I try to send out 5-7 requests a week and have been doing this for many years. My success rate is probably about 50%. It all depends who I write to. Years ago, before Ebay, the success rate was much higher, probably around 75%.

The shortest reply took about 3 or 4 days, and the longest was 7 years.

Since I began keeping records in 1986 I've sent out over 8,300 requests. Just send out a few a week for a long time and you will build a fantastic collection.

It is always worth to give it a try You might not get it but you tried to so you don't have anything to regret.
I've been collecting for 5 years so around 50 autographs is not much but I'm a huge fan of those people and this is what really counts ;)
Urša

Thank you for the welcome I'm impressed with how many autographs you have all collected! I'd be thrilled with just one! Do you think it'd be worth trying again to get the autograph I wanted?

I haven'r received much lately but I think I just need to wait a little longer as I sent many successes out in August and September. I have 2 PP's, one or 2 (for the 2nd one I believe it's authentic but I can't say that's definitely true) sec and 2 RTS's. Also, I have 50+ autographs so it's not that bad ;)
My longest wait is 2 years but it was worth it.
Urša
P.S.: Welcome here! ^^

I haven't received much of anything lately, but that's because I haven't sent out requests. I have been collecting over a year now and not once have I received a RTS. That in itself is pretty amazing.

Khackdrums

It used to be 1 or 2 autographs a month..but that seems to have stopped..My quickest wait was 4 days for Jodie Prenger and my longest was 8 months for Emma Watson(back in 2006). Have not gotten a single RTS(Perhaps because half my requests were to London Theatres....)


Jen

I receive around 5-30 replies a week, and currently have around a 50% success rate, but I collect all sorts and send to unconfirmed addresses. So far my longest wait is 54 days.

i have received everything that i have sent out signed(i collect baseball stars)

im still waiting on 4 but i sent those out not to long ago

my longest wait was 1 month 2 days my shortest wait was 4 days

Hello! Welcome to the site Well you can interpret your question in many different ways. Do you mean how many of our successes are signed pictures? How many requests we send out do we get back? Or how frequently (eg. how many per week) are we successful?

Well everytime I get a success it is always a signed picture, I only have about 3 PP's (pre prints), I have never received a blank picture, sounds a bit odd that anyone would send out blank pictures! But I always say it is better to get something back than nothing, even if it wasn't what you were hoping for. It is better than waiting for something that may never arrive.

When it comes to how many requests do I hear back from, at the moment it has been about half (since November 2008). Although there is still plenty of time to hear back from those as some requests can take over a year to come back. Also, I have wrote to many bands, singers and actors who have no previously recorded feedback for so for all I know they may not sign at all.

I don't think there is a certain amount I get each week or month. Sometimes I can go for about 2 months without receiving anything, but then there are weeks like last week where I got 4 successes. It doesn't follow any particular pattern