The Dallas Cowboys sent my nine-year old son an “autographed” team picture when he was laid up from an injury. Imagine how difficult it was to get all those big guys to hang on to the pen at the same time!
In the 90s, I wrote an old fashioned letter to Andrew Gold in care of his record company. He sent back an autographed picture and the envelope was in the same handwriting. I ought to check it against online signatures in eBay, but I have treasured it since. After that, I had to pay at least $15 per signature (Stephen Bishop, Jimmy Webb, Janis Ian). Today, it’s $50 and up.
When my older daughter was 6 she wrote a “Happy Birthday” letter to Taylor Swift. At the last moment, I threw in a regular #10 SASE, not expecting anything. About 6 months later the SASE came back to us. In it was a computer-printed letter with a picture on it, very Taylor-esque in its wording. However, across the top, in Sharpie, was this: Dear Deborah, Thank you so much! Love you, XOXO Taylor. (My girl’s first reaction: “SHE SPELLED MY NAME RIGHT!!!”) That letter is among my girl’s most prized possessions, and she’s 21 now.
When I was a kid, I’d send letters to NFL teams. I’d get back stuff like team photos, sticker, a big poster from the Baltimore Colts based on a painting of a player. That was pretty cool.
Somewhere in one of my totes that I keep pictures and photo albums and such I have 2 celebrity signed pictures- one is Patrick Duffy, this was during his Dallas tv show years, he was making a film and they were shooting on scene on our street in a suburb of Buffalo NY, unfortunely the weekend they were there me and my sister were at my Grams for the weekend but my unlce, who lived next door to us,knew we were fans so he asked Mr. Duffy is he could sign a picture for each of us and he did, the other is of Michael Damon, this was mid 80’s and he was a soap opera star plus a singer and he was at a department store in our town signing autographs and taking pictures with fans for his new cd release, unfortuenly the camera that Mom used to take the pictures was a cheap thing and the pictures came out too blury and couldn’t see us put we got the autographed picture, a free cd and a pin with his picture on it. I have a couple of boxes in my closet that are full of my sister pictures but I haven’t gone through them so I don’t know if she ever kept hers or not.
knutdl 9 months ago
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rasputin's horoscope 9 months ago
The Dallas Cowboys sent my nine-year old son an “autographed” team picture when he was laid up from an injury. Imagine how difficult it was to get all those big guys to hang on to the pen at the same time!
Spence12 Premium Member 9 months ago
In the 90s, I wrote an old fashioned letter to Andrew Gold in care of his record company. He sent back an autographed picture and the envelope was in the same handwriting. I ought to check it against online signatures in eBay, but I have treasured it since. After that, I had to pay at least $15 per signature (Stephen Bishop, Jimmy Webb, Janis Ian). Today, it’s $50 and up.
ZarPaulus 9 months ago
Probably a photocopy of Lou Perlman’s signature.
Wren Fahel 9 months ago
When my older daughter was 6 she wrote a “Happy Birthday” letter to Taylor Swift. At the last moment, I threw in a regular #10 SASE, not expecting anything. About 6 months later the SASE came back to us. In it was a computer-printed letter with a picture on it, very Taylor-esque in its wording. However, across the top, in Sharpie, was this: Dear Deborah, Thank you so much! Love you, XOXO Taylor. (My girl’s first reaction: “SHE SPELLED MY NAME RIGHT!!!”) That letter is among my girl’s most prized possessions, and she’s 21 now.
Angry Indeed Premium Member 9 months ago
That group was poorly-named. They should be named DownTheSync Boys. Their top selling, number hit: Draino!
cholomanaba 9 months ago
I smell Jason’s prank…
mindjob 9 months ago
Looks like they used autopen
Dgwphotos 9 months ago
THIS story line…
Brian Premium Member 9 months ago
When I was a kid, I’d send letters to NFL teams. I’d get back stuff like team photos, sticker, a big poster from the Baltimore Colts based on a painting of a player. That was pretty cool.
Sambora1 9 months ago
Somewhere in one of my totes that I keep pictures and photo albums and such I have 2 celebrity signed pictures- one is Patrick Duffy, this was during his Dallas tv show years, he was making a film and they were shooting on scene on our street in a suburb of Buffalo NY, unfortunely the weekend they were there me and my sister were at my Grams for the weekend but my unlce, who lived next door to us,knew we were fans so he asked Mr. Duffy is he could sign a picture for each of us and he did, the other is of Michael Damon, this was mid 80’s and he was a soap opera star plus a singer and he was at a department store in our town signing autographs and taking pictures with fans for his new cd release, unfortuenly the camera that Mom used to take the pictures was a cheap thing and the pictures came out too blury and couldn’t see us put we got the autographed picture, a free cd and a pin with his picture on it. I have a couple of boxes in my closet that are full of my sister pictures but I haven’t gone through them so I don’t know if she ever kept hers or not.
John Jorgensen 9 months ago
Heh, Backsync Boys. Andy’s sure making herself look like an old fogey with that one.