Barbara Feldon Success

Today I’m posting an autograph of an actress from a classic TV show called “Get Smart”.

Barbara Feldon is an actress, model, writer and TV host. She became most known for her role on “Get Smart” as Agent 99.

“Get Smart” (1965-1970) focuses on Agent 86 (Don Adams) and Agent 99 (Barbara Feldon), who are both secret agents working for CONTROL, a secret US government counter-intelligence agency. CONTROL’s mission is to fight a criminal organization called KAOS. Agent 86, Maxwell Smart, always saves the day, although being helped by his extreme luck and Agent 99’s skills. Throughout the whole seasons Agent 99’s real name is never revealed. In one episode only, Agent 99 says to someone that her name is Susan Hilton, but at the end of that same episode she says to Max “Susan isn’t my real name”.

Barbara Feldon wrote some nice sentences on the photos she autographed to me, being these great photos remembering the times of “Get Smart”. As you might have noticed, “99” on the autograph stands for Agent 99.

Leah Remini Success

This autograph is from Leah Remini, who plays Carrie Heffernan on the TV series “King of Queens”.

King of Queens is a comedy show, being on air from 1998 till 2007. The show has 207 episodes in total. “King of Queens” is about a couple, Carrie and Doug Heffernan (Kevin James), who share their home with Carrie’s dad, Arthur Spooner (Jerry Stiller). Carrie works for a law firm and her husband is a delivery driver for IPS (International Parcel Service). Carrie’s dad complicates their lives, being that the reason for the appearance of Holly (Nicole Sullivan), a hired dog walker who walks Arthur as well.

Leah was great with the photos I sent to her! She signed and personalized them all, plus she added an extra photo, signed and personalized as well!

Clémence Poésy Success

Today I’m posting a success from the Harry Potter movies, from Clémence Poésy. She plays the role of Fleur Delacour, who’s a student of Beauxbatons Academy in France, being first known for her selection to the Triwizard Tournament. Her next appearance will be in the last Harry Potter movies.

Clémence Poésy was born in France. She is an actress and model. Since 1999 she has been present in various movies and TV shows. She is best known for her role of Fleur Delacour in the “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” and for Chloë in the movie “In Bruges”.

Clémence was very nice with the autographs she sent me, writing some nice words on the photos! She even used different coloured pens so the autographs would stay visible on the photos.

Yunjin Kim Success

Final Season of Lost is just beginning! As so, I’m posting a Lost autograph success from Yunjin Kim, who plays the role of Sun-Hwa Kwon.

Yunjin Kim was born in Seoul, South Korea. She is best known for her role in Lost, but has participated in many movies and TV appearances in her country.

Originally she auditioned for the role of Kate in the Lost TV series, but the producers liked her audition so much that decided to create her character. Sun has been an important part in the Island, remaining in the series since the beginning, even though a large part of the characters have died through the seasons.

Yunjin was great with the photos I sent to her, sending me an extra picture provided by her! She didn’t just sign the photos she personalized them all and added some nice words! She is a very sympathetic person, not forgetting her fans even though there is a huge attention to the series she’s playing since 2004.

How to Successfully Receive Autographs from Celebrities

First of all, there are some abbreviations you need to know:
SASE – Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope
SAE – Self-Addressed Envelope (not stamped)
IRC – International Reply Coupon

In order to receive your autograph from the celebrity you have chosen, some important aspects are needed to know so that you succeed in getting the so wanted reply. I’ll just explain the basic, so beginners can easily enter this hobby and find it rewarding.

First of all you need to know the address of the person you will be contacting. You can get it via the set the celebrity is presently filming at (Via Venue), via the studio of the movie, and so many other ways (you name it!). Just write down on the envelope that exact address. Then, on another envelope, the SASE or SAE, you will write your own address as the receiver address and you will put this envelope inside the first one. If you live in the same country as the celebrity you are contacting, you’ll better stamp it according to what you’re sending, so the celebrity won’t have to be charged for that. If you live abroad, you may buy IRCs and put them in your envelope, the celebrity will exchange them for stamps, any expenses being needless. This procedure makes things easier for the celebrity, another envelope not being needed and avoiding to write your return address to reply to you. Next step is writing your letter to the celebrity, in which you ask for the celebrity’s autograph. Then you have to decide if you want a specific photo to be signed. If so, don’t forget to include it in the envelope you’re sending. Once again this is most suitable for the celebrities as they might not have photos available to send them back to you. Nevertheless, some celebrities have their own special photos for this purpose, and usually insert those signed in your package.

All right, most important things are said and explained. I am sure that you will soon be gathering a lot of interesting autographs and start your collection, which you should organize and catalogue in the proper way.

It is important to distinguish between the different types of autographs you will be receiving:


Authentic – Personally signed by the celebrity (handwritten). It may be inscribed on any support, paper, photo, etc.

PP – Pre-Print: an exact copy of the celebrity’s signature to be used on any support or document. It may be photocopied, printed, etc…

Secretarial – It’s the same autograph of the celebrity, but signed by an assistant. This allows the celebrity not to spend time signing the requests (imagine they receive hundreds of them!). So the staff takes care of it.

AP – Autopen: it’s a machine that reproduces the exact signature of the celebrity. Celebrities sometimes have these machines for the same reason above.

These are the most common different types of autographs you’ll be receiving. And it is important to distinguish between Authentic and PP, PP and AP, Authentic from Secretarial and so on, something I might write about next time.

I hope you enjoyed reading this, and that it aroused your interest on becoming an autograph gatherer yourself. If so, my main purpose was successful and I hope to be hearing from you as well, contributing for a more thorough knowledge on this very special, cultural and interesting hobby and collection.

Greetings!

Let me start by saying what was my intention creating this blog I titled Autograph Gatherer, although this name is sufficiently clear.
Here I’ll explain how to successfully receive autographs from celebrities and, every week, different autograph documents will be posted by me. At the same time, I will try to write some information about what is each celebrity known for, most from movies, TV entertainment, sports and whatsoever.

The autographs I’ll be posting are from my private collection. I will only be showing my TTM (Through The Mail) autographs. I’ll explain how it is possible to have autographs TTM so everyone who wants to join this hobby may be successful in a near future! It is a great hobby, because you don’t have to fly to other countries to ask the celebrity for their autograph; they will send it to you! You’ll be going to pick up the mail wondering “Will I get something today?”.