Here is your chance to add a rare, autographed Dragon Ball GT Pop! and Poster to your collection as part of this summer’s SDCC. But you’re going to have to act quickly!

Voice actress Elise Baughman will be on hand this weekend at SDCC to sign a Funko Pop! and exclusive ToyZilla ART Series Blacklight Wanted Poster of her Dragon Ball GT character Pan.

Only 10 of these items will be created! There will only be 5 available at the ToyZilla booth at San Diego Comic-Con from July 25-28. The other 5 can be found exclusively via hobbyDB & PPG!!

Once Baughman signs these, they’ll never be produced again.

Each combo costs $250, plus shipping, and can either be mailed or picked up in person at SDCC. As with all ToyZilla exclusives, Pan will also arrive with an exclusive ToyZilla Certification Sticker, a numbered Art Series Sticker and a Signed ToyZilla COA.

Once you have yours, share it on social media, tagging @TOYZILLAstore and @hobbydb!!

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Pop Price Guide and its partner site hobbyDB began adding autographed items to its database in 2021. Since then, our team has added more than 5,300 autographed Funko Pop! figures to the guide! See them all here.

So which of them are worth the most? We take a look.

Remember, estimated values tend to fluctuate, especially as we add more and more items and price points to ensure the guide’s accuracy. Scroll below for more information on how you can help us build our autograph database. Follow this link for a current list of the Most Valuable Autographed Pop!s on PPG.

Top-10 Autographed Pop!s

10. Chewbacca (Small Font) Autographed by Peter Mayhew – $4,200

9. Hopper (Gold) Autographed by David Harbour – $6,500

8. Stan Lee (Super Hero) (Red Metallic) – $7,610

7. Ken Griffey Jr. (Gold) – $9,000

6. Luke Skywaler (Final Battle/Gold) (Fundays Sticker) Autographed by Mark Hamill – $10,300

5. Luke Skywalker (Final Battle/Gold) (No Sticker) Autographed by Mark Hamill – $12,500

4. Black Panther (Civil War) Autographed by Chadwick Boseman – $13,680

3. Manny Pacquiao (Funko Fantastic Party ’15) – $15,300

2. Stan Lee (Super Hero) (Platinum Metallic) – $18,000

1. Clockwork Orange Autographed by Brian Mariotti – $26,520

Is landing that coveted signed Pop! a thrill? Bring that passion to the Pop Price Guide Squad. Our team of volunteers helps to build and maintain the guide by adding items, price points and UPC codes, as well as curating subjects such as autographs. In exchange, we’ll dress up your PPG Showcase with exclusive badges. Message us at support@hobbydb.com and we’ll get you started!

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“If I told you I just wanted to live a normal life, you’d laugh, wouldn’t you?”

Nimura Furuta might want a normal life, but when it comes to his Funko Pop! figure, the flashier the better.

Thanks to our friends at Monthly Pops, Pop Price Guide is the place to be among the first ever to add a Nimura Furuta Pop! autographed by Tokyo Ghoul voice actor David Trosko to your collection.

Monthly Pops’ latest Autograph Series exclusive arrives in a protector with a random Furuta quote in varying colors and a witnessed gold metallic MAS COA. That’s in addition to an LE 100 Monthly Pops Exclusive Sticker.

But you have to act quickly, we only have 20 to sell via Pop Price Guide! Pre-order yours here for $100 with free shipping!

Check out more exclusives from Monthly Pops by following this link, including their Gold and Autograph Series.

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Pen? Check. Item to be signed? Check. It’s go time.

Few moments in the collectibles universe are as thrilling as meeting that celeb and landing an autograph on that beloved item. The hard evidence of a lifelong dream now sealed in time. And hopefully a vinyl UV-blocking protector, as well.

When it comes to getting autographs, however, proper etiquette is always a must. Some rude fans of the WWE are finding that out the hard way.

The WWE, led by superstar Rhea Ripley, has recently taken off from the top rope when it comes to throwing pushy autograph hounds into the doghouse. Namely the ones that accost its wrestlers in airports.

People need to respect that no means no!

At airports do not follow me outside. Today has put me off completely! I will not sign ANYTHING that isn’t a personal photo of us anymore.
Hate me, I don’t care.
Disagree with me, try putting yourselves in our shoes for one bloody day.

— RheaRipley_WWE (@RheaRipley_WWE) March 20, 2023

Among the items commonly thrown into wrestlers’ faces by autograph seekers are Pop! WWE figures, which are quite plentiful in the Funko universe – especially autographed versions.

Check out Cactus Jack signed by Mick Foley, for example, with an estimated PPG value of $115.

