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The AutoGram Newsletter – July 2006

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	July 2006

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1. Welcome! The Autogram is a free monthly newsletter about autograph collecting. Here's what you'll find:

Original articles that will show you the ins and outs of this fascinating and exciting hobby;

Information that is based upon sources which we know to be reliable;

A format that provides a solid and valuable benefit for our subscribers.

2. Interesting Items

Oddjob's Hat, Elvis's Belt Sold at Auction

The steel-rimmed derby used by the villainous Oddjob in the James Bond movie "Goldfinger" was auctioned for $33,600. The hat was among several celebrity items, including Elvis Presley's belt, that were sold to bidders from around the world in an interactive auction held Saturday in New York by Los Angeles-based Julien's Auctions.

The hat was from the estate of Harold Sakata, who played the villain in the 1964 Bond movie. The buyer, Anthony Pugliese III, is a collector of Bond memorabilia in Ft. Lauderdale who wants to display it in a pop culture museum being developed in Florida, the auction house said in a statement.

A belt that Presley wore during his 1972 performance in Honolulu went for $66,000, more than six times the auction estimate. The belt was from the estate of late "Hawaii Five-O" TV star Jack Lord and was sold to Neville Tuli, an art auction house owner in Bombay, India.
Other items sold included interview tapes of the late John Lennon for $60,000 and the red evening gown worn by Dustin Hoffman in the movie "Tootsie," which went for $26,400. A total of 269 items sold for $655,000, which included a 20 percent auction commission.

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Warhol's Silver Wig Sells for $10,800

Bidders flipped their wigs Thursday at a Manhattan auction where one of pop art icon Andy Warhol's signature silver hairpieces sold for $10,800. The wig, complete with three strips of toupee tape inside, was worn by Warhol during the early 1980s. Warhol began wearing the hairpieces in the early 1960s, and they eventually turned into fashion accessories more than a cover-up for his baldness. Presale estimates for the hairpiece were $4,000 to $6,000.

It was one of several lots put up at Christie's auction house by Jeffrey Warhola, the artist's nephew. A 1977 Polaroid photo of Muhammad Ali, signed by Warhol, sold for $19,200. And a Warhol Polaroid of Mick Jagger from 1975 went for $15,600.

The top items in the celebrity sale belonged to Marilyn Monroe. A black cocktail dress worn during filming of ''The Misfits'' sold for $66,000, while a full-length ermine coat worn by Monroe in 1957 sold for $50,400.
An address and telephone book belonging to Monroe in the early 1960s sold for $31,200, more than double the pre-sale estimate. Many of the entries were written in by the movie goddess' personal assistant, but there were notations in Monroe's own writing for well-known friends like Susan Strasberg, Dean Martin and Sam Goldwyn Jr.

There was also a page in the back of the book with a listing of doctor's numbers, including Monroe's personal physician, her psychiatrist and her psychoanalyst.

A bracelet presented to the late ''Gone With the Wind'' star Clark Gable by his future wife, actress Carole Lombard, sold for $7,800. The gold-linked bracelet had Gable's initials on the clasp, and bore the message, ''I Love You CL.'' It was accompanied by two black-and-white photos of Gable wearing the jewelry. A copy of the book ''Gone With the Wind,'' inscribed to Gable by the film's producer, David O. Selznick, sold for $10,200.

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3. Collecting News

Lewis Black, stand up comedian and star of “The Daily Show”, signing copies of “Nothing’s Sacred”

7/10/06 7:00 PM at Barnes & Noble - Sixth Avenue. New York, NY.
7/12/06 7:00 PM at Joseph-Beth Booksellers - Barclay Downs Drive. Charlotte, NC.
7/13/06 7:00 PM at Barnes & Noble - SE Maynard. Cary, NC.
7/14/06 7:00 PM at Book People - North Lamar. Austin, TX.
7/15/06 7:00 PM at A Clean Well Lighted Place For Books - Van Ness Avenue. San Francisco, CA.
7/16/06 2:00 PM at Borders Books - Francisco Blvd. West. San Rafael, CA.
7/17/06 7:00 PM at Third Place Books - Bothell Way NE. Seattle, WA.
7/18/06 7:00 PM at Borders Books - NE 74th Street. Redmond, WA.

