Does autograph and sketch with names adressed to bothers you 2 2

[Namtak]

The title says it all,me im divided,sometimes it bothers me,but it depends what.a sketch or oa dont bothets me much but only an autograph on picture or comics its a big no for me.two that i have that dont bothers me.hope to hear your opinion on the matter!

[kav]

I actually like it better than just autograph-it's a slice of history and adds to the age factor.
No one has a letter from Ben Franklin addressed to them.

[Namtak]

1 minute ago, kav said:

I actually like it better than just autograph-it's a slice of history and adds to the age factor.
No one has a letter from Ben Franklin addressed to them.

Never tought about it that way,but artists still active,does it bothers you?

[kav]

24 minutes ago, Namtak said:

Never tought about it that way,but artists still active,does it bothers you?

Not at all.  Even recent works are a part of history. Personalized stuff just adds dimension to piece.  I do not need i to be addressed to me.
Hell I had an R Crumb piece he sent me when I was a teen-it was dated by him on my actual birthday.  I kept it for years but sold it when i needed money.

[Poekaymon]

I dislike even yellow label sigs.  Can't get over the feeling that, regardless of the signature, it's defacing the book.  If you personally had it signed, then maybe it's okay if it's something like Spider Man #1 regular cover or something, but high end books?  No way.  Even worse is autographs that you weren't even there for.  And then a level even below that would be ones that include some random person's name.

[DocSaum]

33 minutes ago, Poekaymon said:

I dislike even yellow label sigs.  Can't get over the feeling that, regardless of the signature, it's defacing the book.  If you personally had it signed, then maybe it's okay if it's something like Spider Man #1 regular cover or something, but high end books?  No way.  Even worse is autographs that you weren't even there for.  And then a level even below that would be ones that include some random person's name.

I concur 

[kav]

My comments were regarding art and whatnot I also do not like writing on cover no matter who does it.  The book is defaced.

[MatterEaterLad]

Unless the addressee is someone of renown, it's not something I'd be into. 

There's an X-Men #1 out there somewhere personalized from Stan Lee to Harlan Ellison. That's the book I want! 

[Robot Man]

1 hour ago, kav said:

My comments were regarding art and whatnot I also do not like writing on cover no matter who does it.  The book is defaced.

I personally asked for this one to be defaced. Not a regret in the world...

[Poekaymon]

13 minutes ago, Robot Man said:

I personally asked for this one to be defaced. Not a regret in the world...

The key being that you were there for it personally.

[Robot Man]

5 minutes ago, Poekaymon said:

The key being that you were there for it personally.

Heck yes! Half the fun was watching him do it and being able to talk to him while he did it..,

Funny thing was a CGC dude wanting to “witness it” and encouraging me to slab it. 

Edited April 3, 2021 by Robot Man

[ADAMANTIUM]

2 minutes ago, Poekaymon said:

18 minutes ago, Robot Man said:

I personally asked for this one to be defaced. Not a regret in the world...

The key being that you were there for it personally.

Obviously there is a "market" for it, your right to your opinion is validated as its not for everyone,  but when he is gone that book is either going into the trash or into the market...

So done in person or not is a preference, but it's all got a price to it in the end and that cheapens it for some.

In the end, people go whole hog and that is why there is a signature series program, and most dont want it personalized. I've had stuff personalized but it was either on a print or inside the cover. Most comic covers had a sig printed on the cover, but if a hand done one is a obnoxious then I could see the need for it to mean something to someone in the end, harder to pass along personalized memorabilia, which sig books eventually become 

 

[Poekaymon]

3 hours ago, kav said:

Not at all.  Even recent works are a part of history. Personalized stuff just adds dimension to piece.  I do not need i to be addressed to me.
Hell I had an R Crumb piece he sent me when I was a teen-it was dated by him on my actual birthday.  I kept it for years but sold it when i needed money.

Terry Zwigoff's Crumb documentary is still one of the best documentaries I have ever seen.

[ender]

I like the ones I have gotten, and asked usually for the personalization, knowing that eventually that would reduce the value if I sell it to someone else.

[ADAMANTIUM]

2 minutes ago, ender said:

I like the ones I have gotten, and asked usually for the personalization, knowing that eventually that would reduce the value if I sell it to someone else.

[kav]

4 minutes ago, ender said:

I like the ones I have gotten, and asked usually for the personalization, knowing that eventually that would reduce the value if I sell it to someone else.

magnificent

[kav]

Ps if you sell to another Robert-no loss in value!!!

[ender]

This was a freebie I didn’t even ask for. I had just called the Cerebus office (the phone number used to be on the comics) and asked about buying OA. Dave answered the phone himself and apologized he didn’t have any of the pages I was looking for but asked for my address so he could send me a letter if any of them turned back up. A week later this came in the mail. Really like it. The signature and personalization are in ball point pen and fading even though it is t in the sun. I think that is a product of the tracing paper. Anyway I really like it and am glad it is personalized. 

[ender]

3 minutes ago, kav said:

Ps if you sell to another Robert-no loss in value!!!

If I can find another Robert that like this stuff I may have a whole lot to sell him! 

[Namtak]

10 minutes ago, ender said:

I like the ones I have gotten, and asked usually for the personalization, knowing that eventually that would reduce the value if I sell it to someone else.

I would buy that no problem wow its beautifull!