- How are you doing? Good.
How are you? Pretty good. What do you have here? I have an autographed
self-portrait done by Alfred Hitchcock. Let's check it out. What do you think? Does that look like my profile? Hairy. [laughs] I have an Alfred Hitchcock
autographed self-portrait. I collect Hollywood
memorabilia, and there was a celebrity auction going on. And this was one of the
couple that I purchased. Now I would like to sell
it to expand my baseball autograph collection. This is pretty cool. This silhouette is known
from his TV series, "Alfred Hitchcock Presents." And there would be
a silhouette of him, and then the camera
would be focused on it. He would walk into it like this. And the silhouette would
line up with his face, and it would disappear. Then he would be standing here. Good evening, ladies
and gentlemen. Yeah. And that's where this
silhouette comes from. So Alfred Hitchcock is a
pretty fascinating character. Are you an Alfred Hitchcock fan? I am. I own all his movies,
all his "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" episodes. What are the movies he did? He did "Vertigo," "North By
Northwest," "To Catch a Thief." "To Catch a Thief," yeah. "Rear Window." And then in 1960, he had his
most shocking movie, "Psycho." And it wasn't a big hit with the
critics, but the fans loved it. It was suspenseful, and it
went on to be his biggest hit. It's kind of what
he's known for today. The master of suspense. Yeah. He's obviously a little
bit before my time, but nominated for five
Academy Awards, three Emmys. Just this bigger-than-life
kind of guy at the time. I've just got to get
a closer look here. I've never seen his
signature before in person. I've seen pictures of it before. How much are you
asking for this? $3,000. OK. It very well could
be worth that. I don't know. I can't verify this, though,
and I'm definitely not going to be able to pay you $3,000
unless I have someone come down and take a look at it. - Absolutely.
- All right. Give me a few minutes. Terrific. I feel that this autograph
is 100% legitimate, and I would welcome
an outside expert to come in and examine it. He's asking $3,000 for it. I'm not sure if he's
psycho on the price, so I'm having Steve come
down to take a look at it. - How's it going?
- Good. How are you?
- Good. Nice to see you. Nice to see you. Good evening,
ladies and gentlemen. Scary. How are you doing? Nice to see you. Thanks for coming out. This is what I called you about. It's really cool. It has his silhouette there. I don't know too much
about Alfred Hitchcock. Really one of the greatest
filmmakers of all time. You look back at
the films he made, he always had that suspenseful,
anxiety-type filming. It still stands
the test of time. Because a lot of
filmmakers still follow his model, his theory. So it is really quite amazing. So your concerns? Well, my concerns
are, obviously, is this autograph real? And I also want to know, is
the silhouette a constant in his signature, or is that
a special thing to have? It would vary. He would do it sometimes
for special people, maybe a special friend. Did he do it all the time? No. Does it add more
to the signature? Yes. But my biggest concern
is with stuff like this, is it printed, or is it
actually live ink on there? And that's something
we need to take a look at to start off with. OK. And almost immediately, I
can tell he's using a fiber tip marker, I believe,
on-- yeah, that's what we're looking at here. Obviously, the next
thing I want to do-- I always look at an
example of the signature and how he signed his name
and did his thing on here. So the thing I love
about his autograph is he had this defining
moment for his A, always. He'd start off here, and
he'd lead right into it. Ironically enough,
his last name, Hitchcock, but he has a
nice little hitch here. And he just flows right into it. And there's no doubt about it. Ink is live. Caricature is great. I have no doubt
that he did that. Signature looks
absolutely magnificent. Steve, I'm in suspense here. Tell me how much. I'll put the value
right at $1,200. OK, perfect. Well, not exactly what
you were looking for, but I appreciate you coming by. Good to see you, Chum. I know you're
asking for $3,000. I've seen them recently
selling as high as $7,500. OK. What's your bottom price on it? $2,500 would be
my bottom line. I've got to believe what
my man Steve Grad says. With him telling me
this is worth $1,200, I'd be a buyer at about $600. No, I think I'll
take it with me. OK. Well, thanks for coming in. - Thank you.
- Have a great day. You too. Thanks again. Thank you. I came in looking for $3,000. They offered me $600. That's psycho.
