WOW IS IT CHRISTMAS ALREADY!!!!

Flippin' heck, it's already Christmas. Who stole 2009!!! I know my baby, Gigi stole my heart and won't give it back (Thank God) What a great lady. Three months together this year and back for good next year. The time cannot pass quickly enough as far as I am concerned, but enough of my love life and on with the show, so to speak!!!

Although the world has slowed down and way too much crap is going on these days, there is still time to enjoy the good things in life. And apart from beautiful woman, nothing beats collecting autographs and having a good chuckle with life. In recent times I have built up a bunch of interviews which definitely need to be part of my NY's resolution to get finished when I get the time. Interviews I need to complete include Malisa Longo (very close to finished) Louise Pajo, Patrice Munsel (What a grand lady) and hopefully soon Alana Curry, Sandra Taylor, Shani Wallis and Audra Lynn.

I've also completed signings with a variety of folk both new and old including Sandra Taylor, Elizabeth Di Prinzio, Mamie von Doren (through a mate in the USA) and waiting on 30 signed photos from Tippi Hedren from The Birds and Audra Lynn who was in Playboy in 2003. Also new signings with Noel Neill (another amazing lady who turned 89 on November 29 and still rocks along) Jane Seymour signed 44 photos but many are already gone and she co-signed a number of photos which feature other James Bond stars like David Hedison. Coleen Gray is a very fine and sweet signer and I hope to interview her just after Christmas. Of course, there are a huge amount of various signings from my contacts in the UK and USA including recent Autographica and Collectormania shows.

I want to wish everyone, everywhere a very safe and happy Christmas. For every dollar you spend on your wife, kids or husband I hope you spend the same on some worthwhile cause as well and remember it is tax deductible!!!

Here are a few addresses that may be of use to you...

Richard Anderson, 10120 Clelo Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210

Ed Asner, 3556 Mound View Ave., Studio City, CA 91604

Lauren Bacall, 1 W. 72nd St. #43, New York, NY 10023

Scott Baio, 4333 Forman Ave., Toluca Lake, CA 91602

Ned Beatty, 2706 N. Beachwood Dr., Los Angles, CA 90068

Warren Beatty, 13671 Mulholland Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210

Ann Blyth, Box 9754, Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067

Matthew Broderick, P.O. Box 69646, Los Angeles, CA 90069

Sandra Bullock, 8581 Santa Monica Blvd. #1, West Hollywood, CA 90069

Lynda Carter, 9200 Harrington Dr., Potomac, MD 20854

Joan Collins, OBE c/o Charlesworth, 68 Old Brompton Rd. 2nd Fl., London SW7 3LQ UK

Tyne Daly, 405 E. 54th St. #12D, New York, NY 10022

Dana Delany, c/o Paradigm, 360 N. Crescent Dr., No.. Bldg., Beverly Hills, CA 90210

Olympia Dukakis, 684 Broadway #6E, New York, NY 10012

Robert Duvall, Box 520, The Plains, VA 20198

Eric Estrada, 3940 Laurel Canyon Blvd. #1167, Studio City, CA 91604

Linda Evans, PO Box 29, Rainier, WA 98576

Updates & Addresses

Hello everyone as winter approaches downunda...economically speaking as well as weather-wise!!!

It's been a busy time with completing some interviews and chasing others. I've posted quite a few new ones to my website: http://www.dpriol.com/THEARTICLESHOMEPAGE.html including a good chat with one of the best James Bond autograph collectors on the planet and the excellent rocker Bill Mumy of Lost in Space fame.

I have also been working on some new signings including the fabulous Noel Neill, Coleen Gray, Ann Robinson, Bill Mumy and also in the works Anne Francis. All lovely ladies and hopefully also a phone interview with Coleen about her great career. I have also done a terrific signing with the beautiful actress Tanja Reichert, and with two of my contacts picked up signings with Joan Collins and top Playboy model, Anna Marie Goddard. I also hope to have more good news soon, but below are a few addresses that may be of use to autograph collectors everywhere, and don't forget to add an interesting but short letter and SSAE with your requests.


