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  2. Autograph collecting - Wikipedia

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    Autograph collecting is the practice of collecting autographs of famous persons. Some of the most popular categories of autograph subjects are politicians, military soldiers, athletes, movie stars, artists, social and religious leaders, scientists, astronauts, and authors . Some collectors may specialize in specific fields (such as Nobel Prize ...

  3. Alexander Autographs - Wikipedia

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    Alexander Autographs. Alexander Autographs is an auctioneer of historic militaria, autographs, manuscripts, relics, and other collectibles. Based in Chesapeake City, Maryland, the auction house first opened to bidders in 1993 and has since garnered controversy for the sale of items like Nazi memorabilia .

  4. Star Wars trading card - Wikipedia

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    Star Wars trading card usually refers to a non-sport card themed after a Star Wars movie or television show. However a common colloquial reference to trading card can also include reference to stickers, wrappers, or caps ( pog) often produced along the same theme. Usually produced as either promotional or collectible memorabilia relating to ...

  5. Autograph - Wikipedia

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    An autograph is a person's own handwriting or signature. The word autograph comes from Ancient Greek ( αὐτός, autós, "self" and γράφω, gráphō, "write"), and can mean more specifically: [1] [2] a manuscript written by the author of its content. [1] [2] In this meaning the term autograph can often be used interchangeably with holograph.

  6. Autograph (manuscript) - Wikipedia

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    An autograph or holograph is a manuscript or document written in its author 's or composer 's hand. The meaning of "autograph" as a document penned entirely by the author of its content (as opposed to a typeset document or one written by a copyist or scribe other than the author) overlaps with that of "holograph".

  7. List of Star Wars books - Wikipedia

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    Star Wars is an American epic space-opera media franchise, centered on a film series created by George Lucas that includes Star Wars (1977), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), and Return of the Jedi (1983). The series depicts the adventures of various characters "a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away".

  8. Star Wars sources and analogues - Wikipedia

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    J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 The Hobbit and 1954–55 The Lord of the Rings novels inspired George Lucas's creation of Star Wars in 1977. An early draft for the 1977 Star Wars film is said to have included an exchange of dialogue between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker taken directly from the conversation between Gandalf and Bilbo in Chapter 1 of The Hobbit, where Gandalf/Kenobi says "Good morning!"

  9. Autograph book - Wikipedia

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    Autograph book. 1888 autograph book. An autograph book (also known as an autograph album, a memory album or friendship album) [1] is a book for collecting the autographs of others. Traditionally they were exchanged among friends, colleagues, and classmates to fill with poems, drawings, personal messages, small pieces of verse, and other mementos.