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