Insulted by Authors. Book lover Bill Ryan had the clever idea to start asking his favorite authors to insult him instead of simply signing their books. (Via)
posted by shakespeherian on Mar 29, 2011 - 24 comments

An avid collector of autographs, Praful Thakkar has created an online archive of his collection of autographs of famous Indians. There are politicians, authors, Nobel Laureates, actors ...
posted by darsh on Sep 18, 2009 - 1 comment

1983 Fleer Project As of 8/25/07: 364 of the 660 cards autographed (55%).
posted by dhammond on Aug 27, 2007 - 18 comments

LongPen from inventor (pdf) Margaret Atwood
posted by phoque on Aug 11, 2007 - 37 comments

The Autograph Man
posted by JeffL on Dec 1, 2006 - 12 comments

World Correspondence: I have always wanted to properly pull off a project by which I would correspond with each of the 200+ world leaders. I would compliment them on a fine job well done and request a autographed photo of themselves. I'm happy to report that I have finally embarked on this long-awaited project.

Current status: 23 down and counting...
posted by Ljubljana on Jan 17, 2006 - 38 comments

Saving the world, one stapler at a time. Now you can buy a stapler (signed by an uber-celeb) and be a philanthrophic soul at the same time! If only they had a red Swingline signed by Milton, my life would be complete. But why would anybody want this one signed by Paris Hilton? God knows where it's been!
posted by drew on Dec 2, 2004 - 14 comments

Is the autograph real? Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy and of course Ronald Reagan have used it - the Autopen - a machine which signs an autograph in the celebrity's handwriting. It was developed in the early part of this century but only became popular in the late 1940's. Learn more at Stephen Beck's Autograph Pages
posted by azul on Jun 5, 2004 - 9 comments