Autograph Collector Mary Pickford’s book of famous signatures up for auction – Wells, Edison, Mussolini, Shaw, Earhart, and Eisenhower among the signatures collected
October 27, 2008 by Richard Budman ·
Items from silent screen era star Mary Pickford’s estate go up for auction next month. This one item certainly caught our eye – seems Ms. Pickford was an autograph collector and personally kept a book which she collected the autographs of the famous and interesting people the starlet came into contact with. And she certainly met some doozies. H.G. Wells, Thomas Edison, Benito Mussolini, George Bernard Shaw, Amelia Earhart, U.S. President Eisenhower, and car-maker Henry Ford all signed the book for Mary – often with long and generous personalizations. Early auction catalog estimates has the Pickford autograph book, containing more than 120 signatures all acquired from 1926 to 1981 in the $6,000 to $8,000 range. Our experience with autographs tells us this is a special piece that will probably command 5 times that estimate.
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Yea, I just read about the this auction. Along with her autograph books,
rare, vintage photos, jewelry, furniture from the estate of Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, Pickfair will be auctioned off Nov.22-23. The cool thing is you can bid online at http://www.auctionnetwork.com/pickfair. You don’t actually have to be at the auction. Thought i’d pass along to you fellow Mary Pickford lovers!
I have a signed autograph book by Mary Pickford. She signed it herself in the book called ” Why not try God”It was signed in 1935.How can I get this book autioned off and how much can I get for it.
Mark Boardman is probably the most famous Uk based autograph collector having been on telly loads of times and with a huge fan base following for his website too. From what I’ve seen, ho now only meets the big a list stars from the world of Film and music. I did get my picture taken with him once at the brit awards on the red carpet in London ! Wot a cool guy, I even got his signature on a magazine cover !
I bought a copy of History and Social Intelligence by Harry Elmer Barnes apparently signed by H.G. Wells. A similar copy with his signature is on Amazon. Does anyone know why this book is signed by Wells? Are the signatures authentic or some sort of facsimile that’s on the front page of every copy of the book?