Cpt. Caveman's TTM Autographs : Cpt. Caveman's TTM Autographs #76

Welcome back for another weekly TTM success post. I hope you all had a great graphing week and you're ready for Santa to show up tonight. Unfortunately 2016 brings another great loss when Zsa Zsa Gabor passed away this week at the age of 99. Our prayers are also going out for Carrie Fisher who is suffering from major health issues. I get contacted by people all the time looking for help with addresses or help with a TTM attempt and I'm always happy to help another collector when I can. I received an email asking for help finding a few addresses just the other day. A few actors they wanted I have been trying to get for years TTM (I'm a huge Billy Zane Fan) but unfortunately the only downfall of TTM collecting is not everyone signs autographs TTM anymore. Some like Zane use companies like Studio Fan Mail to send pre printed facsimile autographs and others have just stopped signing. So if they no longer sign TTM the only options are trying for them In Person and unless you have time and money to travel or are lucky enough to live around Hollywood or NYC or another major city around the world where you have the opportunities to graph IP that only leaves purchasing the autograph from a reputable dealer. I personally try to avoid EBay but you can still find some nice authentic autographs and some good dealers on eBay but there's also alot of forgeries being passed off. I have a couple amazing In Person dealers I trust and purchase from. In my opinion that's the best way to obtain an autograph when TTM or getting it IP just isn't an option. If you plan on purchasing from an IP dealer I recommend doing your research and find a trustworthy dealer. Ask your friends from the different autograph groups who they use and trust. Do the dealers offer a guarantee? Do they offer proof photos or exact proof photos? Remember exact proof photos are a great form of COA but can also be just as worthless as a COA because they can be faked or stolen from other sources then passed off on some unsuspecting collector with the fake autograph they just purchased. People are even selling proof photos on eBay for the forgery dealers to use to help pass there fakes so just be careful and do your homework. Now on to this weeks TTM successes. Monday brought one return when we received all three pictures back signed from Joan Weldon. She even sent a signed thank you note and only took two months to return. Tuesday brought two more returns. First after only eight days we received both pictures back signed from Lauren Tewes. I recently wrote alot of "The Love Boat" cast and she's the first to reply. To finish off the day we received both pictures back signed on the back by Bradley Bolke and only took two weeks to return. That's it for this week. I hope everyone has a Safe and Merry Christmas and a Happy Holiday. I'll be back next week with more TTM autographs and addresses.