# Unique item presented for autograph?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unique-item-presented-for-autograph/787281>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 23, 2017, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unique-item-presented-for-autograph/787281 "2017-05-23T15:38:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 3

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unique-item-presented-for-autograph/787281/41 "2017-06-14T23:14:10Z")

</div>

> [@Nawth\_Chucka](#):
>
> Ok, that is fantastic!

Follow up: The Golden State warriors won the NBA Championship, they lost one single game with Klay Thompson in the lineup since the toaster was signed, Klay Thompson invited [toaster guy](https://twitter.com/R_Dollaz/status/874692877116243968) to the victory parade.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unique-item-presented-for-autograph/787281/42 "2017-06-15T00:04:16Z")

</div>

Back in 1995 I went DragonCon in Atlanta and got Harlan Ellison to sign my copy of [The Illustrated Harlan Ellison](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/e3/f8/a8/e3f8a807d5a4fc6e86666815363e4f67.jpg). There were a couple of tense moments, one before he signed and one after. The first was because when I plopped it on the table he looked up at me and asked “Where did you get this?”

I told him that I had bought it at least 15 years ago, when I was a teenager. “Why do you ask?”

“Well, I’ve never seen it before. I didn’t know this even existed.”

The whole room goes quiet. Mr. Ellison is known for being very determined to always get paid for his work; he doesn’t tolerate theft at all. I was afraid for a second he was going to try and keep it! (He didn’t.)

So, yeah, it’s a book signed by the ‘author’ but prolly the only one in existence.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unique-item-presented-for-autograph/787281/43 "2017-06-15T00:35:17Z")

</div>

Back in the '90’s I was a fan of the now long-cancelled soap opera _Another World_. I even had a denim baseball jacket with the show’s logo embroidered on the back. One summer I was on vacation in London, and I saw David Forsyth, one of the actors from the show, walking down the other side of the street. I sprinted down the street, abandoning my sister (who is still annoyed with me over that), and caught up with him. I didn’t know what to say to him, so finally I just turned my back and said, “I’m wearing your jacket!” He looked very confused, and then realized that I was wearing a jacket from the show. He very kindly offered to sign it. I hadn’t even thought about asking, but one of us found a pen, and he signed the inside lining of my jacket. The jacket no longer fits, but I still have it tucked away somewhere as a memento.

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unique-item-presented-for-autograph/787281.md?page=2)