his signature that he hard a hard time telling the difference. :-) |
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Star Collector Mailbox - 7/19
doesn't mark post on his own website that he can not sign any more
autographs due to the proliferation of forgeries on ebay? i know i read that on some website that he puts out SEVERAL years ago. i would imagine that's still his stance.. he mostly insists on personalizing in person though. i have SEVERAL that i've gotten myself...only once did he not personalize. i've tried taking personalization off some photos, but he writes so hard that it leaves an indentation on the photos EVERYTIME (including when i got him on a table.) i paid $80 each a few years ago at comic con and he wanted to personalize then..it was the only time i got him to write luke skywalker on the items. he's actually really friendly, and if you want something other than star wars, he's all over it... FYI- the television up fronts were here the last few weeks and ewan mcgregor was in town...he's REFUSING star wars now. i had his flight coming in from london and he stiffed the star wars...i got him on trainspotting and shallow grave, then went back to the star wars and he only signed 1 16x20 after i told him that i spent $100 each on them. and he personalized that...and he told everyone at the up fronts that he will not sign star wars under any circumstance. i think i put this in my blog on myspace ( http://www.myspace.com/hollywoodstuffsdotcom ) i know when he was on jay leno a few months ago, he got out of the car to sign and take pictures with...he signed star wars then but refused certain items like toys and some guy had star wars breakfast cereal boxes and he wouldn't sign them either. so there's a star wars update. m |
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Star Collector Mailbox - 7/19
Has there been a reason stated why he changed his signing habits
related to the movie? I know that Neeson is an odd one. He has refused to sign SW items for years now. He's also not signing anything Batman related. I haven't heard of Portman signing. Period. Do all of these actors acquire some beef with George Lucas? Star Wars did nothing but catapult, or at least build up, their careers. It would be like the original cast of Star Trek refusing to sign anything related to the show. -- Mike Gummby3 -= Star Collector =- www.star-collector.net Celebrity addresses the way they should be - free. wrote in message ... doesn't mark post on his own website that he can not sign any more autographs due to the proliferation of forgeries on ebay? i know i read that on some website that he puts out SEVERAL years ago. i would imagine that's still his stance.. he mostly insists on personalizing in person though. i have SEVERAL that i've gotten myself...only once did he not personalize. i've tried taking personalization off some photos, but he writes so hard that it leaves an indentation on the photos EVERYTIME (including when i got him on a table.) i paid $80 each a few years ago at comic con and he wanted to personalize then..it was the only time i got him to write luke skywalker on the items. he's actually really friendly, and if you want something other than star wars, he's all over it... FYI- the television up fronts were here the last few weeks and ewan mcgregor was in town...he's REFUSING star wars now. i had his flight coming in from london and he stiffed the star wars...i got him on trainspotting and shallow grave, then went back to the star wars and he only signed 1 16x20 after i told him that i spent $100 each on them. and he personalized that...and he told everyone at the up fronts that he will not sign star wars under any circumstance. i think i put this in my blog on myspace ( http://www.myspace.com/hollywoodstuffsdotcom ) i know when he was on jay leno a few months ago, he got out of the car to sign and take pictures with...he signed star wars then but refused certain items like toys and some guy had star wars breakfast cereal boxes and he wouldn't sign them either. so there's a star wars update. m |
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Star Collector Mailbox - 7/19
Sir Alec Guinness probably said what they wouldn't... that he thought
Star Wars was a joke basically; beneath him and he just did it for the money. I think Neeson probably was in a lull about the time Star Wars came into his lap and he could have used the dough. But he considers himself to above such mainstream films. Portman is just a stuck up bitch from what I hear. It's not just about Star Wars; she's tough but is like most, that when cameras are around her, she'll sign. Also, her and Hayden Christensen SUCKED in Phantom Meanace didn't they? It wasn't only a jar jar binks and crazy underwater cities that made the movie suck; it was their acting. Neeson was in that one too. It was a pretty horrible film when all things considered and you break it down to certain elements. I mean good effects yeah and good make up... but that's about it. I just don't think they want to be reminded of a film they didn't do that well personally in. On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:18:10 -0500, "Gummby3" wrote: Has there been a reason stated why he changed his signing habits related to the movie? I know that Neeson is an odd one. He has refused to sign SW items for years now. He's also not signing anything Batman related. I haven't heard of Portman signing. Period. Do all of these actors acquire some beef with George Lucas? Star Wars did nothing but catapult, or at least build up, their careers. It would be like the original cast of Star Trek refusing to sign anything related to the show. |
