Bieber was spotted by fans enjoying ice-cream with his bodyguard in the Yonge Dundas area. They tried moving quickly through the building crowd that started to follow them. Justin and crew, who have gotten used to escaping mobs of teenage girls – quickly found entry to the Eaton Centre underground parking and disappeared.

It was Paul’s first trip back to Toronto in five years and the Sunday night concert was only Macca’s 10th show in Canada as a solo artist since 1976.

And that anticipation was met as a rash of autograph collectors and their crews descended upon Toronto all in hopes of achieving that coveted Sir Paul signature. Unknown to most, McCartney actually arrived in the city late Saturday afternoon and rehearsed at a venue close to the ACC. While McCartney was pleasant with a smile and wave to the few collectors present at this practice venue – he didn’t sign any autographs on the way in or out.

When McCartney arrived back to his Toronto hotel after the first show – There was just too many people for Macca’s people to even consider him signing.

It would turn out that McCartney would only sign once for the hounds on that trip to Toronto, and that’s just before Paul exited the city at the private airfield after the second show. While close to 100 collectors raced to meet Macca, he ended up signing for just over a quarter of them – and they were some very nice signatures indeed.

And I and some helpers were fortunate to get some nice items signed. Like this Capitol Records issue of the Beatles, RUBBER SOUL. While this album shows some wear it is considered one of the most critically acclaimed releases in the Beatles discography. Paul McCartney beautifully signed the album cover in black sharpie after the show in Toronto.

A NOTE ABOUT PHOTOS OF PAUL SIGNING: HoundsTV always strives to provide photographic proof of our celebrity encounters. Paul McCartney can be difficult to shoot on some occasions. Most times, Paul’s security requests NO PHOTOS be taken when Paul is signing for the collectors. As the presence of cameras has disrupted signings in the past and to respect the wishes of Mr. McCartney – photos of Paul signing can be rare. But we have got them many times before.

ITEM: BEATLES “RUBBER SOUL” ALBUM. Signed by PAUL McCartney on the album cover (Good condition. Album shows some wear at edges on cover. Signed in black sharpie. VERY SUITABLE FOR FRAMING. HoundsTV watermark graphic does not appear on actual item.)
PRICE: $1,750.00 CAN + $50.00 (insured & tracked S&H in North America) **Just 1 remaining in-stock.
SIGNED: August 9, 2010 – Toronto, Canada

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Former Guns N’ Roses drummer Steven Adler has been on a book tour of late promoting his just released autobiography “My Appetite for Destruction: Sex & Drugs”

And it’s quite the story. Adler chronicles, in sometimes shocking detail, how he came to help form Guns N’ Roses which as a band went onto record one of the biggest and most memorable debut records in music history. And then Adler throws the fame and money away in a decent of serious drug abuse.

The book is worth a read for just some of the stories and observations Adler has for rock icons Steven Tyler, Slash, Nikki Sixx, Tommy Lee, and of course some great stories about the one-and-only Gn’R lead singer Axl Rose and his unique ways.

This first edition hardcover (285 pages) is signed by Steven Adler in blue sharpie on the inside title page, “Thank You. Steven Adler. Gn’R”

ITEM: STEVEN ADLER signed first edition hardcover book “My Appetite For Destruction” (NEW. Signed in blue sharpie on inside title page.)
PRICE: $49.00 CAN + $10.00 (S&H in North America)
SIGNED: August 3, 2010 – Toronto, Canada

While McCartney’s last concert in Montreal was in 1989, many did make the journey to Quebec City during the summer of 2008 when Paul played a historic concert in celebration of Quebec’s 400th anniversary. Over a quarter million people saw Paul play that day and HoundsTV was there when McCartney left the hotel.

We were there again as McCartney arrived into Montreal, Canada in the early afternoon during the day of the Bell Centre show this past week. But it was on Paul departing the city just before midnight he stopped at the private airfield and signed for the few collectors that managed to assemble there.

We got this Beatles Rarities album autographed. This is the American version released on Capitol Records and it’s best remembered for featuring the famous “butcher” cover album photo from Yesterday… and Today. Paul McCartney beautifully signed in Montreal the butcher photo which appears in the gatefold of this Rarities album.

THIS ITEM IS NOW OUT-OF-STOCK

ITEM: BEATLES “RARITIES” ALBUM. Signed by PAUL McCartney on the “Butcher” photo gatefold. (Excelllent condition. Album shows some wear at edges. Signed in blue sharpie. INCLUDES vinyl record. VERY SUITABLE FOR FRAMING. HoundsTV watermark graphic does not appear on actual item.)
PRICE: $1,650.00 CAN + $50.00 (insured & tracked S&H in North America) **Just 1 remaining in-stock.
SIGNED: August 12, 2010 – Montreal, Canada

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HoundsTV in the past has posted stories about celebrities and pop culture icons that unfortunately pass away.

