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Abby Dark-Star would make a great cosplay guest.

I booked two tickets to the dinner a couple of weeks ago, I send an email with my guest preferrences at the same time but I have not received a reply. I was wondering when ticket holders will be told who they will be sitting with? I very much look forward to your reply.

I would love to see: Peter Fontaine from For Your Eyes Only Clifton James Lewis Gilbert Alec Mills Margot Kidder Adam West Burt Ward

It would be great to see Peter Fontaine added to the guest list. He appeared in For Your Eyes Only as the captain of the MI6 ship that was sunk in the beginning of the film.

I personally would also like to see some more ‘meatier’ guests announced i.e. like George Lazenby, Christopher Lee, Maud Adams, Richard Kiel, Louis Jourdan, Steven Berkoff, Michael Lonsdale and David Hedison. Timothy Dalton would not do a convention appearance as he refuses to sign James Bond items and generally doesn’t like signing anything. Although the same was also true of Diana Rigg and she did a convention last year, so if the money is right then who knows!

Given that James Bond is celebrating 50 years of cinema this year I think it would be ludicrous for Bond not to have a big presence at Autographica or indeed at any other film convention this year. I very much hope that Autographica will get even more Bond guests, particularly from the early films i.e. Ursula Andress. This is not necessarily a bad thing for non-Bond fans as many Bond actors have also appeared in other films and TV that would be of interest to the more general film fan, for example Bond guests already announced have also appeared in Superman III, Indiana Jones, The Persuaders, Lethal Weapon, Die Hard and Alien. So even if Autographica ONLY had Bond guests then there would still be lots for non-Bond fans to enjoy because of the varied and long careers that these guests have had.

I think its great that James Bond is doing so well, in terms of guests and quite rightly, given that we have entered the 50th Anniversary year and I really hope a lot more are announced in the upcoming months. I would like to suggest that David Hedison would make a great and popular guest. I believe he has attended many UK events in the past and I am sure he would be interested in attending, if approached.

Here's my wish list: Brian Clemens - writer of the Avengers etc Ken Wallis - YOLT stunts Sir Robert Rietti†- Bond and the Persuaders Jeremy Burnham - Avengers writer Johnny Goodman - Persuaders and Saint producer Richard Briers

I was wondering if the day will include a tour of the studios? perhaps not the stages as that throws up a lot of permission issues but how about a tour of the studio lot, with perhaps limited access to a few other areas?

If I was to take an item to an expert I would take it to one of the top auction houses in London, as you quite rightly say, you can not trust all experts, that's why I would go the best if I had an item of high value.

Hi keithporter23, what Persuaders! items did you get Mr Curtis to sign? In addition to the signed photo of Roger Moore and Tony Curtis I also have my 2007 Persuaders DVD collection signed by Roger Moore and about a dozen other people involved in the show, both actors and crew members.

I agree, none of the ways I mentioned were 100% but I think all you can do is research who you buy from as much as possible and get as much proof as possible, or is there a better way to check an item is genuine that I have not mentioned? - apart from taking it to an expert or getting the autographs in person.

I'm certainly very careful of what I buy when it comes to autographs, ideally of course if the item comes with a picture of the star getting it signed that is pretty good proof! Also if the person selling the item has a picture of himself with the celebrity (and can of course also prove that he is the person in the photo!), or if he has tickets to the show that the celebrity was at is another way of limiting the risk. But I agree that unless you get the star to sign it infront of you, then it can be very difficult to know whether something is genuine or not. I suppose I asked what other people had signed by Tony Curtis to get an idea of what is out there, the sort of things one might expect to come across on ebay etc.

I hope this post won't get deleted as its quite nice to find out what other people have in their collections and I would also have thought that this forum would be a good place to sell and trade items beacuse of the specialist knowledge that the people on this forum have, i.e. this knowledge could help to stop the selling of fakes etc. Obviously if people were to start selling autographs of stars that Showmasters currently represent, then I could see why they might want to close the thread, but as Mr. Curtis has been gone for awhile, hopefully they will keep the thread open.

Hello, I was wondering how many people on these forums was lucky enough to meet Tony Curtis in 2008 at Autograph and what items did you get him to sign? I was not able to attend the event but I do have a couple of Tony Curtis autographs: A 10x8 Colour photo signed by Roger Moore and Tony Curtis A limited printing of his autobiography signed A signed DVD sleeve of Spartacus Edit: Sorry but you are not allowed to sell items on this forum.

Well it seems pretty clear that it is Aldrin who is exploiting his fans, my apologies Showmasters, I do not know that you did not have an imput into guest autograph rates. I could understand him charging £200 + if he needed the money, but he clearly doesn't, why couldn't he be more in line with others in his proffession?, i.e. around £80-100, especially in an economic climate such as the one we now find ourseleves in. What he is charging can not really be put down to anything else than personnal greed - unless of course he gives most of what he gets to charities afterwards, and I would hope that is the case. If it is a case of him pocketing the money then I am afraid that I loose all respect for him. To charge your fans that amount of money is very unfair, let alone making additional charges for dedications etc. It jsut seems very disrespectful to his fans and seems to point to the man being arrogant and in love with his own self importance. And to answer your question: "would I pay £225 for my particular hero?" - the answer is no, because if my hero charged me that amount of money, he would not be my hero anymore.

you would think that Buzz Aldrin would charge less for his autograph as he is a very rich man and doesn't really need the money and therefore he would be more concerned about providing a good deal for his fans. After all not everyone has £200 + to spend on an autograph, but there will be really big fans who will part with the money, probably that they can not afford in order to get the autograph of their life long hero. It just leaves a very bad taste in my mouth that Mr. Aldrin and showmasters would exploit the fans to such a degree. I do not say this with any disrespect intended and I am sure that my feelings will be shared by a lot of the fans who read this forum.

I would like to see Ken Wallis (the pilot from You Only Live Twice and WWII hero) as well as Gene Wilder.

appreciating beauty does not make that someone a pervert.

Hello, does anyone else agree that the girl who did the Jessica Rabbit cosplay was one of the best things about the whole weekend? For me she was a real highlight. She appeared last year also as Jessica Rabbit and was drop dead gorgeous and was back this year looking even more beautiful (something which I didn't think was possible!) in a fantastic new version of her costume. Does anyone have any photos of this stunning woman they would like to share? the best things about the convention for me personally: Christopher Llyod, Karen Gillian, Brent Spiner, Walter Koenig,Alex Kingston and Jessica Rabbit.

could it be Christopher Lee?

Any more pictures of Jessica floating around?

Like the idea that you should sign autographs next Comic Con! I'm pretty sure you were more popular than the majority of the celebrity guests. Perhaps you could print off some photos of you as Jessica and then sign those!

Hello, I attended both days of the Comic Con and I thought that one of the best things about the convention was the lady dressed up as Jessica Rabbit! Does anyone have any photos of this beauty they would like to share? I was lucky to meet her during the event but I didn't have my camera with me! the best things about the convention for me personally: William Shatner, Jessica Rabbit, Kristanna Loken, Elizabeth Sladen - thats in no particlar order mind.