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Proof you touched fame, written in ink that outlives the memory of meeting them.
means A person's own signature or handwriting, especially one collected as a memento because of who wrote it.
from From Greek autographos, 'written with one's own hand' — autos (self) plus graphein (to write). The word entered English in the 1500s-1600s for manuscripts in an author's own hand, long before it narrowed to the celebrity-chasing sense; the autograph hound and fan-collected signature are much later developments, riding on the same ancient promise that the hand itself carries proof of the person.
- origin
- greek for self-writing, auto plus graphein
- market twist
- forged ones outnumber real ones, experts estimate
- celebrity hack
- many stars use autopen machines to sign fan mail
- value quirk
- dead celebrities signatures often appreciate fastest