Karen Allen:
Karen Allen Fiber Arts, 8 Railroad St., Great Barrington, MA 01230

Cheryl Burke:
IMG, 304 Park Avenue So., 5th Fl., New York, NY 10010

Marcia Gray Harden:
God Of Carnage, Bernard B Jacobs Theater, 242 West 45th St., New York, NY 10036

John Heard:
A Number, Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90025

Leslie Nielsen:
Points Of America #2, 2200 S. Ocean Ln. Apt. 2802, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316

Cynthia Nixon:
St. Martin's Press, Attn: Publicity Dept., 175 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10010

Geoffrey Rush:
Exit The King, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 243 West 47th St., New York, NY 10036

Tony Shalhoub:
Paramount Studios Monk, 5555 Melrose, Bldg. 213, Ste 360, Los Angeles, CA 90038

Jean Stapleton:
155 W. 68th St. APT 29C, New York, NY 10023

Updates & Addresses

As Easter approaches I realised it's been a while since I updated my blog. Times have been busy and so I just wanted to update people with some news and some more addresses. At the moment I am currently in the process of obtaining private signings with several great folk. These include Bill Mumy, Susan Olsen, Chanel Ryan, Bernie Dexter, Tony Todd, Amber Smith, Emmanuelle Vaugier and Tanja Reichert. One of my in person dealers on the East Coast has also obtained some terrific Playboy babes for me, but quite a few of these have already sold on the UACC Auction Website this week.


I am also working on a whole lot of new interviews including Tony Todd and Chanel Ryan and will be putting more of my interviews on my website in the coming months. I also hope to do something fun with Raven de la Croix too. Tony will be my 100th Actor/model interview and I could not think of a nicer bloke to commemorate the occasion. He's the man, he's the Candyman!!!

I also took the plunge and became a dealer member of the IADA. The club seems to have taken on new energy and will soon be having a major relaunch, which in the long run can only help collectors worldwide. There are some of the most reliable and popular dealers involved in the dealer programme and if collectors get behind the membership it will make a nice companion club to the UACC. Hopefully it will provide a very strong exemplar catalogue and perhaps one day also add its own auction site so people can avoid the many pirates on eBay.

While there are some brilliant dealers on eBay who do a fantastic job, they are often overwhelmed by the hoards of unsavoury would-be dealers and forgers which eBay heavily profits from. With so much money available to eBay these unscrupulous sods will always be around to plague the poor collector. All we can really do is try and educate and assist unwary collectors against being duped. Most large collectors know the game and can avoid the pitfalls, but it is the person who buys a gift, is just getting started collecting or just buys the odd item who is most likely to be ripped off and we need to provide a secure place for these people so they get what they paid for and are protected by dealers who will stand by their product. All dealers will make mistakes, but the good dealers will provide a guarantee, which means the collector does not end up out of pocket.

I would think that eBay would very conservatively make at least $20-40 million plus per annum from their listing and selling fees on their website. And I mean fees accumulated just from the fakes and forgeries, secretarials and autopens. If only the good dealers were left then I think that 70% of all listed autographs would disappear overnight. And can someone explain to me why eBay allows preprints to be sold in the mainstream autograph area instead of its own category. There is no way these should be sold with the originals and just make a time-wasting distraction for collectors. It's just another one of the shonky decisions offered by eBay in the name of making a buck....

If I was a collector on eBay, I would hunt down the few reliable dealers they can find or the actors/models etc who sell their own stuff there and then avoid the rest. And this goes for most other generic auction websites too. Many others are even worse....

