Cpt. Caveman's TTM Autographs Fridays Favorites

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Welcome back to another Friday Favorites. Every Friday we share a few of our favorite autographs from our ever growing collection. They can be TTM, IP or purchased but as always if its a TTM favorite and the address is still valid ill add that also. Sometimes the address has changed so if that's the case and they still sign ill add the most current working address I can find. This week in honor of Golf Legend Arnold Palmer it's a few of our favorite Pro Golfers. Enjoy and ill be back tomorrow with this weeks TTM successes with new autographs and tested addresses.

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Arnold Palmer

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Jack Nicklaus

11397 Old Harbour Rd.

N. Palm Beach, FL 33408

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Lee Trevino

(IP)

Davis Love III

(IP)

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Gary Player

Gary Player Group

c/o Lisa Sutch

22 South Main Street

Greenville, SC 29601

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John Daly

(IP)

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Cpt. Caveman's TTM Autographs Mid Week Addresses

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Welcome back for another mid week TTM address post. Every Wednesday I share a few of the working TTM addresses I run across during my never ending hunt for good working addresses. We haven't tested these yet some we will but they have recently worked for other so get writing because addresses and signing habits can change at any time so I never hesitate when I find someone I want to write. I'll be back Friday with the favorites and Saturday with this weeks TTM successes.

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Tony Bennett
RPM Music Productions
420 W. 14th Street
Suite 6NW
New York, NY 10014
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Brianna Brown
c/o Brown Rose Productions
540 N. Rossmore Ave.
Apt. 106
Los Angeles, CA 90004-2479
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Dean R. Koontz
P.o. Box 9529
Newport Beach, CA 92658-9529
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Howard Stern
SIRIUS Satellite Radio
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
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Gena Rowlands
7917 Woodrow Wilson Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90046-1215
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Phil Mickelson
c/o Gaylord Sports Management
13845 N. Northsight Blvd.
Suite 200
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
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W. Earl Brown
Greene & Associates Talent Agency
1901 Avenue of the Stars
Suite 130
Los Angeles, CA 90067
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Anthony Michael Hall
Launch Productions, Inc.
574 West End Avenue
Suite 4
New York, NY 10024
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Wendy Schaal
c/o BRS / Gage
5757 Wilshire Blvd.
Suite 659
Los Angeles, CA 90036
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Megan Lee
4001 Wilshire Blvd.
Mailbox # F215
Los Angeles, CA 90010

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Cpt. Caveman's TTM Autographs #63

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Welcome back for another weekly TTM success post. I ran across a great story this week about a Val Kilmer Q n A / meet and greet. It started off great until his handlers noticed a few people in line with tons of stuff to get signed and announced he wouldn't be signing personal items because they gave 100 signed DVDs away. Now I'm not sure if they were dealers or just obsessed collectors but I'm leaning towards them being dealers. Any Collectors that have graphed in person have usually ran across a few of these people. The ones with large amounts of stuff to get signed and usually yes they are selling the autographs they get. I understand I guess the more items signed equals more $ but it can also turns celebs off from signing sometimes. When they see people coming after them with a ton of items to get signed they automatically think DEALER. Sure some celebs don't care but some do and why be greedy and take the chance of blowing the opportunity in the first place. If you take only a few items like three or less you probably have a better chance to get the graph and then if you need more bring a friend or try another day. This also goes for TTM graphing. Sure you can send 5-6+ pictures to get signed by why would you. Trust me I understand its hard to choose between pictures to send but sending them all isn't the answer. Addresses can get burnt out and celebs stop signing. Just like IP I try to limit my TTM items I send to 2 per attempt sometimes 3 tops and if I want more pictures signed I wait anywhere from 4 to 6 months and sometimes even a year later then write again. For big name celebs I usually just send one item and be thankful it returns signed. I see alot with the attitude of I can send as many as I want and I don't care if the address stops working or if the celebs stop signing because Iv already got an autograph so who cares about the next collector. That's the kind of attitude that's hurting the hobby and I hate to see it. Anyways on to this weeks successes. Monday brought four great returns. First an amazing return from boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard. He signed both pictures we sent and took just under a month to return. Next a very cool return from Scott Grimes. IV been a fan of his since "Critters" and Winter loves "American Dad!". He's been in so many great films and only took twelve days to sign and return both pictures. The next return brought another great addition to my Trek Collection when both pictures returned signed from Charlie Brill who played in one of our favorite episodes"The Trouble With Tribbles" and only took a week to return. To finish off the day and after only a month Winter received both pictures back signed on the back of the photos with notes from Patricia Loud. For those that don't know Pat Loud was a part of the very first reality show "An American Family" that first aired on PBS back in the early 1970's. Tuesday brought two more great returns. First a very cool although smudged return from the writer of some of the best Star Trek TOS episodes D.C. Fontana. She signed both pictures we sent one was pretty smudged but one was ok and with a quick two weeks to return. To finish off the day another fast two week return for David Emge to sign both pictures we sent. Great addition to my Romero zombie film collection. Friday brought one more return. A possible secretarial from Jerry Lewis. I haven't had time to compare it yet but he usually does sec signatures now buy still occasionally signed so I'm not sure ill keep you updated as I find out more and it only took two months to return. To finish off this great TTM week Saturday brought one last return. After seven months we received both pictures back signed by Judge Joseph Wapner from The People's Court. That's it for this week. Have a great weekend and ill be back next week with more TTM autographs and addresses.

