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The Sanders Autograph Price Guide

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This book has been my bible for autograph buying and selling for years. Richard Saffro has kept and surpassed the passed editions of this book. A rich tradition that George Sanders a collector and radio personality gave to the collector an idea of the value of autographs as they come in different forms, letters, signatures, or photos. I have been collecting for 40 years and have found this volume the most reliable as far as getting an idea to the true price of an item. With the thousands of names that are included in this book there are few of note, not included. If you are going to buy, trade or sell and autograph, or buy a item on Ebay, don't get stung by purchasing an item at 3 to 20 times its real value. Coin, Stamp, Book and antique dealers will have this book on their shelf as I do. Thanks Dr. Saffro for publishing your Sanders guide once again.

This is probably the most recognized guide to determine the value of autographs. A few of the entries are out of date, but overall it is a good standard for collectors.

Having a Business where you need information on signatures this book is the only
one I use!

This is a good Price Guide for autographs, it is especially good for novices. It could go into more depth with obscure autographs but a must have for a reference guide

The 6th Edition had 736 pages, this new 7th Edition only 560 pages. And the page size has shrunk from 9 x 7.5 to 9 x 6.5.

Comparing the first page of the 6th edition to the first page of the 7th edition, 3 out of the first 30 names have been eliminated from the new one. (They were an American WWII general, a Japanese WWII general, and a financial writer for Barron's and the Wall Street Journal).

If this ratio holds for the whole book, we have lost ten percent of the listings this time around.

New names have been added, and that probably means that even more old names have been thrown out. Rather than drop old to make room for new, the book should simply grow larger. Instead, it is much smaller.

Many of my autographs are relatively obscure (old-time radio and movie actors, lesser-known professional athletes, high-ranking-in-their-time but now-forgotten politicians), and these are the names I most need values for.

I would gladly have paid more for a full edition.

I collect over 400 autographs and this is an indispensable book for me to know what the value of my autographs are. I am looking for the next updated copy as I am hopeful there will be one. But, currently, this book os awesome!!! It provides the collector, seller a much needed resource for both the value of an autograph and the variety of them! I highly recommend it to anyone!

This is one of the finest guidebooks I have ever encountered in the 30 years I have been collecting and selling autographs--very well documented and complete --a must for all collectors!Autograph Hell

While this guide is very helpful, I was disappointed that it did not have many well known people in it. I recently purchased a quantity of more than 500 autographs of people who were mostly television, motion picture, or stage actors from the 30's through current years and found many names not listed. Yes, some people are more obscure, but names like Bill Cullen, comedian Jack Carter, Howard DaSilva, Denise Darcel, Dorothy Loudon, Julia Meade, Vaughn Meader, Jane Morgan, Tricia Nixon, Louis Nye, etc. were not listed. Howard DaSilva was one of a select few who was on the blacklist of the 50's, Tricia Nixon was the President's daughter. Vaughn Meader only had maybe THE MOST satiracle record album of all time, "The First Family", parodying the Kennedys. The movie "Seabiscuit" won honors for best picture a few years ago and was the life story not only of the horse, but it's famous owner, Charles Howard, who also is NOT listed in this book. So there are many oversites which I believe downgrades the guide's effectiveness.

The book arrived sooner than expected and condition of the book was great.What a deal!

The book was brand new and at a discount used book price. Timely delivery - very pleased.