I'm sorry if this sounds like bragging but I am sooo excited! I hope you all aren't too jealous of me but if you are I understand. I saw up for auction on the internet, Freddie's autograph & at the really low price of just $7.99! I'd never seen it that cheap before. I'd only seen it for sale on the internet a few times & those times it was $50 or more. This is no fancy autograph just a cutout scrap piece of paper with his signature but still his autograph anyway. I bid on it & had the top bid on it! I was excited. But I nearly had my heart broken right into LOL!

The nite before the auction was to end some strange person who I'd never seen on any of the CATM/ Freddie sites bid on it & outbid me on it. I was crushed. I suspected they weren't even a fan but someone who was just collecting autographs of old stars. So I looked up to see what they were bidding on & they were bidding on autographs of stars & memorabilia from movies like props etc. That confirmed my suspicions. I figured they either were into buying autographs of stars at cheap deals or either trying to buy stars autographs cheap & then reselling them for more profit. I tried to outbid them but they kept out bidding me http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/frown.gif Then another strange person who I'd never seen on any CATM/Freddie sites bid on it outbidding over the first outbidders bid. Yikes! I looked up to see what they were bidding on & they were bidding on autographs of stars & memorabilia from movies like props etc. too. So that confirmed my suspicions that they weren't a fan probably but were wanting it just cuz it's a good deal on a dead celebrities autograph. If they turn out to be fans then sorry for saying they weren't LOL!

You think they'd see that a woman had bid on it & knowing how sexy Freddie is & how popular he is with women they'd realize hey this is a fan of his & they want it really bad & we should let them have it cuz they really need it but nooo they just gotta outbid someone who really wants it & drive up the price. The story almost had a sad ending but it has a happy ending. http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/smile.gif I pleaded to my hubby & he was sweet enough to tell me the most we could afford for it was $20. So I bid that & not enough. He told me I could go up to $21, not enough, then $22, not enough then 23 , not enough & then said the most we could possibly afford was $24. Fortunately that was enough & I won the auction on it! http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/smile.gif For $24-- Yikes! We may at the end of the month be eating dirt & water LOL! Got any good recipes on how to turn dirt & water into food LOL? http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/wink.gif
My hubby was so sweet to let me get it. He's been good about my Mid-life crisis which is Freddie. But then again I think he was tired about hearing me complain about me being outbid on the autograph LOL! I also think he was afraid I'd be in a bad mood if I didn't get it LOL!
I do feel kinda bad tho cuz I had seen where HUE-MEE from the boards had bid on a another Freddie autograph & had the high bid & then some strange person whose not on any CATM/Freddie sites out bid them & she lost the bid. I feel really sorry for her. I was sooo rooting for her. The one she bid on was nicer than mine. It was in a nice frame with a nice picture of him. But hey I'm getting his autograph! http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/smile.gif I have already decided where I am gonna display my autograph. I had bought over internet auction a nice B&W 8 by 10 pic of Chico & Ed Brown to put in a frame & hang up in my den. I don't normally buy those type pics of him over the internet just the magazine ones or magazines cuz I can't afford to buy everything on him & I can always save the pics on my puter to print out or do whatever with. Anyway, I have the pic of Chico & Ed in a frame hanging on the wall in my den. So I'm gonna stick my autograph in the picture frame in front of Ed (don't want to cover up Chico). It'll cover some of Ed's sweater but it can't be helped.

When it comes my hubby is gonna see it's a 3 by 5 size cutout piece of paper with just Freddie Prinze scrawled on it & say we paid $24 for that? But The Prinze signed it! http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/smile.gif Sorry to ramble on but I was so excited & had to share! A scan of it will go on my site! Whenever that gets done LOL!

I asked the seller the history of it as to where it was gotten at & who got it & the story behind it etc. They don't know. All they know is that they got it from a reputable dealer.

You can view it here:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1480867046

[This message has been edited by Cheryl Harrell (edited 11-08-2001).]

pretty cool glad to know a fellow fan got it iam happy for you .. bye .. chico and the man 2

Congratulations to you Cheryl!! I am very happy for you on this winning bid. Your determination paid off. I can see you went through alot with the other folks bidding on it as well. I am so happy that one of our Freddie Family members was the winner. Enjoy! Your arrangement with it and the photo sounds great.

Let your hubby know I think he is wonderful for being so understanding.



[This message has been edited by atlangel (edited 11-08-2001).]

Cheryl, I am so happy for you ! Your husband will understand once he sees the autograph. I'm very happy it went to a loving true Freddie fan! Enjoy it girl! I'm so excited for you ! Woohoo!

You go girl!!! Congratulations again... http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/biggrin.gif I'm scared to go on ebay, because I've bought too much stuff already. Your hubby is a charm.

[This message has been edited by JennyLee22 (edited 11-08-2001).]

Thanks for the good wishes! http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/smile.gif I finally got the HOLLYWOOD ZINGERS yesterday. & Guess what else I got in the mail yesterday!

Ya'll might remember me mentioning on here that I bought over internet auction an Aug 75 TIGER BEAT Magazine with Freddie in it. All the little blurbs on him were in it but the big main article on Freddie "Is He Too Cute Or Cool" that's supposed to be on page 23 & the color pic of him that's supposed to be on page 24 are missing from the magaizne. It looks like a few pages were torn out. I was suspecting it may have fallen out of the magazine & the seller didn't know it or either it was missing when the seller got it & they didn't know it & 10 clippings on Freddie came with it too! Well I wrote the seller to see if they know what has happened to it & can send it to me. The lady wrote back & the stuff was missing from it & she didn't know it. She was gonna try to send me something else Freddie to make up for it which is nice.

Well she sent me some Freddie articles & pics from some magazines to make for it & boy are they nice! One of them is a nice color picture of Freddie that has his autograph on it except you can tell it's from a magazine (a 16 to be exact) & the mag duplicated it from the origional. Anyway the pic is a gorgeous headshot. In it he is wearing this studded jeweled leisure suit which I've seen him wearing some other pics like the one on the front of my REEL SOUL magazine. It's got studs & emeralds (They look like green emeralds) on it. & His hair is short in the pic but covers his ears. http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/smile.gif Some of the articles are ones I've seen on other Freddie sites but some are articles I've never seen before. Like the very first time he got his heart broken (& yes he cried & sobbed his eyes out). I also found out he was a very affectionate person & his family & he would always show affection by doing alot of huggins & kissing & he always hugged & kissed them alot & he talked like they really loved & there was alot of love in his family. I hope to get this stuff on my site. It's taking forever tho...