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Sugar Ray Leonard

P.o. Box 1433

Pacific Palisades, CA 90272

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Scott Grimes

6260 Royer Ave.

Woodland Hills, CA 91367-1619

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Charlie Brill

3635 Wrightwood Drive

Studio City, CA 91604

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Patricia Loud

5140 Raleigh Street

Los Angeles, CA 90004

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D.C. Fontana

11862 Moorpark Street

Apt. D

Studio City, CA 91604-2139

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David Emge

160 71st Street

New York, NY 10023

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Jerry Lewis (secretarial ?)

Jerry Lewis Films Inc.

2820 W. Charleston Blvd.

Suite D33

Las Vegas, NV 89102

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Judge Joseph Wapner

2388 Century Hill

Los Angeles, CA 90067

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Cpt. Caveman's TTM Autographs Friday Favorites

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Welcome back for another Friday Favorites. Every Friday we share a few of our favorite autographs from our collection. Some are TTM others are In Person or Purchased but as always if its a TTM favorite and the address is still valid I'll add that also. Sometimes addresses have changed since I have wrote so if that's the case and they still sign ill add the most current working address I can find. This week its an all Romero Zombie film favorites. So enjoy and ill be back tomorrow with this weeks TTM successes with new autographs and tested addresses.

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George A. Romero

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John Russo

216 Euclid Ave.

Glassport, PA 15045-1331

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Judith O'Dea

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Tony Todd

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Bill Mosley

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John Harrison

c/o Surpin, Mayersohn & Edelstone

1880 Century Park E.

#618

Los Angeles, CA 90067

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Gaylen Ross

GR Films Inc.

137 Montague Street

#374

Brooklyn, NY 11201

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David Emge

(see #63)

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Tom Savini

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Cpt. Caveman's TTM Autographs Mid Week Addresses

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Welcome back for another mid week TTM address post. Every Wednesday I share a few of the working TTM addresses I run across during my never ending hunt for good working addresses. We haven't tested these yet some we will but they are currently working so get writing and ill be back Friday with the favorites and Saturday with this weeks TTM successes.

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Jim Everett

c/o Jim Everett Company, LLC

31103 Rancho Viejo Rd.

D-2245

San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675

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Ryan Newman

Fan Club Office & Autographs

P.o. Box 6028

Statesville, NC 28687

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Bill Belichick

New England Patriots

60 Washington Street

Foxborough, MA 02035

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Regis Philbin

101 W. 67th Street

Apt. 51A

New York, NY 10023-5953

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Dr. Ron Paul

122 West Way

Suite 301

Lake Jackson, TX 77566

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Paula Prentiss

719 Foothill Rd.

Beverly Hills, CA 90210-3437

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Clyde Hayes

5060 Gloria Ave.

Encino, CA 91436

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Mark Rolston

5873 Hillview Park Ave.

Van Nuys, CA 91401

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Mylene Farmer

Universal Music France

16, Rue Fosses St. Jacques

75005 Paris

France

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Ken Foree

8015 McNulty Ave.

Winnetka, CA 91306-2118

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Cpt. Caveman's TTM Autographs #62

