Not all celebrities go to these shows to make money. Frances Dee was one of
the wealthiest ladies in Hoolywood and she turned up on the autograph
circuit iin her last days. I told her I liked her in Little Women. She
insisted on giving me an autograph and refused to take any money for it.
FRANC
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Subject: Re: [MOPO] Fwd: [MOPO] paying for autographs
This is 2012, not 1940 or 1950. The celebrities realize a high percentage
of the autographs they provide will be sold on eBay. I think the selling of
autographs is much more of a phenomena now than it was even 20 or 30 years
ago. The majority of the "stars" I've seen at these shows have been out of
work for decades, aren't making residuals off of whatever series they might
have been in and no doubt need the money they charge for autographs to pay
their bills.
Rick
In a message dated 2/20/2012 12:18:42 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
dialmbb...@aol.com writes:
does anyone have a historical perspective of this "paying" practice?
i cannot imagine the legends like bette davis, sinatra, liz taylor,
hitchcock, lucille ball would ever ask......except if 100% of the money went
to a charity.
did mickey mantle or babe ruth ever charge?
michael
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