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Autographed 8x10's
19 May 2003 by Matthew Linderman
Question: how do restaurants, delis, pizza joints, etc. get those autographed 8x10 photos of the celebrities (or pseudo-celebs) who have dined there? Do these celebs carry around 8x10 headshots all the time, just in case? Maybe the celeb mails the photo at a later date? Anyone?
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19 May 2003 | Derek said...
I think you can actually just mail the celebrity a letter asking for one and they will send you one. The father of a friend of mine has autographed 8x10's of probably 500 celebrities. They cover every wall in his house. He works at a prison-hospital type thing (not sure what those are called) and has the prisoners write celebrities for him in exchange for cigarettes or extra jell-o or whatever they want.
19 May 2003 | sherri n said...
Yes, in some cases you can just write in and request one. There are also stores (such as Movie Star News in NYC) that sell these types of photos at $5 (and up) a pop.
When I used to do video packaging, my clients would send me there for photos. I can't tell you how many times I've seen the same shots gracing the walls of a dive pizzeria.
19 May 2003 | fajalar said...
I carry a stack with me. Makes it easier when they ask, and you get the pleasure of seeing the pure joy on their faces when you give it.
19 May 2003 | JF said...
In true 37signals-deliverables fashion, I carry 10x8s (landscape).
19 May 2003 | Tim said...
You can order free signed 8 x 10 black-and-white glossies of your favorite Weather Channel TV personalities. Sometimes, if you're lucky (like I have been), they'll send you TWO by accident...so i've got two nice, signed Steve Lyonses on my fridge, telling me to "keep on watching." If people ask, I just tell them that he's eaten in my kitchen.
19 May 2003 | Benjy said...
You mean that just because they have the picture of a celebrity, it doesn't mean they've eaten there? All these years of eating in places just because they've got a framed 8x10 of Steve Baskerville or George Wendt! Guess I'll have to stick to those places with the pictures of the celebrity posing in the restaurant with the owner/manager.
20 May 2003 | JFR said...
I have a rare photograph of Roger Moore signed by Sean Connery.
20 May 2003 | ~bc said...
My father has quite a collection in his hardware store. Most of the time he just asks them when they show up and they mail them at a later date. He also has a great collection of signed baseball cards which he obtained by sending cards to the home stadiums where the players play. He had about an 80-90% success rate.
20 May 2003 | Matthew said...
Funny you ask. I was at a convention this week for cable advertising, and we had a client dinner with a cast member of one of our shows. We brought the 8" x 10"s; he signed to the clients and the restaurant employees after dinner. So, that's how this particular restaurant got theirs. Others, I imagine, may get theirs from celebs who frequent their establishments. Dry cleaners in Los Angeles seem particularly fond of this tactic.
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