Eventually after
you have collected autographs for a long period of time you may get the urge to
sell autographs and become an autograph dealer. This may seem an easy
transition but remember dealing in autographed albums, F1 autographs or
sporting memorabilia is not as easy as it seems.
Most collectors go
for the easy route and join the throng on eBay and get lost amongst a sea of
fakes and forgeries selling for low prices. I tried that route with some signed
jerseys and signed sports memorabilia only to find that by the seventh day I
had no bids and it had cost me money.
So what do you do?
Put up a sign saying autographs for sale or stand on a street corner shouting “Get
your Star Wars autographs here”, I must confess I was sorely tempted to do the
latter. But if you want to sell autographs you have to have a multi faceted
attack on the market place and remember this is not a way to earn a quick
buck!!!
If you are a
dedicated collector and you want to sell lets say autographed jerseys then a
piece of good advice is speak to some of the people you see out collecting sport
memorabilia and see if they collect for sport memorabilia stores or if they are
autograph dealers who collect signed sports memorabilia. If they were, you
could offer your services as a collector of autographed sports memorabilia.
This would get you
into a circle of like minded people and start you off earning money from your
time spent collecting memorabilia. Alternatively you could check out all the
memorabilia shows across the UK and try and sell your goods there. These shows
sell all sorts of memorabilia like star trek autographed memorabilia, star war
collectables, lord of the rings autographs and all sorts of signed memorabilia.
The only downside of this is that it costs you for selling space and it can
involve lots of travelling. But there is an up side, these shows invariably
have private signings where you can collect many star autographs and
autographed sports memorabilia at the same time you are trying to sell your
authentic autographed items.
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