John Dean, Watergate figure, signing copies of “Conservatives Without Conscience”

7/11/06 7:00 PM at Barnes & Noble - Lincoln Center. New York, NY.
7/13/06 7:00 PM at Olsson’s Books - 7th Street NW. Washington DC.
7/19/06 7:30 PM at Borders Books - North Broadway Avenue. Chicago, IL.
7/26/06 7:30 PM at Town Hall - Eighth Avenue and Seneca Street. Seattle, WA.
7/27/06 7:00 PM at The Booksmith - Haight Street. San Francisco, CA.
8/2/06 7:30 PM at Barnes & Noble – Grove Drive. Los Angeles, CA.

Adrienne Barbeau, star of “Swamp Thing” and “Maude”, signing copies of “There Are Worse Things I Could Do”

7/17/06 7:00 PM at Barnes & Noble – Worcester Providence Turnpike. Milbury, MA.
7/18/06 at 7:00 PM at Brookline Booksmith - Harvard Street. Brookline, MA.
7/28/06 7:00 PM at Peppertree Bookstore - South Palm Canyon Drive. Palm Springs, CA.

7/15/06 to 7/16/06 Hollywood Collectors & Celebrities Show at the Hilton Burbank Airport Hotel – Burbank, CA. Guests scheduled to appear include: Debbie Reynolds, Carol Lynley, Jimmy Weldon, June Foray, Betty Lynn, Ronnie Schell, Fred Dryer, Richard Herd, Stella Stevens, Elena Verdugo, Kevin McCarthy, Ken Osmond, Frank Bank, Alan Young, and many others.

7/28/06 to 7/30/06 Flashback Weekend Chicago Horror Convention & Drive-In at the Crowne Plaza O’Hare. Rosemont, Illinois. Guests scheduled to appear include: Roddy Piper, Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Leslie Easterbrook, Priscilla Barnes, Geoffrey Lewis, Lew Temple, Kate Norby, Cerina Vincent, Charles Band, Courtney Gains, Svengoolie, and many others to be announced.

7/29/06 to 7/30/06 Pittsburgh Toy, Comic, & Childhood Collectibles Show at the Expomart. Monroeville, PA. Guests scheduled to appear include: Richard Kiel, Billy Dee Williams, and others to be announced.

8/11/06 to 8/13/06 HorrorFind Weekend at the Marriott Hunt Valley Inn. Hunt Valley, MD. Guests scheduled to appear include: Denise Crosby, Sybil Danning, Ken Foree, Tom Savini, Alex Vincent, Doug Bradley, Barbara Crampton, and many others to be announced.

8/12/06 to 8/13/06 2006 Convention & Autograph Show at the Wyndham St. Anthony Hotel. San Antonio, TX. Guests scheduled to appear include: Buzz Aldrin, Alan Bean, Scott Carpenter, Eugene Cernan, Walt Cunningham, Ed Gibson, Richard Gordon, Valery Kubasov, Alexei Leonov, Jack Lousma, Edgar Mitchell, Pavel Popovich, Wally Schirra, Rusty Schweickart, Dave Scott, Valentina Tereshkova, Brian Binnie, Paul Weitz, Eugene Kranz, Gunter Wendt, Bill Dana, Clint Howard, Garry Lockwood, Keir Dullea, James Drury, Lana Wood, Maud Adams, and many others.

8/12/06 to 8/13/06 The 2006 Twilight Zone Convention at the Hilton Hasbrouck Heights. Hasbrouck Heights, NJ. Guests scheduled to appear include: Mickey Rooney, James T. Callahan, Paul Comi, Margarita Cordova, Susan Gordon, Chuck Hicks, George Clayton Johnson, Noah Keen, Tom Lowell, Arlene Martel, Kevin McCarthy, Ed Nelson, Tim O'Connor, Tom Reese, Peter Mark Richman, Jacqueline Scott, Fred Wayne, H.M. Wynant, and others to be announced.

8/19/06 to 8/20/06 Super Comicfest at the Crown Plaza Secaucus – Secaucus, NJ. Guests scheduled to appear include: Traci Lords, David Prowse, Julie Newmar, Joyce DeWitt, Priscilla Barnes, Richard Kline, Ashley, Joe Gannascoli, Yvonne Craig, & Cathy St. George .

8/25/06 to 8/26/06 Hollywood Collectors & Celebrities Show at the Wyndham Orlando Resort – Orlando, FL. Guests scheduled to appear include: Hayley Mills, Cindy Morgan, Noel Neill, Verne Troyer, Paul LeMat, Phil Fondacaro, King Kong Bundy, Captain Lou Albano, and many others to be announced.