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Welcome back for another weekly TTM success post. Iv been seeing alot of arguments online with collectors saying dealers are killing the autograph hobby. While the hobby has definitely changed over the years I don't think all dealers are to blame. As long as there are famous people around to sign fans will want to collect and as long as there's fans collecting and celebs signing people are going to try and make a dollar by selling autographs. I see no problem with a good In Person autograph dealer. They have helped me obtain some amazing autographs that I just don't have the opportunity to get IP myself and they usually have better prices than you find on other sites. I do have a problem with greedy dealers and forgers that knowingly sell fake autographs to newer or unsuspecting collectors. I have a problem with the rude pushy dealers that shove kids and real fans out of the way. These are the ones that are giving good autograph dealers a bad name and turn celebs against signing. I see alot of collectors saying celebs stop signing because they see the autographs for sell online. Yes I have seen this happen sometimes but IV also seen alot more not care what so ever, with some even asking how much they are selling them for. We have even had them joke saying its fine as long as we send them a cut and we're not sellers but obsessed collectors we just love graphing. The funny thing is alot of the celebs that have stopped now sell their own autographs at conventions, private signings and off websites cutting the dealers out and letting fans get autographs straight from the source. So celebs are essentially becoming autograph dealers themselves. They don't get upset they just adapt and its a win win in my opinion. Fans get authentic autographs straight from the celebs and the celebs get the money someone else would have gotten from selling the autographs. Some donate the money to charities but some older celebs depend on autograph fees and are usually very responsibly priced so I don't mind purchasing. Now Im not talking about ones like the $800+ Harrison Ford private signing but the ones that sell autographs the normal fan can afford like in the $20-$100 price range. Autograph collecting is an amazing hobby that some have been lucky enough to turn into a business. Some dealers have helped advance the hobby others have left a tarnish that's given them all a bad name. So just remember not every dealer is crooked but there's more bad then good out there so do your homework. There's even websites out there dedicated to exposing the forgers and dealers that sell fake autographs I can't say it enough. Research is the key. Now on to this weeks TTM successes. Monday started the week off with five amazing returns. First after five months we received one of the two pictures back signed from Patricia Heaton. Winter loves "The Middle" so she's super happy with this one. Next after only three months I received my DVD cover back signed from Tommy Chong. I asked in my letter that if he ran into Cheech to get him to sign to but it only came back signed by Chong. Still a very cool success and hey I had to try. Next a very cool success from The Oak Ridge Boys. In just under a month both pictures returned signed by all four members and they even signed in different colors of ink that made the pictures look amazing. Next a super quick eleven days for legendary actor Martin Sheen to return. He signed both pictures we sent him plus he also signed and thanked us on our letter. To finish off the day and after 15 months we received both pictures back signed from Curtis Armstrong. IV been a fan since of his since "Revenge of the Nerds" and I'm glad he finally returned. Funny thing I had given up on this one and had just resent another request out the very same day my original attempt returned. Crazy timing. That's it for this week. Have a great weekend and ill be back next week with more TTM autograph collecting goodness.

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Patricia Heaton

The Middle

411 N. Hollywood Way

Bldg. 29R

Burbank, CA 91505

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Tommy Chong

1025 Casale Rd.

Pacific Palisades, CA 90272

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The Oak Ridge Boys

Oak Ridge Boys International Fan Club

88 New Shackle Island

Hendersonville, TN 37075

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Martin Sheen

6916 Dume Drive

Malibu, CA 90265-4227

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Curtis Armstrong

3867 Shannon Rd.

Los Angeles, CA 90027

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Cpt. Caveman's TTM Autographs Friday Favorites

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Welcome back for another Friday Favorites. Every Friday we share a few of our favorite autographs from our collection. Some are TTM others are In Person or Purchased but as always if its a TTM favorite and the address is still valid I'll add that also. Sometimes addresses have changed since I have wrote so if that's the case and they still sign ill add the most current working address I can find. This week to celebrate the start of the NFL regular football season its a few of our favorite football autographs. So enjoy and ill be back tomorrow with this weeks TTM successes with new autographs and tested addresses.

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Peyton Manning

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Eli Manning

New York Giants

Giants Stadium

East Rutherford, NJ 07073

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Archie Manning

(Autograph requests to his New Orleans office are now coming back Return To Sender)

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Vince Papale

c/o Vince Papale Promotions, LLC

P.o. Box 1635

Cherry Hill, NJ 08034

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Drew Brees

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Rocky Bleier

Rocky Bleier Inc.

711 Filbert Street

Pittsburgh, PA 15232-2403

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Roger Wehrli

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Y.A. Tittle

YA Tittle Insurance & Financial Services

200 N. Almaden Blvd.

3rd Floor

San Jose, CA 95110

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O.J. Simpson

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Geno Smith

New York Jets

MetLife Stadium

1 MetLife Stadium Drive

East Rutherford, NJ 07073

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Cpt. Caveman's TTM Autographs Mid Week Addresses

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Welcome back for another mid week TTM address post. Every Wednesday I share a few of the working TTM addresses that I've run across during my never ending search for good working ones to write to. We haven't tested these yet some we will and some we wont but they are current working addresses others have recently had success with. I try to get a mix of celebs for everyone to write to. Some film and tv celebs, athletes and sports stars, astronauts, politicians and historical figures and lets not forget about musicians, authors and artists. I see so many addresses its hard narrowing it down to the 10 or so that I share every week, anyways get writing and good luck. I'll be back Friday with the favorites and Saturday with this weeks TTM successes with new autographs and tested addresses.