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Star Collector Mailbox - 7/19
Just a point, but Hayden didn't start until the second movie. :-)
You're probably right about their reasons for not signing, but it still seems petty. Portman's case is simply that she became famous too early, and too quickly, in her career. I know that some collectors that I know are watching today's young stars for signs of "Hollywoodidous". I really hope that Dakota Fanning does not contract it. She seems so humble. I think a lot of that has to do with the way that her parents raised her too. -- Mike Gummby3 -= Star Collector =- www.star-collector.net Celebrity addresses the way they should be - free. "Sue H" wrote in message ... Sir Alec Guinness probably said what they wouldn't... that he thought Star Wars was a joke basically; beneath him and he just did it for the money. I think Neeson probably was in a lull about the time Star Wars came into his lap and he could have used the dough. But he considers himself to above such mainstream films. Portman is just a stuck up bitch from what I hear. It's not just about Star Wars; she's tough but is like most, that when cameras are around her, she'll sign. Also, her and Hayden Christensen SUCKED in Phantom Meanace didn't they? It wasn't only a jar jar binks and crazy underwater cities that made the movie suck; it was their acting. Neeson was in that one too. It was a pretty horrible film when all things considered and you break it down to certain elements. I mean good effects yeah and good make up... but that's about it. I just don't think they want to be reminded of a film they didn't do that well personally in. On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:18:10 -0500, "Gummby3" wrote: Has there been a reason stated why he changed his signing habits related to the movie? I know that Neeson is an odd one. He has refused to sign SW items for years now. He's also not signing anything Batman related. I haven't heard of Portman signing. Period. Do all of these actors acquire some beef with George Lucas? Star Wars did nothing but catapult, or at least build up, their careers. It would be like the original cast of Star Trek refusing to sign anything related to the show. |
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Star Collector Mailbox - 7/19
True; I don't know what I was thinking. But he stunk.
I agree; hope Dakota and the Breslin kids and the others coming up remain good kids. On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:10:31 -0500, "Gummby3" wrote: Just a point, but Hayden didn't start until the second movie. :-) You're probably right about their reasons for not signing, but it still seems petty. Portman's case is simply that she became famous too early, and too quickly, in her career. I know that some collectors that I know are watching today's young stars for signs of "Hollywoodidous". I really hope that Dakota Fanning does not contract it. She seems so humble. I think a lot of that has to do with the way that her parents raised her too. |
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Star Collector Mailbox - 7/19
hayden christensen went through a bout of not signing star wars
too...oddly enough, he signs a TON and doesn't really care.. portman was tough BEFORE star wars...the only time i got her was when she was in cold mountain, and even then, she wouldn't sign star wars stuff... i know BEFORE the star wars premiere we were at the toronto film festival and she signed a ton, but because she didn't sign star wars stuff, i didn't get her at all (unprepared at the time)...and she hasn't gotten off her high horse yet...she still almost signs nothing. jake lloyd has done nothing since and signs star wars..but he does a lot of shows (for like official pix etc) and they end up, by the end of the show, dropping his price from $20 to $15 and sometimes lower. i don't know what's up ewan's butt...i think it's funny, he'll sign all sorts of other things without question, it's just the star wars.. liam neeson is extremely tough too...i heard (and i saw the photos) of him signing star wars stuff at the revenge of the sith premiere in new york, but is back to not signing that stuff again, and he's been a complete stiff on the batman stuff as well (from the begining too, when the photos first appeared large enough to print, i had a few a few days later at an event and he refused em in favor of other stuff saying he doesn't sign batman products, and hasn't changed his stance.) the star trek people DO stiff on star wars items. don't be fooled...the main cast does enough shows to where you don't realize it...but nichelle nichols actually told me once that she won't give away something that she can make money off of...shatner is a complete stiff. nimoy is pretty decent about signing, and does sign trek stuff...but many of the other cast members have the same stance as nichols... the newer star trek people don't seem to care- right now. scott bakula, if he signs at all, will sign whatever's put in front of him. patrick stewart was a stiff on trek stuff while he was on the show, but has softened up quite a bit. and he does signings. but don't kid yourself, the trek people are just as tough as the wars people. shows are shows. mike |
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