You can’t say Rhea is anti-Pop! Turns out, she used to be a collector of Dragon Ball and Vegeta Pop!s! And last month, she finally had the chance to collect her very own Pop! So she can understand the fervor.

Stomp of approval! Watch as Rhea Ripley unboxes her very own Pop! Catch her reactions & complete your WWE collection with Pop! Rhea Ripley. https://t.co/bVPrXthHoT #Funko #FunkoFair #FunkoPop @RheaRipley_WWE pic.twitter.com/0BnTVirAkD

— Funko (@OriginalFunko) February 2, 2023

But now, the WWE star will limit what she signs and we must respect her wishes, and quite frankly, the privacy of others.

All we ask is that you use the proper decorum. Don’t spoil it for the rest of us. Don’t make us have to create a “no celebrity was harassed in securing this autograph” disclaimer.

Besides, why on God’s blue earth would you instigate someone who could submit you with a vicious Boston Crab before you could even finish muttering the name “Jimmy Superfly Snuka?”

We’d love to hear some of your celebrity autograph encounters. Let us know in the comments below!

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And Autographed replaced the Lobbycard as the best way of getting autographs.  They were also more versatile as they also work for sports stars, magicians, politicians, and anybody else somebody’s signature is desirable.

And now we have Graded Funko POPS, initially, only PSA and only for autographed items (and only verifying the signature) new companies joined (first the VVGS, followed a year or so later by PGS). Now PSA has started to grade all single POPs and CGC is staffing up to do the same. It is only a question of time until they offer to grade for 6 Inch, Double Packs, and some other Funko sizes.  That raises a ton of questions.  How will we at PPG measure values (see our post from yesterday)? And how much of the market will become graded POPs?

We learned from other segments such as Comics and Trading Cards that it is really only worth grading collectibles that will come back with high Grades, say 9s and 10s.  For very early or rare items lower Grades will also work. Most POPs in collectors’ hands were never played with (say different to early Hot Wheels), so a high percentage could potentially be graded that high, maybe 10% a 9 and 1% a 10?  We heard early reports of only 0.35% making it to a 10 but that is on a super small sample size.

We thought we stick our neck out there with a forecast for what this market could look like in 18-24 months  –

Please note that this chart represents units, not value.  Graded items will naturally become a much larger percentage of the value of all POPs out there.  We already see an influx of collectors and money from sneakers, comics, trading cards, and NFTs to POPs and many of those are very familiar with Grading. We forecast the current trend of ungraded high-quality, low-production-run Funko POPs to rapidly increase in value to last for maybe another 8-12 months.  Further, we believe that there will be a specialist emerging for grading Prototypes – here the grade will not be so important but authentication will be! While it is hard to verify the authenticity of a production POP in its box it is sooo much harder to do this for a Proto (some collectors only buy Protos where all owners from Day 1 are known).

And now we love to hear your thoughts!

Do you hate all of that (it will make it harder to buy certain rare POPs)? Do you think this is great? Do you disagree with our theories?

Please tell us in the comments.

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That means making it easier to find items such as Autographs and Customs, while in turn decluttering variants and subvariants.

We have added a large number of Customs, Errors and Prototypes to Pop Price Guide and our partner site hobbyDB, in addition to our recent venture into Autographed items. Plus lots more for fans of Funko and beyond.

Squad Member Maelstrom, for example, has 10,000 Hot Wheels Errors to add to the database. We are also in discussion with a number of parties regarding thousands of Autographed items. And dozens of Customizers have asked for their work to be added to the site.

While that is great for fans of these items, it can sometimes make finding production models difficult. We knew that we needed to make some changes to accommodate all of this new data.

So instead of showing say 15 Variants on an item, we plan to show you the two models made by the Brand (say Hasbro or Funko) and then items that have either been autographed, are a prototype, an error or have been customized.

And if you prefer Autographs or Customs you will be able to set those as your Default.

You can find the first version of that already on the Site, here for example a Funko Pop! that now has its 10 Customs separated –

So far, we have done this for Customs, Errors and Prototypes.

Arriving Soon…

• Autographed Items will be their own group
• We will deduct the numbers that are not Variants so that the Charizard above will show only two Variants
  

And this is all part of a new View coming to the Database

For example, we have 5,666 Ford Hot Wheels in the database. But only 276 of them are separate products, the others are all Variants and the above (Autographed Items, Customs, Errors and Prototypes).

You will be able to toggle from the current view with those 5,666 Database Items to one that shows you only 276 Variant Groups. Here is an early Mockup of what that might look like while searching for the words “Dairy Delivery”  –

Let us know what you think! Leave a comment below or message us at support@hobbydb.com with any questions, concerns or kudos!

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And lots more.

