Weekly collectors collection

I've found a lot of great and fun (and interesting) blogs on collecting, and I thought instead of blogging about them individually every time they post something I like, I'd do a weekly update of my... I don't know, say top 5 blog posts of the week. So here they are:

1. Do What Now has a very funny picture of an old magazine ad, where the actors are... well, awful!




2. Ephemera interviews a futuristic advertisement collector, where he notes that research is your best friend when it comes to buying collectibles




3. Kitschy Kitschy Coo offers up 13 ways to know that you are obsessed with collecting




4. AKPhilately mentions that stamps in the late 1800s were given out to postal workers, so they knew what each stamp looked like (and from there work out the fakes from the real ones!)



5. About Postcards has a nice little intro to silhouette postcards; what they are, the history behind them, etc.

Interesting autograph tips

Taki recently lent me her latest copy of Autograph Collector magazine. There's some good articles in this month's issue. 'In the trenches' mentions some good tips to novice autograph hunters that I'd never though about before. Like not taking more than a couple of items for someone to sign, because otherwise the person might think that you are only there to sell the items later on ebay (and we all know how my experience with ebay turned out!).

The article, 'Greetings from Ohio' suggests that having a unique way of contacting a star may provide better results in getting autographs, like sending a camera with your request, or sending an item of clothing (this is such a good idea for stars like Jessica Simpson, who have their own labels).

And lastly, the article 'Off the Wall' gives us good reason to start autograph collecting when we're younger! A teacher in NY has been getting her students to write to stars and ask for autographs - getting them to be more sociable, teaching persistence and patience, and most importantly, getting them in touch with their heros! What an inspiration!



Actually, all of the articles in the mag suggest that autograph hunting is a matter of persistence. In which case, I may have to teach Taki a little of it :)