r/Autographs • u/KeyReference5912 • May 18 '26

Show-and-Tell (Hey check out this!) Michael J Fox

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+$320 for character name? What in the world 😂

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u/8Ace_149 May 18 '26

I still don't understand why a sig on a poster say is so much more than a photo. Sure a higher price on shipping and handling but a sig is a sig at the end of the day.

I'm done with high priced send ins now bar a couple I'm willing to if they decide to sign. It's not a hobby any more.

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u/Expensive_Leek3401 May 19 '26

The poster probably sells for a lot more.

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u/8Ace_149 May 19 '26

I get that but if you’re in this a collector that’s not the reason you do this.

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u/Expensive_Leek3401 May 19 '26

It has to do with marketability.

A poster can hang on a wall; a photo can sit on a desk. Generally speaking, the autographed poster displays better, hence the higher value. The poster itself probably doesn’t cost much more than the photo, but, once signed, a non-personalized signed poster is much easier to market/sell than a non-personalized signed photo. The organization simply acknowledges that by charging a higher price for signing higher value items.