In a new age of auto-signatures and celebrity selfies, it’s easy to dismiss autographs as a dying art. But to Josh Kun, author and director of the USC Annenberg School of Communication, autographs are ...

A new exhibit showing the Los Angeles Public Library’s autograph collection explores the lure of the autograph — a yearning to capture a piece of someone — and what it says about human nature. The ...

A donated copy of Paul McCartney’s 1976 book In His Own Words turned out to be a lucky find for a charity shop in the U.K.The ...

An autograph book containing signatures from the “biggest bands of the 1960s” along with certificates the Beatles never collected and a pair of John Lennon’s sunglasses are to go on sale. The ...

With Mary Todd Lincoln, Mark Twain and even Oscar Wilde, a mystery remains: How did Lafayette Cornwell get all these people to autograph his book? By James Barron The little book is a relic from the ...

Josh Kun wanted to document Los Angeles’ history through autographs, so he started in an obvious place: the signatures of the famous. But then he went to an unexpected place: the streets, where he ...

Warren Buffett is considered a hero, mentor and investing legend to many people over the years. An autograph from the legendary investor is a coveted keepsake for many and some are up for sale soon.

My German-Jewish grandmother’s childhood autograph book survived the Holocaust. It is one of the few that did. The author's grandmother, Jenny Katz, in 1927, the year before she married Siegfried ...

Joseph Mikulec walked the globe collecting signatures from kings and paupers. Now his century-old autograph book is going back home. Joseph Mikulec sold his autograph book to Philadelphia businessman ...

The autograph book is one of the most requested items at Kilmainham Jail in Dublin. A collection of autograph books owned by prisoners during the 1916 Easter Rising was published online in 2017. The ...

I don’t remember how many times I have asked that question. No one has ever said, “No.” The result is a small booklet that is a storehouse full of memories. Many names in my autograph book were ...