A few basic, beginner questions

[Buckeye]

Hi everyone-

I am very new to autograph collecting TTM. I have received about 15 athletes [football, baseball, basketball players]/WWE wrestlers autographs, but they have all been in person.

I know that if you do it through the mail it can take time, which is fine. I just want to know where all of you get your photos to send to the celebrities, or do you just send a request letter?

For example, I would like to receive Betty White's autograph ASAP, I'll mail out a request letter as soon as I get home from school [next week]. After hearing the news aboout Rue McClanahan [RIP], I know I should do this sooner rather than later.

Anyways, should I order a photo of Betty off of the internet, or should I just send a letter..?

I'm sorry I am just very new to this. Please give me as many tips as you have.


Thank you so much, and it's nice to be here!
-Sarah

[TwiHardPotterFan]

It is up to you really. Do you want an agency pic or is there a special picture that you want

[Ryno23]

Hi everyone-

I am very new to autograph collecting TTM. I have received about 15 athletes [football, baseball, basketball players]/WWE wrestlers autographs, but they have all been in person.

I know that if you do it through the mail it can take time, which is fine. I just want to know where all of you get your photos to send to the celebrities, or do you just send a request letter?

For example, I would like to receive Betty White's autograph ASAP, I'll mail out a request letter as soon as I get home from school [next week]. After hearing the news aboout Rue McClanahan [RIP], I know I should do this sooner rather than later.

Anyways, should I order a photo of Betty off of the internet, or should I just send a letter..?

I'm sorry I am just very new to this. Please give me as many tips as you have.


Thank you so much, and it's nice to be here!
-Sarah

go to staples or walmart and buy some photo paper, it isnt too bad of a price, and go on google.com or whereever you find a good pic of the person and print it out and send it yourself....there are some athletes/celebrities that if you send a LOR (Letter Of Request), they will send their own pic, but then again some dont....so if you see alot of successes on here about people just sending a LOR and getting a photo, then you should go ahead and try it....but your best bet is to send your own photo with a SASE (Self Addresses Stamped Envelope) you could even get lucky and find the persons email address and send then a LOR throught email and they might send you a pic signed or something like that. Good Luck!

[angelslapsalot]

I was wondering if there are any good celebrity photo websites to buy from too?

I am new also, and have been sending out a ton of requests but I'm trying to get my twilight trading cards signed so ive been using those.

I went to a twilight convention last summer and they had TONS of beautiful glossy photos available for $5 each. I wasn't collecting at the time so I didn't buy many, at my next one I'm stocking up! They do sell them through their website but the stock is limited.

My only concern with printing my own photos, which I have been doing also, is that home printing will not last as long as a professional print that you purchase.

Anyone got any good sites?