sending to personal address or agency address for requests??

[Banato]

I've sent out probably a dozen autograph requests by snail mail in my day. Several of them have been to a celeb's house. Some have been to an agency that manage's a celeb's affairs. So far, I've had little success either way but the most success has been to agencies. What is your opinion on the best method to use on snail mail requests? There is a great lady on another site that is great at getting home addies but I have a mental picture of these celebs getting a request at their home and the getting pissed off and tearing the whole thing up. I don't know if that's happened but I've yet to get have a response from a personal addy.
Any help would be appreciated.

Banato

[Sean SJazz]

well Banato,
i have been only collecting for a year, but i ahve learned a few things about some of this. from what i have found it really depends on the agency. for example when i first started, i sent several to various people to William Morris agency(LA) . and i have yet to receive and kind of response from any of them. so now when ever i see that the person's address is William Morris (LA) i don't even bother. i have not sent to a home address yet. and to be honest i would feel like i was imposing on them. i am not saying that all Agency's are the same as "Willliam Morris" or ("Spanky Productions" is pretty bad too) but i guess it really depends on the person and their manger. i hope this help, as i said i am kind new to this and i am only speaking from what i have found myself.
Best Wishes, Sean Sjazz

[Banato]

Sean - Thanks for your input. Some of the celebs that I've sent to home addresses are celebs that may either don't have an agency address or I got RTS from an agency. I am a little bit reluctant to send to a home addy but for some people I think it's worth a shot. I sent Brian Wilson (Beach Boys) a request at his home addy - haven't received anything and that was a month to six weeks ago.
Anyway, thanks for the info about William Morris. I'll keep that in mind. I am not sure if was WM but I sent a request to Sly Stallone and received the request and photo I sent back in my SASE! (unsigned). People I talked to at the time said that sometimes personal assistants do stuff like that...
Do you happen to remember any agency's you've had success with? I may post some that I have...

Take care and good luck,
Banato

[Sean SJazz]

here are a few that i have encountered that i had good luck with so far:

Nathan Gamble
Paradigm Talent Agency
360 North Crescent Dr.
North Bldg.
Beverly Hills, CA 90210-2500
USA
David Dorfman
Abrams Artists Agency L.A.
9200 Sunset Blvd.
11th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90069
USA
Paul Fusco
Imagicom Productions, Inc.
10100 Santa Monica Blvd,
Suite 1300
Los Angeles, CA 90067-4114
USA
Jesse McCartney
Good Noize Entertainment, Inc.
12129 Maxwellton Avenue
Studio City, CA 91604
USA
Jay Leno
Big Dog Productions, Inc.
P.O. Box 7855
Burbank CA 91510
USAJeff Foxworthy
Parallel Entertainment
9420 Wilshire Blvd.
Suite 250
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
USA
and i have had a few successes using Posted P.O Boxes as well. but these are ones i have encountered that i have had successes from.i am sure that you prob would to be really into these people but at least you can feel safe if you see any people you Do like with these Agency's.I have NEVER received anything from WM. i hope this helps good luck!
Best Wishes, Sean SJazz