Is there supposed to be something significant about a person's writing on a piece of paper (or whatever it may be written on)? I mean I get it one since (proof, unless forged, you met someone) but in the end, who cares?
I have 2 autographed books. Colin Powell on his autobiography and Marcus Luttrell for Lone Survivor. Both are books I plan to give to my grandkids. Will be worth something someday.
I have a few autographed things and I think it's cool. It gives it a sense of authenticity and personalization. For example, a sports jersey signed by the player who it represents. Or a stage-used concert drumstick signed by the band. It's just way to capture a memory. Of course, everyone's got their own ideas..
something like this i think is cool. pushing your way through a crowd hoping to get that autograph so you can make a buck from paraphanelia (sp?) is lame.
Okay, if you're at a book signing, that's not so bad and they're just their to promote their work. Otherwise, for the most part, it's mystifying.
That's a pretty good answer too. I'm more getting at the idea of people (mainly, adults) lining up trying to get autographs from famous people and stuff with autographs on it going for like $2 million.
I have an autograph of larry dierker with a short note afterward. Significant for me because he and I have both had brain surgery as a result of an AVM
When meeting celebrities, I prefer to ask for a photo with them rather than an autograph. There does seem to be something creepy about an adult getting someone else's autograph.
I never said I cared what others did with their life (in this case getting autograph), just that I didn't understand why. There were a couple of great answers in this thread though so I feel it can be justified.
I have all three Beastie Boys signatures from three different meetings going back from 2006 to 2012 and it represents something that is personally valuable. when I got my third and final autograph it was a completed mission to check off the list. people are passionate about stuff, don't know what else to say.
Actually, that isn't true. They've obviously done something you haven't done for someone to admire them for that something. Joe Montanta won a Super Bowl. An autographed rookie card of his would be cool to own. Mark Twain was a great literary figure. An autographed copy of the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn would be cool to own. Albert Einstein was a great scientist. An autographed copy of a picture of him sticking his tongue at you would be great. CalTex2 was a poster on a forum. An autographed copy of I don't know what would probably not excite anyone.
For many, if you admire someone famous, an autograph is probably the closest you'll come to that person. In the even that person is dead or not readily accessible, the autograph is really a part of that person - his/her hand wrote it. If that autograph is on a work of theirs, it's even a closer "connection".
