From: dahoov2@cox.net   
      
   PS Olsens changed locations and grew and now not so many big names   
   anymore. National Bookfest is my favorite. I got a lot of good ones   
   there (last time Bob Woodward).   
      
   On Tue, 06 May 2008 13:53:41 -0400, Sue H  wrote:   
      
   >I am located in Virginia.  These books were obtained from a signing in   
   >Jersey.  We get some odd ones now and then but not so much here; I get   
   >my books usually from other states.  I know Olsen's was my favorite   
   >place (DC because my son lives there) and I can get into DC, richmond   
   >etc for some good ones quite easily.  I missed out on Barbara Bush a   
   >couple years ago, but managed to buy an Easton Press autographed   
   >edition for under a hundred bucks... I collect those a little too (if   
   >I can find a great deal otherwise I enjoy looking) :)   
   >   
   >On Tue, 6 May 2008 10:29:44 -0700 (PDT), northfield   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>On May 6, 11:30?am, Sue H  wrote:   
   >>> On Tue, 6 May 2008 07:04:16 -0700 (PDT), northfield   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>  wrote:   
   >>> >On May 6, 5:51?am, barefoot  wrote:   
   >>> >> and please...don't post as "sharon"... just post as yourself...it's   
   >>> >> pretty obvious this is a planted name, as you haven't got the BALLS to   
   >>> >> do anything you've threatened me with...this post PROVES that you are   
   >>> >> either lon, or an employee...take me on like a man you coward!   
   >>>   
   >>> >hi barefoot - your response shows that you simply have an opinion   
   >>> >based on an untrained eye - no credentials or standing in the hobby.   
   >>> >would you be able to setup a table at a hobby endorsed event- very   
   >>> >doubtful. ?these examples you say of strickler seem like rants more   
   >>> >than anything else. ?what have I 'threatended' you with? most of the   
   >>> >posters on this usenet seem to be interested in modern items more so   
   >>> >than my interests of vintage and classic. ?Mr black - you probably   
   >>> >aren't stupid but I don't know you. ?sue - you seem to specialize in   
   >>> >star wars signatures and other modern? anyway, like sue said there are   
   >>> >no experts just mavens. Sharon   
   >>>   
   >>> I know quite a lot about LOTR and Harry Potter and I am starting to be   
   >>> good with Pirates of the Caribbean. ?But that's because I collect   
   >>> that; that's all. ?I do know some. ?I have been into Political sigs   
   >>> lately and in the course of doing so, you start looking and looking   
   >>> and looking at stuff till you're blue. ?After a while you start   
   >>> becoming familiar with stuff. ?For instance, this past weekend I was   
   >>> at an antique store and there was a booth that had a shelf of about 15   
   >>> or so signed books. ?I had three of them already (Colin Powell, John   
   >>> Glenn and I think the other was Hillary Clinton) and I saw the   
   >>> Margaret Thatcher they had and when I opened it, I immediately knew it   
   >>> was right. ?The Powell and the Clinton was right but the Glenn looked   
   >>> ify (I wasn't sure about it but then again, his sig is easy to do   
   >>> so...)   
   >>> . ?I ended up buying a Queen Noor signed book blindly... I have NO   
   >>> CLUE about her signature. ?But I based my decision on my good feelings   
   >>> with the other sigs. ? When I got home, I researched Ebay and Google   
   >>> for people who had proof they got in person (one was a charity sticker   
   >>> on it and others who boast on their site but aren't sellers etc). ?Sig   
   >>> looked good to me. ?Her sig is obviously odd. ?So in the future, I am   
   >>> NOT going to be an expert on that. I'll just say, that looks similar   
   >>> to ones seen but know way to tell and no way would I give advice on   
   >>> it. ?If I got it in person, I would tell the person look at mine...   
   >>> but I still would not give an opinion. ?But if I met the person   
   >>> multiple times, got items by mail and knew their sig for years, yes, I   
   >>> am giving an opinon.   
   >>>   
   >>> You simply cannot base "I got this one time in person" and so it   
   >>> matches mine it's legit. ?There are good forgers out there.   
   >>>   
   >>> Also, I bought a Rudy Guiliani book recently blindly (I tried to   
   >>> research and on Ebay it looked good). ?I got the book home and now   
   >>> have my doubts. ?It looks like his sig (in size and style) but it's   
   >>> got stop and start lines (three of them). ?- Hide quoted text -   
   >>>   
   >>> - Show quoted text -   
   >>   
   >>hi Sue - I collect signed books as well - living in nyc is very   
   >>convenient for me.  Just recently obtained kathleen turner and going   
   >>to get barbara walters tomorrow at 5th ave barnes & noble.  guiliani's   
   >>signature may very well be good - he has a tendency to rush sometimes   
   >>even when he is sitting down signing.  was able to get obama and   
   >>hillary clinton last fall as well. where are you located? Sharon   
      
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