My New Year’s Resolution: Autograph Edition
On January 1, 2011, I had a full-time job, a fledgling blog, and a wife at wit’s end about the amount of time her husband was spending tracking down celebrities during one of the...
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Autograph Adventures – Magic Johnson
April 24, 2010 Boston, Massachusetts The corner of St. James and Dartmouth offers a perfect vantage point of both entrances to the Fairmont Copley Hotel. I’m joined on the sidewalk by several other anxious...
The Ultimate List of Autograph Resources on the Web
My long-term mission for Autograph University is to develop the most complete educational resource for autograph collectors on the Web. I want to help you improve your autograph collection, meet celebrities and, in turn,...
How Can We Improve Autograph University in 2012?
It’s been an amazing last 12 months at Autograph University. As I look back on our full first year of operation, two things stand out for me. First, the opportunity to share my passion...
Autograph University Class Review (August – December 2011)
In the quarterly “Class Review” I’ll recap my autograph-related activities of the past three months [Ed. note: I was a little tardy with this one so it will cover five months.]. Rather than publishing...
Autograph University’s Top 10 Autographs of 2011
The holidays are here and my Sharpie may very well stay capped for the remainder of 2011. Over the past year I’ve become a much more efficient grapher, minimizing the time spent chasing rumors,...
Autograph Adventures – Pedro Martinez
December 3, 2011 Bedford, Massachusetts It was a Black Friday scene all over again at HomeGoods in Bedford, Mass. Two hours before Pedro Martinez was set to kick off a scheduled toy drive, over...
The Event Calendar Every Autograph Collector Needs to Create
If I had a dime (or better yet, an autograph) for every time I found out about a celebrity appearance the next morning… Event organizers know there’s no better way to drive ticket sales...
Autograph University Interview: Andray Blatche
November 19, 2011 New Haven, Conn. If there’s one positive byproduct of the NBA lockout from the player’s perspective, it’s more time with family. Like someone laid off and forced into a stay-at-home period...
Autograph Adventures – Jeff Bridges, Chris Mullin
October 26, 2011 Boston, Massachusetts I was an hour early to the premiere of the ESPN documentary on Chris Herren, the Fall River-born hoops star turned junkie turned comeback story. While the guest list...