8/25/06 to 8/27/06 Monster Mania Con 6 at the Crowne Plaza – Cherry Hill, NJ. Guests scheduled to appear include: Robert Englund, Roddie Piper, Corey Feldman, Corey Haid, Linnea Quigley, Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Erin Gray, Leslie Easterbrook, Michael Berryman, and many others.

9/1/06 to 9/4/06 Dragon*Con at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis. Atlanta, GA. Guests scheduled to appear include: Adam Baldwin, Summer Glau, Erin Gray, Hayley Mills, David Prowse, George Romero, Kevin Sorbo, Yvonne Craig, Mark Goddard, Marta Kristen, Tracy Lords, Erin Moran, Billy West, Adrienne Barbeau, Denise Crosby, Stephen Furst, Marty Krofft, Anson Williams, and others to be announced.

10/13/06 to 10/15/06 Screamfest 2006 at the Wyndham Resort. Orlando, FL. Guests scheduled to appear include: Elvira, Tony Todd, Tom Savini, Riccou Browning, Ken Foree, Danielle Harris, and others to be announced.

4. New Celebrity Contact Addresses ...

Star Jones

, c/o ABC-TV 'The View', 320 W. 66th Street, New York, NY 10023-6338
Orlando Bloom
, c/o Aleen Keshishian, The Firm, 9100 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 400 West, Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Salma Hayek
, PO Box 57593, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403-2593
Kristin Kreuk
, c/o Handprint Entertainment, 1100 Glendon Avenue, Suite 100
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Sean Connery
, c/o Nancy Seltzer & Associates, 6220 Del Valle Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90048
Hilary Duff
, c/o Curtis Talent Management, 9607 Arby Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210

5. "What's Up?" at StricklerSports.com

Bring your favorite Hollywood or TV star home! We carry several authentic autographed Hollywood, music, sports and other celebrity memorabilia……Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, Uma Thurman, Keith Urban, Jon Bon Jovi, Carrie Underwood, Bruce Springsteen, etc.

Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean) 8 x 10 Autograph
Johnny Depp / Keira Knightley / Orlando Bloom (Pirates of the Caribbean) Autographed 8x10
Keith Urban Autograph 8x10
Angelina Jolie Autograph 8x10
Angelina Jolie Autograph 8x10

Sandra Bullock SPEED Original Film Worn Wardrobe

The most recognizable costume from the hit movie SPEED. This set, worn by lead actress Sandra Bullock, includes the highly distinctive Arizona Wildcats sweat top as heavily referred to by both Dennis Hopper and Keanu Reeves. Also included is the light flowery dress that she wears. This is one of 4 sets used in the movie according to information from Fox Studios wardrobe. Since at least 2 of the other sweat tops from the wardrobe set had noticeable "fake blood" stains (according to dealer sources and from a set recently sold in London), it is very possible that this was the referenced sweat top and logo that was detailed in the movie. There is noticeable wear on both pieces. The dress has minor damage on the left sleeve, (edge piping is loose..3 inches) but easily restorable. The set was obtained by a woman in Queensland, Australia. She and a friend won a radio contest on B105 Brisbane in 1995. The contest was called (A Day in the Life of Keanu Reeves) and coincided with the film's video release. The grand prize was an all-expense paid trip to Los Angeles and a personal tour of 20th-Century Fox Studios. During the tour, an employee from the wardrobe department presented her with several items that Keanu Reeves wore on the film set as well as the Sandra Bullock worn sweat top and dress. We purchased the set directly from the owner. All of this is detailed in a statutory declaration along with other documentation from the original owner. An 8x10 movie promo and original movie poster will be included with the set. This is one of many special authentic collectibles at http://pages.stricklersports.com/8987/PictPage/1922301796.html

Visit our website Strickler Sports for a complete listing of our inventory.

6. Helpful Resources

SigningsHotline.com: The ONLY site that lists EVERY athlete autograph appearance in the US and Canada.
Need a quick & fairly priced professional appraisal of your collectible? Try www.whatsitworthtoyou.com
Authentic signed sports memorabilia "Straight From The Source" http://www.greatmomentsauthentic.com
Ecki.Com CyberFetch Website Submitter...easiest and most cost effective website submitting program available! http://www.cyberfetch.net
Universal Autograph Collectors Club: Safeguarding the past for the future. http://www.uacc.org

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