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It dependes.
A booklet autographed by YOR worth a lot.
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What's the point in buying a composer's signature if you don't get them to sign it personally for you?
This is why there is no big market massproducing celebrity signatures with the latest photocopy technology.
I have a copy of "Touch Of Evil" that reads "To My Friend Roy...Hank" followed by his drawing of a treble clef on the booklet.
No way I'd ever part with it.
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Jul 12, 2013 - 10:00 PM
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manderley
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.....An inscribed booklet, however, is not as valuable to collectors as the signed one.
For instance, it may mean something to Peter to have a thousand CD booklets inscribed "To my Good Friend Peter, Hans Zimmer".
To Robert, who wants Zimmer's autograph, it's not as valuable as a booklet that reads "Regards, Hans Zimmer".....
This can be true, however an autograph inscribed to its recipient is almost always guaranteed to be authentic, and not a forgery.
My favorite story, although not about composer autographs is about one autograph I found for sale on eBay.
The seller was offering a genuine autographed photo of actress Hedy Lamarr. Because Lamarr was a very iconic screen beauty, and her autograph rarer than some, he was promoting this as special.
When I pulled up the photo on the site, it was an 8x10 glossy, not of Lamarr, but of actress Dorothy LAMOUR! That would have been OK, it it had been autographed by Lamour.
But, in his zeal to sell it for more money, he had first mis-identified the photo as Lamarr, and then hand-autographed it himself as "Heady Lamour!!!" A totally confused and illiterate seller!
I thought it was hysterical! I should have bought it!!!
Over the years I've worked with many famous people, and often had them sign something for me, usually with an inscription. Some are now quite valuable. But I have also done something which I think makes them more valuable AND gives them a back-story. I usually write the circumstances of the autograph---where signed, when signed, and under what circumstance---and any little story pertinent to the signature signing at that moment---what did the signer say, did he/she like the photo, poster, film?---what was the reaction to the article signed? I write this on a small card and keep it in an envelope attached to the back of the photo. This gives the signature a personalization and historical provenance that might be of interest to a future buyer or collector even though the inscription is not to them---particularly if the inscription is also to someone famous by someone famous.
An inscription by John Williams to Steven Spielberg would likely be more valuable than a simple anonymous signature by Williams---because it is authentic, and has a back-story attached.
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They aren't worth anything that is why I have no issue taking them off your hands so I can properly dispose of them....into my collection 
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A composer's autograph is worth something to anyone who values the composer.
A signed booklet is a treasure to those folks.
An inscribed booklet, however, is not as valuable to collectors as the signed one.
For instance, it may mean something to Peter to have a thousand CD booklets inscribed "To my Good Friend Peter, Hans Zimmer".
To Robert, who wants Zimmer's autograph, it's not as valuable as a booklet that reads "Regards, Hans Zimmer".
Robert is not named Peter, so it's "somebody else's" treasure...not Robert's.
Well said Ron, "is worth something to anyone who values the composer." I love these guys and gals and getting a memento really means something. Now as time happens and a composer is no longer with us, the collector/completist in me comes out and I want a Jerry Goldsmith signed goodie and I don't care who it's made out to. Luckily I rectified that recently. It's a fun little hobby which has opened up, oddly enough, some HUGE HUGE doors and I have met some absolutely fascinating people along the way.
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