Back in February, I sent a playing card autograph request to Robert Downey, Jr. via the "Team Downey" address in Fanmail. About three months later, I received a nice signed photo from the Spanky Taylor Company, which I posted here in fanmail. It was immediately pointed out that it was an autopen, which I honestly didn't care about one way or another.
Another month passes, and today I got another envelope from the Spanky Taylor Company. I'm thinking it's another preprint or autopen sent in response to another request.
Nope.
It's the playing card (6 of hearts) that I had sent back in February, signed by Robert Downey, Jr. and inscribed "Proof Tony Stark has a heart". This is clearly NOT an autopen. I am absolutely stoked.
The good news is it looks dope the bad news is it’s Still an autopen someone has Spanky Taylor just wrote the personalization for you. They are super nice about it but I promise Robert Downey jr never touched that card. Still a nice piece for your collection.
Back in February, I sent a playing card autograph request to Robert Downey, Jr. via the "Team Downey" address in Fanmail. About three months later, I received a nice signed photo from the Spanky Taylor Company, which I posted here in fanmail.
Another month passes, and today I got another envelope from the Spanky Taylor Company. I'm thinking it's another preprint or autopen sent in response to another request.
Nope.
It's the playing card (6 of hearts) that I had sent back in February, signed by Robert Downey, Jr. and inscribed "Proof Tony Stark has a heart". Possibly still an autopen, but I am absolutely stoked.
Spanky is all fake autopens.
Someone who works there personalized it to make you think it's real
I wonder how many people out there think they have the real thing from Spanky? It must be in the thousands per year.
Successes? --- too many to count - pm me and I can help with an address if I have it and it worked. Feel free to ask.
I actually have over 200 signed cards at this point, but only recently completed my first deck with the acquisition of Tim Berners-Lee on the Jack of Spades. I have duplicates of many cards, some as many as six. The difficult part of this is that I never know what cards will be returned, and also that it's much more difficult to sign the black suits and the face cards, so I don't send them out as often. I'm maintaining a complete list of all of the cards I've collected so far HERE.
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updated 3/16/2025