It happens to the best of all autograph collectors, whether he/she was gone before or during our time. Here is my list...

Meredith MacRae -- One of THE most beautiful ladies God created. I wrote to her twice; the first time I got a RTS because the address was no longer valid. The second time came in 1999, just before it was publicly announced that she had surgery for a brain tumor. Ever since she left us in 2000, I have shed a tear inside for her every day

Del Shannon -- Not to long after his death, I heard "Keep Searchin'" for the first time and was knocked out! I kept asking myself after that: "Why did he do what he did?"

Gwen Verdon -- Didn't know much about her until I saw her on repeats of "The Ed Sullivan Show". On one show she did a song from "Sweet Charity" and on another she, along with two other female dancers, danced to a mod-styled tune. What a dancer and babe she was!

Others:
John Ritter
Dusty Springfield
Ritchie Valens
Buddy Holly
James Dean
Selena
Roberto Clemente

John Ritter
Don Knotts
Bob Denver
Roxie Roker
Ritchie Valens
Brandon Lee

The Bewitched cast - Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, David White, Paul Lynde, etc., etc. Jack Soo, Ron Carey and James Gregory from Barney Miller - I would've loved their autographs too.

I agree with everyone else's choices above, too. Actually, I did write John Ritter c/o 8 Simple Rules in early 2003 and got an autographed picture in May 2003 - then a few months later he was gone.

What a good question - I'm sure I'll think of more later.

John Ritter :(

Don Knots

John Lennon
George Harrison
Elvis Presley
Don Knotts
John Ritter
Cary Grant
Marilyn Monroe

Thats all I can think of for now.

John Ritter

Isabel Sanford.

John Ritter and the other deceased members of the 3's company cast
rebecca shaeffer

tupac shakur
notorious b.i.g.
selena
john lennon
jim morrison
jam master jay

jackie robinson
roberto clemente
walter payton
wilt chamberlain

The Bewitched cast - Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, David White, Paul Lynde, etc., etc. Jack Soo, Ron Carey and James Gregory from Barney Miller - I would've loved their autographs too.

I agree with everyone else's choices above, too. Actually, I did write John Ritter c/o 8 Simple Rules in early 2003 and got an autographed picture in May 2003 - then a few months later he was gone.

What a good question - I'm sure I'll think of more later.

Wow, Monika, lucky you! John Ritter is on my list of people whose autograph I wish I'd gotten. And Brandon Lee. Can you post the pic of John's autograph?

And while I know it's not as good as getting the signature in person, I DO have a couple of autographed checks from Elizabeth Montgomery which I just might be willing to part with. PM me if you're interested--maybe we can work something out! :D

LUCILLE BALL
PRINCESS DIANA (doubt if that would have been possible)
JOHN LENNON

-Vivian Vance(Can't you tell :) )
-Lucille Ball
-Desi Arnaz
-Jackie Gleason
-Audrey Meadows
-Art Carney
-Judy Garland
-Margaret Hamilton(Wicked Witch of the West)
-John Ritter
-Elizabeth Hartman

Even though I can get their autographs via Ebay I would've loved to have gotten their autographs in person. It would've been great to meet them. Especially Vivian. :(

Bill Bixby.


That's it.

Denver Pyle

I wrote John Ritter twice and twice he sent out. The first time an index card, then the next time he sent out a pre-print but it definitely was still really cool!:D

I tried Don Knotts several times but I never got anywhere. Same with Tom Poston.:(

As for another, I would've liked Michael Landon's autograph but I was too young to truly appreciate what a great actor he really was.

Very good topic!:)

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It happens to the best of all autograph collectors, whether he/she was gone before or during our time. Here is my list...

Meredith MacRae -- One of THE most beautiful ladies God created. I wrote to her twice; the first time I got a RTS because the address was no longer valid. The second time came in 1999, just before it was publicly announced that she had surgery for a brain tumor. Ever since she left us in 2000, I have shed a tear inside for her every day

Del Shannon -- Not to long after his death, I heard "Keep Searchin'" for the first time and was knocked out! I kept asking myself after that: "Why did he do what he did?"

Gwen Verdon -- Didn't know much about her until I saw her on repeats of "The Ed Sullivan Show". On one show she did a song from "Sweet Charity" and on another she, along with two other female dancers, danced to a mod-styled tune. What a dancer and babe she was!

Others:
John Ritter
Dusty Springfield
Ritchie Valens
Buddy Holly
James Dean
Selena
Roberto Clementei have a nice meredith macrae index card in my collection if you go thru an autograph dealer try and see if they have one with a little drawing of a smiley face type of thing that she used to draw below her autograph they are really cute

I wish I had autographs from these celebrities..
Lucille Ball
Guy Williams
Jonathan Harris
John Wayne
Al Lewis
Fred Gwynn
Yvonne De Carlo
Bette Davis

Lucille Ball
John Ritter
Meredith MacRae
Don Knotts
Isabel Sanford
Norman Fell
Audra Lindley
Arlene Francis
Bennett Cerf
Dorothy Kilgallen
John Daly
Wally Bruner
Tom Poston
Bert Convy
Gene Rayburn
Kitty Carlisle
Larry Blyden
Bobby Van
Peter Tomarken
Johnny Olson
Rod Roddy
Gene Wood
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes
Aaliyah