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Jessica Biel, 27

c/o Nicole King

Management 360

9111 Wilshire Blvd

Beverly Hills, CA 90210

Whitney Port, 24

c/o Melissa Raubvogel

Baker Winokur Ryder Public Relations (BWR-LA)

5700 Wilshire Blvd Suite 550

Beverly Hills, CA 90036

Eva Mendes, 34

c/o David Seltzer

Management 360

9111 Wilshire Blvd

Beverly Hills, CA 90210

Kevin Connolly, 35

c/o Troy Zien

William Morris Agency (WMA-LA)

1 William Morris Pl

Beverly Hills, CA 90212

Jenna Fischer, 35

c/o Naomi Odenkirk

Odenkirk Talent Management

650 N Bronson Ave #B145

Los Angeles, CA 90004

Freddi Prinze, Jr., 33

c/o Aleen Keshishian

Brillstein Entertainment Partners

9150 Wilshire Blvd

Suite 350

Beverly Hills, CA 90212

Carrie Underwood, 26

c/o Jeff Frasco

Creative Artists Agency LCC (CAA-LA)

2000 Ave Of The Stars

Los Angeles, CA 90067

Sharon Stone, 51

International Creative Management (ICM-LA)

10250 Constellation Blvd Fl 7

Los Angeles, CA 90067

Benji & Joel Madden, 30

Creative Artists Agency LCC (CAA-LA)

2000 Ave Of The Stars

Los Angeles, CA 90067

Eva Longoria Parker, 34

c/o Ron West

Thruline Entertainment

9250 Wilshire Blvd Ground Fl

Beverly Hills, CA 90210

Kim Raver, 40

c/o David (Dave) Fleming

Mosaic Media Group

9200 W Sunset Blvd Fl 10

Los Angeles, CA 90069

Lauren Graham, 42

c/o John Carrabino

John Carrabino Management

5900 Wilshire Blvd

4th Floor, Suite 406

Los Angeles, CA 90036

THE PASSING OF A GOOD MAN

IT WAS SO SAD TO HEAR THAT BOB MAY PASSED FROM HEART FAILURE ON THE WEEKEND.

Bob was aged 69 and left a wife, Judy and two children. He was well known at signing shows and LIS conventions and was always one to look after his fans and was a great favourite with TV audiences downunda for the last three generations who have watched and enjoyed Lost in Space. Bob started out in Vaudeville as a child and worked on a number of Jerry Lewis films and counted Jerry as a friend. It was even worse knowing that Judy and Bob lost most of their prized possessions in the Sylmar bushfires and now Judy has faced this doubly hard loss. One can only hope for good things for Judy and her children for the coming year. I have listed some signed 10x8 photos on eBay and the UACC Auctions to raise a little extra money for the family, and anyone wishing to help can still donate via PayPal to robot@robot-b9.com Which is part of Bob's official website run by Mark Schwandt...

New signings with June Wilkinson and Pamela Green have arrived and Bernie Dexter is on the way. The photo of Pamela was recovered from a 1949 photo that Pamela posed for as a teenager and was shown at a London Gallery in 1949. She is playing Pandora!!! Which she does very well. A third signing with Burt Ward is also in the offing, but seems always to be arriving without actually arriving!!! I am almost at the stage of trying to test the PayPal insurance process it has taken so long. Lots of other great items have hit my desk from all over the place and should have some new James Bond signings arriving soon. Plus my good friend Louise Pajo stopped by to sign some photos from UFO. It is a montage I made up from her two appearances on the 1970s cult classic from the UK.

Best wishes to everyone....

Possible Addresses:

Richard Hatch - Sandie Schnarr Talent Agency 8500 Melrose Ave. Ste. 212 West Hollywood, CA 90069 USA

Mary J. Blige, 38

Tencer and Associates

9777 Wilshire Blvd #1005

Beverly Hills, CA 9021

Howard Stern, 55

The Howard Stern Show

Sirius Satellite Radio

1221 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10020

Lola Albright-213 N Valley St. #136, Burbank, CA 91505

Scott Baio-Talent Works, 3500 W. Olive Ave. #1400, Burbank, CA 91505

Jane Fonda-1050 Techwood Dr. N.W., Atlanta, GA 30318
Samuel L. Jackson-355 North Maple Dr. #351, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Jonathan Pryce-46 Albermarle St., London W1X4PP, UK

Emma Thompson-c/o Lorraine Hamilton, Hamilton Hodell, 5th Fl., 66-68 Margaret St., London W1W8SR, UK

Mark Wahlberg-c/o Leverage Mgmt., 3030 Pennsylvania Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90404