From: dahoov2@cox.net   
      
   Mark has not been hard to get for like the first 20 years.  When I   
   wrote to him back in like 2000, I got nothing then wrote a couple more   
   times and eventually got stamped (rubber stamped items).  I gave up.   
   Then he started signing again so I wrote again but got back an item   
   saying sorry you got a rubber stamp but he's not signing and hope this   
   helps (blank photo with a handwritten note, I believe to be Mary Lou's   
   handwriting).  Then he didn't sign for a year or two and then reports   
   of "big" ticket items being signed and others returned or not sent   
   back.  Then another report of him not signing, then signing again,   
   then not signing and charging HUGE money up till now.  Then a few   
   reports this week of more sigs.  It's quite possible he's trying a   
   secretary now, but historically, it's been him himming and hawing on   
   the sigs (and he has always signed personally).   
      
   I gave up.  Ended up getting an inscribed legit photo to someone else   
   I knew who I traded for it, then I ended up buying one of his signed   
   comics.  I would eventually like the perfect one item signed to me or   
   not dedicated but really, it IS hard to know what you are getting for   
   sure.   
      
   On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:55:44 -0500, "Gummby3"    
   wrote:   
      
   >Mark Hamill's autograph has definitely been hard to get.  That's one   
   >of the reasons that it slipped my mind I even sent it. :-)  I figured   
   >it was in the circular filing cabinet years ago.  I'm definitely not   
   >naive.  I know that the odds of this being genuine are about as good   
   >as Fox News NOT dedicating any time to Obama's trip to Iraq.  I did do   
   >comparisons to IPs and known authentics and they did match.  That   
   >said, Bob Hope was interviewed once stating that his   
   >assistant/secretary was so good at his signature that he hard a hard   
   >time telling the difference. :-)   
      
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