Autographs!!

[The Phantom Creep]

Mario,
  Do you have all of these hanging throughout your house? If so it must be very impressive! Great job on all the displays, I must say that I've never been that big a fan of collecting autographs but seeing your collection now I really "get" it. Please keep sharing them.

Shawn

[Lugosifan1]

  Thanks, Shawn, no I don't have them hanging , but hope to one day,, come on jump on the bandwagon, just be careful who you deal with. Best, Mario

[Anton Phibes]

For rare and unusual autographs, you'll find no better collection than Mario's.   

[Monsters For Sale]

Finally finished my Karloff display.

I really like the inclusion of the filmstrip - I'd like to get one of those.  Are they still available anywhere?

[The Phantom Creep]

Mario,
  I'm working on my first now. Well not my first autograph, I've had some things autographed in the past but I've never been that much into it. I'm working on getting a Karloff now. It's a friend of a friend's and his grandparents got it. He has two but wants to hang on to one of them. Here is  a link to where I was inquiring about it.

http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=2269.0

If I end up getting it I'll post a photo.

[monsterphile]

I really like the inclusion of the filmstrip - I'd like to get one of those.  Are they still available anywhere?

I just got a couple of them last week from A.C. Moore .  It's a craft store chain, but I'm not sure how large a chain it is.  It's got there name on the packaging, but they probably are just distributors.  I think this size was 3 or 4 bucks, but they always have sales and coupons (40-50% off).  They also had a shorter size.  It's great for actors who have done many roles, like Boris.
http://www.acmoore.com/

Rob

[Lugosifan1]

Phantomcreep, just make sure it's authentic, and then let your ideas run wild. Best, Mario

[Creepy]

Mario, your display's are inspiring and fantastic!  I am a horror autograph collector as well, and am considering framing them as well.  Framing being as expensive as it is, I intend to teach myself how to do it.  Do you do your own or have them done professionally?

[Lugosifan1]

Creepy, No I don't do these myself I have them framed , usually  four or five a year, I have to stretch the ole' Monster dollar, Thanks, for the comments. Best, Mario

[monsterphile]

Mario, your display's are inspiring and fantastic!  I am a horror autograph collector as well, and am considering framing them as well.  Framing being as expensive as it is, I intend to teach myself how to do it.  Do you do your own or have them done professionally?

Creepy,

You can do some nice autograph framing yourself.  A lot of the craft stores have reasonably priced frames that get even cheaper with their coupons and sales.  The matting is usually the tough part, but there are some multi-openings mattes out there that will lend themselves nicely to autograph displays.  You can also get shadowboxes to do 3-D stuff.  Also, nice accessories can be found in the scrapbboking areas.  I've been pretty pleased with the stuff I've done, and I don't have an ounce of artistic talent.  I can't even draw a straight line or a round circle.  Use old fashioned-photo corners to support the odd-sized autos. 

Rob

[Creepy]

Hey Rob,
     I'm definitley going to look into it.  Mario's collection is very cool, and I'd love to get my collection looking as good.
Todd

[Lugosifan1]

Thank's  Todd.        Mario

[Anton Phibes]

I would like to take the time  to thank my new buddy Mario for helping me acquire a really obscure autograph.  Once I get it matted, I will return with pics.  Hint: it involves a punishment poll. Thanks Mario!!!!

[The Phantom Creep]

William Castle huh? Good one!

[Anton Phibes]

Not quite....but close.  He would be the one being punished.  Who later played with dolls and mastered puppets.  he even had a moment of terror involving teakwood with a thrilling gentleman named Karloff.