Autograph Hunters Denied Thrill Of The Kill

TWO businessmen stand accused of selling merchandise bearing forged autographs.

It is alleged that such items as a signed picture of Ronaldo (the Portuguese version, as opposed to the two Brazilian greats of the same name), an England cap autographed by Steven Gerrard and a rugby jersey personalised by Jonny Wilkinson are fakes.

The accused deny any wrongdoing. The trial continues.

But it is all cheating on the part of the customer. The thrill of seeing a famous face requires proof, and so an autograph. There is also the excitement of meeting the mystery celebrity, the one you see signing autographs freely and invite to sign your piece of paper.

You then spend an age trying work out who he was.

But just buying the picture with the star’s name on it not enough unlike buying passnote books to the full works of literature. It is autograph hunting without the chase.

It’s cheating, fame by association and desperately sad.

Yours, Vanessa Feltz…

Anorak

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