Today, HoundsTV is sad to report about another type of legend to us – an icon of the autograph collecting world passed away this month, Blair Richards of Cleveland.

Besides Blair’s love of teaching and practicing the law – Blair was a proficient traveler of the world, visiting well over hundred countries. It was on many of these journey’s that Blair collected the signatures of some of the biggest music stars in the world.

We shared many hounding adventures over the years with Blair. And it’s there HoundsTV will fondly remember the many stories shared with Blair as collectors chit-chat to waste time as you wait for the celebrity encounter. If it was a former staple of the modern music scene touring – anyone from Cheap Trick, Kansas, Supertramp, or Meatloaf – you could be sure Blair would have an interesting story of an autograph encounter with them.

Loving husband of Lena Richards. Loving son of Carole Richards Kusik (nee Kelty) (husband John), and Edward Richards. Dearest brother of Linnea Smith (nee Richards) (husband Stephen), grandson of Greye Richards and Harold (deceased) and Betty and James Kelty (both deceased). Cousin of Shannon and Derek Richards.

Blair Richards from Cleveland is certainly one of the best autograph collectors HoundsTV ever had the pleasure to work with and was taken from his wife, family, friends, and autograph hounding community at far too young of an age.

But we know Blair – and we doubt his passing will stop him from continuing his pursuits of celebrity signatures. So, a note to Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, John Bonham, Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Miles Davis, and Stephen Ray Vaughan – Blair is probably going to be finding you with a stack of albums and a sharpie marker in hand real soon.

A memorial service is being held today, July 31st, in Clevelend to remember and celebrate the life of Blair Richards.

Blair getting Mick Jagger to sign a guitar in Toronto, 1999.
Blair and good friend and fellow collector Brad celebrating getting a huge haul of items signed by Roger Waters (ex of Pink Floyd) in Brazil, 2002.
Brad and Blair in Brazil.

“I was in Montreal for the F1 race and got the shock of all collecting shocks when I spotted ex-Beatle George Harrison walking out of a hotel. After getting Harrison to sign at about 7pm, not a minute later I run to a phone and call Blair and tell him I got Harrison. Phone goes dead. Not 12 hours later at 7 am all the way from Ohio, Blair drove through the night and is standing out there to graph Harrison on his guitar as George was leaving his hotel to head to F1 track. Blair got several Harrison signatures that trip to Montreal – that was vintage Blair!” – friend and fellow autograph collector Brad Byrne

(June 19, 2010) Miley Cyrus in rehearsal for co-hosting MMVA’s in Toronto. Miley will also perform “Party in the USA” and “Can’t Be Tamed” at the annual awards show on Queen St.

(HoundsTV – Toronto) The NXNE music and film festival kicked off across Toronto on Wednesday at various opening night venues. HoundsTV decided to take in the Virgin Mobile Opening Night at The Phoenix with the great band Eagles Of Death Metal headlining.

Frontman Jesse Hughes was in top spirits even though the band had suffered a personal crisis this week. EODM bassist Brian O’Connor had been diagnosed with cancer, and was undergoing surgery in Los Angles the same day as the NXNE gig. Dean Fertita from Dead Weather is filling in for O’Connor on the remaining Eagles tour dates.

“The Pigeons Of Shit Metal” – Axl Rose

HoundsTV was reminded of a great rock n’ roll tattoo story at The Phoenix and it involved EODM’s Jesse Hughes and Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose. Eagles Of Death Metal were offered the opening slot on Guns N’ Roses brief 2006 World Tour. It seems, EODM were not well received in their first show opening for Gn’R – a large portion of the audience actually booed them. Maybe with a band name that ends in “Death Metal,” the Guns crowd was expecting something different (EODM are not a death-metal band, they are just a great hard rockin’ band formed in the nineties with Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age / Them Crooked Vultures.)

Not happy hearing his audience was booing, Axl Rose takes the stage for his Gn’R set and asks, “so what did you all think of The Pigeons of Shit Metal.” ?

Eagles Of Death Metal would not play another show opening for Guns N’ Roses again. The bands would also exchange some not-so-nice words with each other. But Jesse Hughes eventually showed how he felt about the Axl slight when he had a “Pigeons Of Shit Metal” tattoo added to his left arm.

