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Selling Your Star Wars Autographs!

Selling off a personal collection that you’ve dedicated time, money, and effort into building is never an easy decision to make. However, most collectors come to grips with that reality and that de...

Every Saga Has a Beginning: The Origins of SWAU

             Andy Luk grew impatient.            It’s noteworthy because, if you ask any of the 7,000 members of Star Wars Autograph Universe --  the collecting group that was birthed this very mo...

Original Trilogy Main Character Autographs By The Numbers

Watching different Star Wars actors sign autographs for the last few decades, I started trying to figure out the numbers. How many pieces have been signed? How much value should be attached to eac...

I've Got a Bad Feeling About This: Your Collection as Assets

“I’m never going to sell that.”“This is my personal grail.”“I don’t collect for investment, I collect for fun.”Raise your hand if you’ve heard someone say that. Now, raise your hand if you yourse...

When Will It Stop? (Or Knowing When to End a Multi-Signed Project)

If you haven't heard, SWAU is doing an extremely rare signing with Nick Nolte, and for a lot of you that means that a lot of you (to include myself) are going to going to be starting a new Multi-Si...

Not Supporting 'THE DEALERS' and the Deceptions Employed to Make Money

“I don’t support dealers. It’s all about the fans.”Those words are the hollow excuse used to extract more of your dollars. $300 for a photo-op and $300 for a signature at your local comic con? T...

Integrity: Your Reputation in this Hobby Means Everything

For the longest time, throughout history, people would fight to preserve their good names…their honor.The ‘ole slap across the face with a white riding glove because one gentleman had besmirched a...

These Are Your First Steps: Becoming a 'Star Wars' Autograph Collector

I’ve been collecting autographs for 19 years. However, i went 19 years between actually adding autographs to my collection.The first time I met an actor from that Galaxy Far, Far Away, a scheduli...

Getting Your Items Ready for a SWAU Send-In

This is a compilation of the send-in guides written by both Broderick Martin and Joel Cooke. If you have never participated in a send-in signing before, or are curious as to how better prepare yo...

Never Trust a Table Sharpie!

It's officially 2020, and that means it's time for another Star Wars Celebration, which is only seven months away! While that may seem like a ways off, it'll be here before you know it, and we want...