Carrie Fisher - May the Force be with you.

This is a post that is being done decades before its time. A very sad and premature passing.

Buying a short period after a celebrity's death is always a bad idea. Prices are over-inflated and a ton of fakes flood the market. In particular, Carrie Fisher used a secretary for mail requests, so that comes into play as well. As always, do your homework and caveat emptor.

Authentic Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill signed photo. Signed through Official Pix.

Thank you Carrie Fisher for all of your great work. You will be missed.

Official Pix Harrison Ford Autographs: Fast sellout!

Official Pix conducted a private signing with Harrison Ford and offered signed 11x14s for $479.99. The inventory sold out in 4 minutes!

The one photo available was the pose of Han Solo, Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker, and Chewbacca. I tend to avoid group poses because they force you to complete it -- a task and additional expense I don't want -- or you end up with a piece that looks unfinished.

I was happy to see Official Pix offer the opportunity, but I passed.

Also, I know 11x14s are popular, especially among entertainment collectors, but I really prefer 8x10s.

More Star Wars: Clive Revill as Emperor Palpatine signed photo

Clive Revill was the original voice of Emperor Palpatine in The Empire Strikes Back. He was replaced by Ian McDiarmid when the Special Edition DVD was released.

From a recent signing with Official Pix... Mr. Revill has a very interesting curly signature style.

Frank Oz as Yoda signed photo

I don't venture much into modern entertainment... Star Wars is about as modern as I get. I continue to slowly plug away at my Star Wars signed photo collection. Very happy to add a Frank Oz "Yoda" pose to the collection courtesy of Skyline Signatures. An especially bold signature and the "Yoda" inscription is a nice plus.

George Lucas signed photo - May the Force be with you

I'll take a vintage personalized photo inscribed "May the Force be with you" any day over the contemporary George Lucas scribbles.