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The article offers news briefs related to celebrities. Ashlee Simpson is refusing to let her boyfriend Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz to signed autographs for her female fans. Bruce Willis was seen enjoying a holiday with girlfriend Karen McDougal on a Saint Tropez beach in France. Britney Spears may face legal action after smashing into a parked car at a shopping centre car park in Los Angeles, California.

Focuses on the Australian tour of Emerica, a skateboarding team in the United States. Arrival of the team in Melbourne; Autograph sessions of the team; Details on the team's filming in Sydney, New South Wales.

The article features a reproduction of autographs of several notable authors in the United States which is accompanied by brief notes of Edgar Allan Poe. Mr. Poe used the peculiarities of the persons' handwritings to illumine their characters. The authors include J. Greenleaf Whittier, L. J. Cist, and Grenville Mellen.

Focuses on the collection of sports cards autographed by American basketball players. Card prices; Voucher cards; Exclusivity of the autographed cards.

Discusses the trend in collecting sports autographs. Proliferation of autograph hunters; Buying and selling of autographs in 1980s; Players' reaction to autograph hunters; `Sports Collectors Digest' writer Dave Miedema's tips on how to behave when asking for autographs and the best places to get them.

The article highlights the business of collecting, detecting and selling autographs and signatures of prominent people by Mary A. Benjamin, proprietor of an autograph firm in the U.S. in 1946. Some of the personal letters in her collection are from Edgar Allan Poe and Paul Gauguin. She is handling the letters from German chancellor Adolf Hitler despite her reluctance to accept autographs from the Nazis. Benjamin considers the typewriter as the main reason behind the rarity of handwritten letters from former U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

The article reports on an announcement made by Amino Vital, amino acid-based sports nutrition products from Ajinomoto North America Inc. related to granting of two autographed official tour flags from the 2011 U.S. Open and 2011 British Open in the preparation for the celebration of Father's day. It informs that the winners of the flags will be chosen at random.

Comments on the attitude of fans seeking autographs from golfers the United States. Comparison between fans in the 1970 era and the present; Incidents with rude fans; Opinion on the sale of signed items through the Internet.

Report that President George Bush's signature appears on the back of each souvenir tie clip distributed by the White House, unlike most recent presidents who had their names on the front.

The article offers the insights of American filmmaker Liz Goldwyn concerning her Hollywood experiences during her childhood. Goldwyn states that she and her brother Peter treated the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion music hall in Los Angeles, California as their personal playground. She also mentioned how they enjoyed collecting autographs from several renowned indivuduals including actresses Jennifer Jones, Oprah Winfrey, and Bette Davis.

Presents an article on an unforgettable moment with Babe Ruth, a U.S. professional baseball player and national director of the American Legion Baseball (ALB), during the annual ALB All-Star Game in Los Angeles, California in 1947. Response of fans to the player's presence in the event; Effort done to get the autograph of Ruth.

Focuses on obtaining autographs of people who have portrayed a celebrity honored on U.S. postage stamps. Background of an autograph of Buddy Hackett who portrayed Lou Costello in a made-for-television movie; Details of the 1993 commemorative stamp which featured Elvis Presley; Names of actresses who portrayed Marilyn Monroe in several movies.

Presents an article on obtaining U.S. children's authors' autographs on First Day Covers. Childhood impression on author E. B. White; Death of author Edna Walker Chandler; Description of the book "Franklin Delano Roosevelt," Russell Freedman.

In 1927, five-year-old Elliot Spencer contracted a life-threatening infection of the blood, causing the New York City Health Department to post a quarantine notice on the door of his family's Bronx apartment. When a microbe-phobic neighbor noticed the sign, she went so far as to sprinkle yellow disinfectant powder on the Spencers' doorstep. As fate would have it, her husband was Doc Woods, the fabled Yankees trainer of the 1920s. Once he discovered what his wife had done, Woods roundly chastised his spouse. The next day, a contrite Eugenie Woods showed up at the Spencers' threshold bearing not more sulfurous powder but a baseball that her husband--along with the entire team, including sluggers Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth--had signed. The baseball must have possessed curative powers, for young Spencer recovered and grew up to enjoy a career as a chemical engineer, living to age 71. Long before his death in 1994, the baseball had become a family heirloom. Elliot's son Brad donated the autographed ball to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, adding to the more than 100 baseballs in its collection. Other treasures include a 1937 ball signed by Buck Leonard and other players for the Homestead Grays, the legendary Washington, D.C. Negro League team, and a ball bearing the autograph of Jackie Robinson from 1953, six years after he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers and integrated the game. For the first half-century of the game--beginning in the 1870s or so--an autographed ball was quite a rarity. The major leagues ordained that balls were to be kept in play until they were no longer usable, and spectators were obligated to throw back any horsehides that came their way. Not until 1920, the year the Red Sox traded Ruth to the Yankees, did the leagues keep fresh balls in good supply and allow spectators to keep what fell in their laps.

The article presents information on the collection of two dozen manuscript items, more than a hundred books and an estimated six hundred autograph letters of playwright George Bernard Shaw in the Berg Collection in the Public Library in the U.S. These are 1880 job-applicant reply to a clerk-wanted advertisement and a postcard he sent to Siegfried Trebitsch who translated his works into German in the fall 1945.