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Joan Baez
P.o. Box 1026
Menlo Park, CA 94025
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Danny Sapani
Gordon and French
12-13 Poland Street
London W1F 8QB
UK
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Martin Mull
Anonymous Content
3532 Hayden Ave.
Culver City, CA 90232
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Drew Carey
c/o Price is Right
CBS Television City
7800 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
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Grace Slick
Grace Johnson
5956 Kanan Dume Rd.
Malibu, CA 90265-4027
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Alex Trebek
c/o Jeopardy!
10202 W. Washington
Culver City, CA 90232
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Shannon Miller
5035 Long Bow Rd.
Jacksonville, FL 32210-8141
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Sean Bean
Independent Talent Group
40 Whitfield Street
London W1T 2RH
UK
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Randall McDaniel
20405 Manor Rd.
Excelsior, MN 55331
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Carey Wilson
85 Jean Louis Rd.
Winnipeg, MB R2N 4A9
Canada
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David Frankham
2376 Camino Capitan
Apt. 4
Sante Fe, NM 87505-6470
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Mike Conners
4810 Louise Ave.
Encino, CA 91316-3927
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Curtis Armstrong
3867 Shannon Rd.
Los Angeles, CA 90027


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Cpt. Caveman's TTM Autographs #61

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Hello and welcome back to another weekly TTM success post. I hope everyone had a great graphing week. This week I thought id talk about the steps I go through before I purchase an autograph. I see to many people getting ripped off on facebook deals or purchasing fakes off eBay. To many times have I seen new collectors buying horrible fake autographs of some rare expensive signers for prices that are just way to good to be true. Sure occasionally you can run across a authentic autograph for a really good deal but I'm talking about ones from celebs like The Beatles, Babe Ruth or Mantle big name autographs like that and they are selling for less than $100 when real authentic ones sell for hundreds and thousands of dollars. Just be careful. So if i see an autograph for sell the first thing that I do is see if the celeb is still living then I see if they sign free TTM. I can't see paying someone my hard earned money for an autograph that I can get for the cost of a few stamps and a little bit of my time. Sometimes the autograph you need can only be obtained by purchasing. Maby the celebs have passed away or they don't sign TTM and only sign IP or have stopped signing all together and leaving purchasing your only option. The next thing I do I research the celeb. If they died when did they die. You'd be surprised how many times I see autographs for sell that the items that have been "autographed" have been signed on items that hadn't even been made until after the celebs passed away. Check your dates! Even photos usually have a time stamp on the back. Check album dates, book printings, Copywrite dates, ect. Next I look to see if they signed alot over the years. Did the celeb sign for everyone they met or was the signer a recluse and rare signer. Next I pull up as many authentic examples of the signers signature that I can find. Not just a couple I mean 20 + take your time do your homework. With technology these days there's no excuse for not doing your research. Almost everyone has the internet in the palms of there hands. Google the celebs signatures and info. Just make sure you pull up authentic examples. And when all else fails and you're just not sure don't be afraid to ask other collectors. Sure not everyone is an expert on all autographs but there's a entire world of experienced collectors out there willing to help. After I determine its authentic then I look for the value so I dont over pay for an autograph. Always deal with well known reputable dealers. They tend to work with you if you have a problem with the item and they usually ship the items with plenty of protection. Always and i mean Always use tracking numbers because it covers both the buyer and seller if its gets lost or damaged in the mail. Try to avoid the scammers on facebook be wary of the ones looking to buy large quantities of high dollar autographs. They get people to send there items for trade or sale then never follow through or you get a empty box in return for your prized autographs. Anyways it all comes down to taking your time and doing all your homework. Ask questions. How, when and where was it signed. Ask for good clear close up photos to compare with. If its matted and framed ask for pictures of the items out of the frames. Most decent IP dealers now provide exact photo proof so that helps some but like a COA its still just a meaningless piece of paper so dont automatically assume its authentic just because it has one. The same goes for third party authenticators just don't assume its real because of a little sticker. Do your research everyone makes mistakes even authenticators. Well I hope that helps before your next purchase. Now on to this weeks successes. Our dry spell finally ended when we received our first success of the week on Friday. Dean Torrence of the legendary music group Jan and Dean signed both pictures we sent plus he added in a signed paper with info about his book. An amazing success IV always loved the songs "Surf City" and "The Little old lady from Pasadena" and it took just under a month to return. To finish off the week we received two returns Saturday. First after twenty days we received both pictures back signed from Dee Hartford she even signed and returned our letter. To finish off the day I received my Trek book back signed from author Diane Carey. She's written some of my favorite Star Trek books and it only took her about two weeks to return. She even sent an extra signed book so super bonus with this amazing success. That's it for this week. Have a great graphing weekend and ill be back next week with more TTM autographs and addresses.

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Dean Torrence

18932 Gregory Lane

Huntington Beach, CA 92646-1917

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Dee Hartford

47153 El Menara Cir.

Palm Desert, CA 92260-5811

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Diane Carey

652 Adams Street

Owosso, MI 48867-2244

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