From: dahoov2@cox.net   
      
   Well congrats on what you did manage.  Damn it, I've been trying to   
   get Gary Oldman's sig for a while; as you may know he was Sirius Black   
   in Harry Potter and is my third most wanted.  Sorry to see Vigoda   
   wouldn't sign. I wasn't sure he was still alive!  LOL   
   I am a bit surprised about A-Rod signing; I'd of thought he'd want   
   cash (especially NOW as he'll need it for his divorce)!  LOL  only one   
   from Pierce Brosnan?  I still find him attractive though I hear in   
   person he's looking pretty old.   
      
   I guess I'll have to read about your Jordan...   
      
   Sorry about your ticket man, that's horrible.  I haven't driven in NYC   
   (we drove through one time only and never stopped).  But I know it's   
   gotta be crazy (with towing there too).   
      
   On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:57:21 -0400, "AutographPros.com"   
    wrote:   
      
   >Sorry we don't keep you fully up to date but it's Summer time and all work   
   >and no play makes for a dull life.  My sister once told me "No one ever sat   
   >at their death bed wishing they worked more".  Of course this was just after   
   >I had worked non-stop at this business for the past 10 years.  Anyhow, it   
   >was off to NYC again in hopes of scoring some more autographs.   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   >The main draw of the day for me was Kenny Chesney so I immediately arrived   
   >at NBC Studios for a chance to meet Kenny going into the Conan Obrien show.   
   >Unfortunately after hours of waiting we were left to realize he had gone in   
   >the garage without anyone having any access to them.  From my understanding   
   >that's how a lot of the stars are going in these days due to some unruly   
   >graphers.  Next up was Abe Vigoda, most popularly known as Fish on the   
   >Barney Miller show.  That guy was old on the show even back then so to see   
   >him up and around was a blessing.  Sadly he was not willing to sign even for   
   >me in a 1 on 1 atmosphere.  The movie "Grumpy Old Men" did come to mind.   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   >After his entrance, next up was Gary Oldman.  Gary played part as the Police   
   >Chief in "The Professional", one of my top favorite movies so I was excited   
   >to meet him.  He also is blowing up in popularity right now having just   
   >played the Police Commissioner in the new Batman movie "The Dark Knight".   
   >Gary immediately put marker to photos and signed for everything including   
   >multiples and taking photos with.  We got some great signed 8x10 photos with   
   >videos of him signing them.  After that we immediately headed over to ABC   
   >Studios.   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   >Upon arriving to ABC Studios we set up our spot at the Conan Obrien show to   
   >get Jason Mraz on some guitars, baseball's Commissioner Bud Selig, and   
   >Pierce Brosnan.  As soon as I arrived I got a tip that Reggie Jackson would   
   >be coming out of his hotel in 15 minutes so half my staff stayed at Conan   
   >and the rest of us went over to Reggie's hotel.  Apparently George   
   >Steinbrenner had just gone into the hotel stiffing everyone however Alex   
   >Rodriguez best known as A-Rod signed a few photos for one of my guys on the   
   >way out.  The drive to get us there took almost all of the 15 minutes and   
   >true to the information, Reggie came out after only a few minutes wait.  Now   
   >what happened next was a bit interesting.   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   >One of the NY regulars who is very vocal to the stars started really pushing   
   >Reggie on to start signing.  So much so that I really think he guilted   
   >Reggie into signing.  I'm not really sure as these situations are often   
   >tough to say for sure.  All I know is the last thing this kid said to Reggie   
   >was "Thanks for nothing".  Just after that Reggie put his stuff down in his   
   >SUV and came back to lecture this kid.  He said "It really hurts me that you   
   >would act this way.  I'm not a custom to having people behave the way you   
   >people are behaving and it saddens me".  It was  an awkward and unique   
   >moment however the grapher did explain that he was just trying to get him to   
   >sign.  Just after that came 3 Reggie Jackson signed baseball bats and a   
   >pinstripe jersey signed by "Mr. October" himself.  This all comes with EXACT   
   >PHOTO PROOF of him signing each item!   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   >Just after that I ran back to my truck only to find a nice $95 parking   
   >ticket just written so recent that the ink wasn't dry.  Oh well, take the   
   >good with the bad in that situation.  NY is always brutal on the parking.  I   
   >remember I got 3 parking tickets in one day, 2 on the same street!  Price we   
   >pay when time is really $.  Now it was back to try for Jason Mraz and the   
   >rest at Letterman.  While we were gone my guys posted up there were able to   
   >get 1 Pierce Brosnan autograph.  He only signed 4 out of all the crowd.  Not   
   >sure how nice he was going in as we got there only for his going out.  Also   
   >while my guys were there and I was getting Reggie, Bud Selig was super nice   
   >signing for everyone.  We were able to get a bat signed and a baseball both   
   >with VIDEO PROOF of him signing each!   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   >As soon as I had arrived back not even 5 minutes went by and Jason Mraz came   
   >out.  He wasn't really that accommodating but we did manage to get a couple   
   >guitars signed, again with FLAWLESS VIDEO PROOF of him signing each.  He   
   >stiffed quite a few people.  The guitars are really nice, one is a nice USA   
   >Flag one and one was a nice vintage sunburst SG style guitar.  Signatures   
   >were nice and full too!  Next it was off to get Gary Oldman coming out of   
   >Conan again and also got to get Joe Buck, a premier play-by-play   
   >broadcasters, and he was nice enough to sign whatever anyone asked and also   
   >did photos with.   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   >Now having learned our lesson earlier in the day, we knew not to bother for   
   >Kenny Chesney at the entrance to Conan and instead headed off to his hotel.   
   >Once he arrived he was very accommodating signing up to 2 each for each   
   >person.  We got a nice USA Flag guitar, a gorgeous gold Les Paul body style   
   >guitar, and a nice wood grain fancy body guitar.  Must see guitars for sure,   
   >and all with FLAWLESS VIDEO PROOF of each being signed.  Sorry to use the   
   >caps but to have this kind of proof on these types of items is just about   
   >unheard of and it's something we try to do to keep our customer excited   
   >about our products.   
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   >   
   >In the end, you have to love it when a plan comes together.  Of all the   
   >names up from morning to night that we went for, we got.  We should have   
   >these products up and running within the next week.  Don't forget to read my   
   >other post about the Derek Jeter and Michael Jordan after-party that same   
   >night!  That will be posted in a few days and features encounters with over   
   >20 stars including my 1 on 1 with Jordan.   
      
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