The article offers information related to American politician Francis Elias Spinner who was known for changing his signatures on each occupation he held. It states that Spinner has been named as U.S. Treasurer wherein he has helped develop the U.S. Postage and Fractional Currency. It mentions that during his term more U.S. postage stamps and paper money became available. It adds that his autograph on greenbacks became most familiar in the country.

The article reports on the 2008 appearance schedule of Jack Roush in the U.S. It cites that fans and owners of Roush Performance products will have a chance to meet Roush and get a photo or autograph at eight events from coast-to-coast. According to the article, there is no charge to meet Roush or obtain an autograph. The complete schedule of Roush's appearances can be viewed at www.roushperformance.com.

This article reports on the successful sale of a signed U.S. Beatles album at an online auction. The album "Meet the Beatles," autographed to George Harrison's sister Louise by all four Beatles, was sold at $115,228. Information is presented on the total sales posted by the auction. According to ItsOnlyRockNRoll.com owner Marc Zakarin, other Beatles albums have realized around $70,000.

The article reports on the Sharpie Autographs for Education program which is a national education campaign in the U.S. that urges professional athletes and celebrities to request everyday people for their autographs. Sharpie will be contributing $1 million in school supplies and funds to students, parents and teachers in various communities, in exchange for one million autographs.

Provides information on the It's Only Rock 'N' Roll auction in the U.S. held on December 16, 2005. List of posters that were sold at the auction; Overview of memorabilia and autographs by The Beatles that were auctioned at the event; Value of an original painting done by Frank Zappa.

Presents views of Sheila Kurtz, chief graphology officer of the Pilot Pen Corp. of America, on the personality of several U.S. hip-hop and rhythm and blues artists based on their handwriting. Paul Wall; Sheek Louch; Chamillionaire.

This article presents information on the music legend Elton John's music show in Las Vegas. "We wanted to change the kind of show being done in Vegas," says John, who launched a three-year, estimated 74 million dollar grossing engagement at Caesars Palace on February 13, 2004. Tickets for "The Red Piano," the next show, scheduled for March 23, are selling briskly. And for those who want more, an autographed red piano is available for 30,000 dollar.

Some of the sporting world's greatest heroes aren't always who they're made out to be. A recent report published by Professional Sports Authenticator, the largest independent sports memorabilia service in the country, found that more than half of the autographs it examined last year from stars such as Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth, Michael Jordan and Shaquille O' Neal were forgeries. U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation reportedly estimates that as many as 90 percent of the autographs circulated in $1 billion sports memorabilia market are fake.

Focuses on the impact of tablet personal computers (TPC) on computing in the U.S. Prediction about the widespread use of TPC in reading newspapers and magazines; Criticism on the capability of the device in terms of handwriting recognition; Question on the effect of the technology on schools and the students.

Reports on the auction of a letter written by flight pioneer Charles Lindbergh at the Swann Galleries' autographs auction on November 14, 2002 in New York City.

Features the award given to a second grader Nick Mason at Blessed Sacrament School as the 2002 Zaner-Bloser National Handwriting contests state champion in New Jersey. Interest of Mason in drawing; Enjoyment in writing captions; Use of cardboard for writing letters; Interest of Mason to learn cursives.

Reports the release of PenCam, an autograph authentication device with an appearance of a pen from Upper Deck Cos. in the U.S. Guarantee on the authenticity of autographs; Use of a minute video camera for the digital recording of an autograph; Rampant use of forged authographs.

Reports on the offers received by Twice Upon a Bagel shop owner Steve Vaccaro for the Lizzie Grubman-autographed poster displayed in his New York City shop. Message written by Lizzie Grubman for the shop.

Evaluates the Lotus restaurant in New York, New York. Food service of the restaurant; Autograph of celebrity customers in the restaurant; Qualifications of the chief chef.

Suggests an autograph policy for golf fans in the United States.

Presents news briefs about education and teaching professionals in the United States as of January 2001. Details on the 2001 National Handwriting Contest sponsored by the Zaner-Bloser Educational Publishers; Information on the free school equipment from the Campbell's Labels for Education redemption program.

Features Los Altos, California, resident Sean Kawaguchi's collection of signatures from top golfers.

Reports on five living ex-presidents' photograph as a group at the dedication of the Reagan Library in 1991. Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and George Bush; Cost of the autographs; Agreement to keep prices up by not signing any additional copies.

Editorial. Ponders on how the practice of signing authographs by baseball players affects the views of fans to the sport. Information on Darryl Strawberry of the New York Yankees; Significance of baseball.

Focuses on the collection of autographs by American presidents. Price range of several autographs; Success of the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis estate auction.

Reports on the auctioning of several autographs of personalities involved in New Mexico's Lincoln County War by American West Archives. Prices; Contact information.

The article reports on the move of The Kessler Collection to Kessler Canyon to the Autograph portfolio in the U.S. Richard Kessler, chief executive officer (CEO), states that the move is made to help bring credibility to the new brand. It mentions the seven properties who planned to franchise on the collection including Grand Bohemian Hotel Asheville, the Casa Monica Hotel and the Mansion on Forsyth Park.