who it is.
authenticity.

um i look at the picture to see who its from then check to see if its authentic and if it is personalized or not but sometimes I just stare at the picture in shock for a bit cuz I love gettign the autographs and am excited.

[quote] I do not send to those who I suspect sends sec- autographs (I do my research before writing my request too prevent wasting time, money on photos and postage).[/quote]
I (obviously) also make sure that the person I'm sending to sends 100% authentic autographs, otherwise I'm not interested. :D While I'm waiting for a response, I go and search for in person examples of their signature, by the time I get my autograph from them, I already know each line in the autograph! :lol: But as Andy said, sometimes you can't avoid getting a surprise secretarial... :neutral:

To fiz - I enjoy my "unique" name, and I'm sure celebrities will remember it, so it's nice! :mrgreen:

First I look who the person is and how he/she looks like in the photo :D
Then I check the authenticity. And how they personalized it :)

[quote="jasonw"] I do not send to those who I suspect sends sec- autographs (I do my research before writing my request too prevent wasting time, money on photos and postage).[/quote]

Neither do I, but theres always someone who will throw a spanner in the works (Heidi Klum and Cristiano Ronaldo spring to mind for me). Certainly helps to not write to non-authentic-senders though :)

[quote="zanne"]Hi! ;-)

Well, after I've looked who the person is and what the photo looks like, I examine their signature. :mrgreen: I love seeing how unique everyone's handwriting and signature are! :lol: If it's personalised, I'll check if my name is spelled correctly because it must be a very weird name to them (luckily, no one has spelled it incorrectly so far, but Robert Pattinson and Alfred Molina came close! :lol: ).

Regards,
zanne[/quote]

lol i check to see if the spelling is corect also. just cause i have 4 vowels in a row in my name and its so easy to jumble them. gawd knows how many teachers have mispelled them. :lol:
but luckily noone has done it on autographs!
its also fun to watch the celeb signing your anme in person . i love to see thier facial expression when they are writing down uncommon names.

I don't look at who it is from first as I already know upon opening the envelope as I have written the senders return address on the SASE.

The first thing I will do is take all the photos out of the envelope, see if the celebrity has signed all my photos and my index card (which they normally miss up as they think that it is a kind of protective cardboard :roll: ).

I do look at the signature to confirm its authenticity however that comes last as I do not send to those who I suspect sends sec- autographs (I do my research before writing my request too prevent wasting time, money on photos and postage).

Jason 8)

I first look to see who it is, and then the authenticity.
8)

Hi! ;-)

Well, after I've looked who the person is and what the photo looks like, I examine their signature. :mrgreen: I love seeing how unique everyone's handwriting and signature are! :lol: If it's personalised, I'll check if my name is spelled correctly because it must be a very weird name to them (luckily, no one has spelled it incorrectly so far, but Robert Pattinson and Alfred Molina came close! :lol: ).

Regards,
zanne

The first thing i look at is who it actually is, then i see if its personalised. I dont really take authentication into account at first.