Welcome back for another weekly TTM success post. Sadly we lost another legend this week when Burt Reynolds passed away at the age of 82. He had recently hit the con scene and that gave numerous fans a true moment of joy and a few extra cool points by giving them the chance to meet him and get an autograph or photo. He did occasionally sign TTM over the past few years but returns from him were few and far between and I only ran across a few rare successes in the last three or four years. Although I tried to get him TTM several times I never received a return and I never had the opportunity to get him in person. I still have his autograph in my personal collection by getting a 2008 Upper Deck Icons Football Movie Icons Letterman signed patch card #2 of 14 that's still one of my favorite signed cards. For someone who grew up loving films like "Smokey and the Bandit" and of course "Cannon Ball Run" his passing is a true loss to me and his many fans. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family. Remember when a celeb passes away the market gets flooded with numerous fakes and the authentic autographs prices hit super high levels so if you're in market to purchase their autographs to add them to your collection make sure do your homework and check for authenticity and if you can wait a few weeks to a month or so before you purchase one when prices start to go back down to normal so you don't pay extra for the over inflated recently departed prices. Autograph prices go way up every time a celeb passes away as people quickly try to get ahold of a momento from one of their idols that brought so much joy to them. This also brings out the forgers and the price gougers. While I understand the dealers trying to maximize their profits by selling at higher prices I think the forgers who flood the market with fakes just to profit off someone's death and taking advantage of unsuspecting fans and collectors are the true scumbags. Remember not everyone that gets into autographs is as serious about it like alot of us are or they're just super new to collecting and don't know any better yet. They will more than likely purchase a horrible fake autograph off eBay with some generic COA and totally believe it's truly authentic and they got a great deal by paying $20 instead of a few hundred like the actual authentic ones are currently selling for. Anyways as always take the time to do some research before you purchase any autographs but put some extra time into it when you're in market to buy an autograph from someone who recently passed away. Now on to this week's TTM successes. Saturday brought the first and only return of the week when we received our one photo we sent back signed by Tom Skerritt after only eleven days. This was my fourth attempt in as many years so I'm beyond happy to finally add him to our "ALIEN" collection. That's all for this week have a great graphing weekend and I'll be back next week with more TTM autographs and address's.
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