Jesse Hughes “Pigeons Of Shit Metal” tattoo
Bassist Dean Fertita from Dead Weather filled in at NXNE show.
Eagles Of Death Metal crowd at NXNE Virgin Mobile opening night.

The jersey that Paul Henderson wore when scoring that historic goal is currently being auctioned and is set to become the most expensive piece of hockey memorabilia ever sold. It is currently up for sale at Classic Auctions.

Is the Paul Henderson jersey worth $250,000 or more? The short answer is “yes.” The oldest rule in the collecting world is an item is worth what someone is willing to pay for it. So if someone is putting down hundreds of thousands on the Henderson ‘72 Series jersey – than that’s what it’s worth.

In the sports memorabilia world – while the physical item the collector is buying may be a jersey, stick, or puck. What the collector is really buying is a piece of history.

And People collect history. It can be argued that Henderson’s ‘72 Summit Series winning goal is one of the most celebrated and historic hockey moments in Canadian history.

If the Henderson ‘72 Canada jersey does indeed top $250,000 (and as of June 15th – it’s sitting at $232,000) it would make it the most expensive piece of hockey memorabilia ever sold.

A jersey from Wayne Gretzky’s career is believed to have traded hands privately for $250,000. Just a month ago, a sweater from the rookie year of Bobby Orr fetched almost $200,000 at an auction.

There has been much debate on what should happen with the Henderson jersey. A majority feeling it should end up in a Hall of Fame somewhere. The hardware retailing giant, Canadian Tire, recently bid $200,000 for the jersey feeling it would be a nice item to display on a tour around it’s stores (and no doubt, a massive publicity coup in the process.) But when some media complained that might not be such a good idea. Canadian Tire dropped out of the bidding.

UPDATE (June 23): There was some furious bidding at the end between two bidders but the Henderson ‘72 Jersey was sold for $1,067,538 last night – more than double any of the most optimistic estimates before the auction began. The winning bid (comes to over $1.2M after all auction fees factored in) was submitted by Mitchell Goldhar, owner of SmartCentres.

The Henderson ‘72 jersey sale becomes the highest price ever paid at auction for a piece of hockey memorabilia.

Don’t want to spend a million dollars on a ‘72 Summit Series collectible? Consider this item from HoundsTV

Auction listing for Henderson ‘72 Jersey at Classic Auctions.

Don’t want to spend a million dollars on a ‘72 Summit Series collectible? Consider this item from HoundsTV

Back in 1997 Canada Post issued a set of stamps to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the 1972 Summit Series which pitted Canada vs. Russia and involved the very best players in world of hockey. The “Series of the Century” was famously won when Canada’s Paul Henderson scored the winning goal in the final game.

The mint condition First Day cover features the stamps and artist rendering of Henderson’s series winning goal. The first day cover has been cancelled by Canada Post and marked September 20, 1997 – exactly 25 yrs. to the day when the Canada-Russia series began.

ITEM: Team Canada ‘72 GOAL – 25th Anniversary CANADA POST issued First Day Cover. (Mint condition. 7.5″ x 4.5″ – Cancelled by Canada Post on September 20, 1997)
PRICE: $20.00 CAN + $3.00 (S&H in North America)
RELEASED: September 20th, 1997

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It’s good to see Formula 1 racing back again at the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal, Canada. When F1 suddenly departed the famous Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on Montreal Ile Notre-Dame after the 2008 Grand Prix – many thought F1 racing was finished in Canada for good. But it has made a triumphant return for 2010.

HoundsTV has many fond memories of spending the exciting Formula 1 week in Montreal – especially during the late nineties when the names of Jacques Villeneuve & Michael Schumacher ruled the track. Villeneuve’s 1997 Formula 1 World Championship win over Schumacher stands as one of the greatest sporting moments in Canadian history.

After a practice session in the lead up to the 1998 Canadian Grand Prix – Jacques Villeneuve autographed this Villeneuve family poster (Jacques is the little boy in front of dad Gilles.) Officially licensed & printed by the Gilles Villeneuve museum in Montreal [$169.00] The poster is professionally mounted on 26″ x 38″ board and is ready for frame and glass.

ITEM: THE VILLENEUVE FAMILY official poster of the Gilles Villeneuve museum in Montreal. Autographed by JACQUES VILLENEUVE. (Poster in excellent condition and mounted on 26″ x 38″ board – shows slight wear at edges but a frame and glass would make like mint.)
PRICE: $169.00 CAN + $30.00 (S&H in North America) **Just 1 remaining in-stock.
SIGNED: June, 1998 – Montreal, Canada

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