Signing An Album Which You Worked On

I want to offer the buyers on ebay an album with or without my signature (their choice).

I don't know if there is any precedence for making this kind of statement, so I am asking. Do other people sign their names to collections they worked on?

Also, I have 5 albums for sale on ebay if anyone is interested.http://www.ebay.com/sch/brenda6u6o/...047675.l2562

I'm not bragging, but I do someday expect a new theory of evolution I am working on to take hold. My signature might make a collection more valuable - but not yet after working for only 19 years to make the news.

I don't know about others, but when I buy one, I usually deconstruct the albums, take out the stamps and toss the albums, as usually I bought it for a specific reason, stamp wise. Occasionally I will save pages, say if they are good complete Scott National, for e.g. I would likely save Scott International volumes if in good condition. In that case writing of any kind on the album or pages would decrease its value to me.

I saw many index cards with signatures for sale on ebay, but today in looking again, I am seeing plate blocks with signatures (sometimes more than one).

A picture engraver, modeler, and letter engraver signed the Holy Bible stamp.

John Lennon's stamp album is pictured online.

http://postalmuseum.si.edu/lennon/page_index.html

Signatures mean nothing unless it is a expert in the area related to the stamp.

I was going to say what Floortrader said, though perhaps less succinctly. You are more likely to make a name for yourself (and your collections) if you specialize in a particular area you collect and write articles or books about it.

If I were interested in signing (autographing?) an album I had worked on, I think the best approach would be to add an album page with the historical information and/or work performed to accomplish that goal and place a signature on that page, too, if desired.

Should the album be sold, given away, or acquired by inheritance to another generation of your family, the signature may be considered a valuable keepsake; on the other hand, if the album is acquired by a stranger that could care less about the person signing it, the album page could easily be removed and the remainder of the collection no worse for the wear.

It seems to me that would successfully allow one's name to be placed on an album and depending on who acquires the album later in life, the new owner can either keep the signature page or discard it without detracting from the stamp-related contents of the album.

This isn't exactly signing of stamp albums, but is something just as important. The APS offers business-card-sized cards to insert into your stamp albums with information for your heirs. I've placed a card inside the front and another inside the back of each of my albums and attached them with self-adhesive address labels (I have a post office box).

If something happens to you, then your heirs or whoever wraps up your estate knows to contact the APS estate advisory service for a volunteer to review and appraise your collection.

Have you ever thought about just signing your name across your favorite stamp or the one that you think is most relevant to who you are or the work you've done or what you enjoy?

Never, ever, ever!

With no disrespect intended, I would never buy a stamp with a signature across it unless the person's signature was that of someone famous and their autograph was worth more than the stamp. Even then it might be iffy.

Ohhhh just imagine the riches one could pull in having a thrift store stamp album signed by Charles Darwin

If you are selling on ebay, I definitely don't think you'll want to be signing your stamps. However, if you're collecting purely for your own enjoyment - with no concern for future value - then be as artistic as you wish to be, it's your collection. You could even initial and then cut them into octagonal shapes, I hear that someone did that to a rather famous stamp long ago...

It's very cute how the number of stamps in the album, signed by John Lennon, changes (decreases), showing how a few were removed at separate times. Maybe the number of stamps is also a vital piece of information.

As technology improves, someday you could also include a memory device showing exactly which stamps were there on what date.

I think I like the idea best of including a blank envelope with a stamp in the corner with a signature because I see that those are actually marketed separately on ebay. I already decided I like the science stamp the best. What is it? 5 cents, I think.