Lucille Ball
John Ritter
Meredith MacRae
Don Knotts
Isabel Sanford
Norman Fell
Audra Lindley
Arlene Francis
Bennett Cerf
Dorothy Kilgallen
John Daly
Wally Bruner
Tom Poston
Bert Convy
Gene Rayburn
Kitty Carlisle
Larry Blyden
Bobby Van
Peter Tomarken
Johnny Olson
Rod Roddy
Gene Wood
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes
Aaliyahi wish i had bobby van larry blyden peter tomarken and johnny olsen i have most of the others .i dont have a tom poston but they are really easy to find thru reputable dealers at prices anyone can afford even with his recent passing john daily is also still very affordable just make sure if buying one you ask for john charles daily instead of just john daily so that they wont think you mean the golf pro by the same name don knotts is found in all price ranges depending on the item .dorothy killgallen is somewhat pricey usally starting at about 65 dollars on up arlene francis and kitty cariisle can be found for pocket change because these ladies were wonderful to there fans and signed thousands of autographs throuout ther lives gene rayburn is somewhat harder to find because he had a so so attitude about signing autographs but they do turn up once in a while sorry for such a long post but i love sharing the info that i know about autographs

Kurt Cobain
John Lennon
Chris Farley
John Candy
Glenn Quinn
John Ritter
Judy Garland
Anna Nicole Smith
Bob Marley
Aaliaya
Brandon Lee
James Brown
Shelley Winters
Gia
Jim morrison
River Phoenix
Elvis
Dorothy stratten
Johnathon Brandis
Princess diana

John Ritter
Sidney Sheldon
Don Knotts
Bob Denver
Lucille Ball
Judy Garland
Jonathan Brandis
Audra Lindley
Norman Fell
Elizabeth Montgomery
Hayden Rorke
Fred Gwynne
Yvonne DeCarlo
Al Lewis
Buddy Ebsen
Isabel Sanford

I will probably think of more later.

Isbel Sanford

I Love Lucy Cast
Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus, Natallie Shaffer
Cary Grant
Judy Garland
Marylin Monroe
James Cagney
to many to name....

Bob Hope
Isabel Sanford
Allen Ludden
Gene Rayburn
Carroll O'Connor
Redd Foxx
Bert Convy
Peter Tomarken

Redd Foxx

With sadness, I add Charles Nelson Reilly's name to my list.

Carroll O'Connor

Lassie

Ted Knight

John Ritter

I was just watching Walk the Line again this week, and it got me thinking. I would've loved to have gotten both Johnny and June's autographs. What a wonderful couple. They were so in love and it showed. :love:

Bette Davis has long been one of my dream autographs, and I just got hers yesterday.

[QUOTE=HuntingtonM15]Bette Davis has long been one of my dream autographs, and I just got hers yesterday.[/QUOTE

cool i want it too!!

Which ones will make the most $ if i sell them? :p
Seriously though, the only famous autograph I have is in a Dale Carnegie book ( Its signed by Carnegie, on a seperate piece of paper to the book's original owner )....I have no idea if it's worth anything but, I checked on an autograph website, and it is deffinately genuine!

Al Lewis

Don Knotts and John Ritter.

Wow, there's a lot of celebrities that I wish I had an autograph: John Ritter, Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, Don Knotts, Audra Lindley, Norman Fell, Eva Gabor, Eddie Albert.

Vic Tayback, who played Mel Sharples on Alice. From reading various articles on Alice websites, he seemed like such a cool guy. He was very down to earth and great to his fans. I even saw one autographed picture online and he wrote "stow it!" before his name. :lol:

Mel was the best on Alice

I don't "get" the whole idea of collecting celeb signatures ( Well, maybe on a large cheque, paid to me :lol: ) ...Seriously, can someone here explain to me what the attraction is? I'm not making fun, Id just like to see things from your perspectives :) So, please tell me.

Obviously, some people collect sigs to sell for profit, but, i want to hear from those of you who collect them for yourselves.

Bette Davis
Lucille Ball
Bob Hope
Ricky Nelson

Natalie Wood
James Dean
Aaliyah
Janis Joplin
Dominque Dunne
Gia
Jim Morrison
Billie Holiday

Maurice Gibb (Bee Gees)
Andy Gibb

Aside from ones already mentioned, my list would include:

Bob Hope
Walt Disney
Don Adams
Dan Blocker
Lorne Greene
Moe Howard
Curly Howard
Larry Fine
Groucho Marx
Humphrey Bogart
Bill Hanna & Joe Barbera
Buffalo Bob Smith
Jay Ward & Bill Scott
Chuck Jones
George Reeves
Charles Schulz

(Actually, I do have an autographed photo of Don Adams, which I received in the mail back in
the sixties during the original run of GET SMART. But what would have really been memorable
would be to have met him--or any of the above celebrities--in person.)

please dont think im bragging or anything but im just so happpy about the 3 autographs that i added to my collection that i just had to share the news i recently added 3 album pages to my collection the pages are signed by john ritter. paul lynde and number 5 on my all time want list andy kaufman .the kaufman was a birthday gift needless to say i was very happy. i also bought an album page signed by the late tv announcer jay stewart a few months ago.