Now Gilchrist is sharing his talents — and affinity for the Muppets “Animal” — as an East Coast Collecting exclusive.

The collection is part of a 25-piece set that features Gilchrist’s autograph on Funko Pop! figures of his former characters. Each box is also adorned with Gilchrist’s original artist rendering of the mercurial Muppets drummer “Animal.”

Time is short, however. Only seven remain!

You get your choice between –

• Jim Henson with Ernie (ah ha ha ha)
• Jim Henson with Ernie (Thank you, Jim)
• Jerry (Tom & Jerry)
• Leonardo
• Mister Rogers
• Sorcerer Mickey

Each Pop! costs $95, along with $8.95 shipping within the United States. It will arrive in a Monthly Pops hard stack protector with a JSA-authenticated COA.

Check out the entire East Coast Collecting Marketplace here!

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Kelle recently took some time to share her amazing collection with us, as well as some tips and pointers when it comes to collecting autographed items.

Over to you, Kelle!

Hi, there! My name’s Kelle (hobbyDB member cerulian). I am a shareholder of hobbyDB as well as a Curator of the YouTooz brand (one of my daughter’s favorite collectible lines, so why not, right?). I also deal with quite a bit of the autographed Funko POP! entries within the hobbyDB database.

How did you start collecting autographs? What was your first?

I started collecting autographs because of a Facebook group post another member had posted about getting at an upcoming convention. I thought “Hmm, that’s not a bad idea and the convention is just right around the corner from me. Why not?”

That fall down the rabbit hole began November 2017 when I obtained my very first autograph on a Funko POP! from Manu Bennett (and several others to follow after him at the same convention).

How many do you own now? Only Funko?

I have currently collected 366; 344 autographs on 335 Funko POP!s with the remaining 22 being on various posters and collectible DVD sets.

What are your favorites? Do you collect a specific franchise, etc.?

They’re all my favorites! But I will say that when I’m able to get a quote on the item the celebrity said as the character, that makes my day “extra special”! I don’t let franchises limit me on the autographs I collect. I can get Goku’s autograph? Done. What, Freddy Krueger, too? Done! The legendary Jim Lee? Sold!

Is there a grail that you’re searching for?

Yes; actually a few – Hugh Jackman, Michael Keaton, Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson autographs!

What makes a signed Pop! special?

Most of my autographs are obtained in person, so the opportunity to meet the celebrity: talk to them, joke with them, put a personality to the face/voice I’ve seen/heard for so long is what makes my signed POP!s (and other items) so very special to me.

It’s amazing to see if a celebrity is exactly as you imagine they’d be (positive or negative) or the complete opposite. As a spoiler, some will surprise you!

If I wanted to start collecting Autographed Pop!s, where should I begin?

I would begin with deciding on how you want to start collecting: in person, online send-ins, consignments and/or third party purchase (like eBay). Each option has its own unique set of circumstances (and pricing). I obtain autographs via all of the above mentioned methods and this is how I handle each:

• In person:

– Buy your own set of paint pen markers. Through trial and error, I have found that oil-based versions are the best as they don’t fade over time and dry relatively quickly. As to the brand and size, it’s all personal preference. Since I like to get quotes on mine, I use the fine point Decocolor and Sharpie versions.

– Decide how to transport your item to and from. Again, personal preference, but for me, removing the POP! and insert and flattening the box is the easiest way to travel with my items. I either put the flattened boxes in 11×17 top-loaders or in an 11×17 art portfolio.
Others have taken the fully boxed item in. Nothing wrong with that either!

– Decide what you want the autograph to consist of (personalization, character name, quote, color, etc.) and where you want it placed (front window, side window, top, bottom, etc.).

– Be prepared for varying costs! There are obviously fixed costs (like event entry tickets); and many conventions list celebrity autograph pricing on their website, but always be prepared that costs may be different (like a celebrity charging extra for a quote or charging more to sign a Funko POP! instead of a table print). Also, some celebrities only accept cash, so whenever possible, have cash on you!

– Be prepared for long lines! I cannot stress this enough. Obviously, some celebrities are more popular than others, so you could wait five minutes or five hours based on this.

• Online send-ins:

– Companies such as GalaxyCon, SWAU, Twin Cities Comics, Zobie Productions, etc. will offer private signings and allow fans to get autographs from various celebrities. Always keep in mind that these companies will upcharge to obtain these autographs for you and will always be more than obtaining in-person yourself. They will also have their own set of procedures to follow for sending in items to be signed so make sure to review those procedures before making a purchase.

• Consignments:

– Similar to online send-ins, however, they are done by individual people (like you and I). Consigners almost always charge for autographs at cost plus a little extra for the time in getting the autograph for you; I have seen these fees range from $10 per celebrity to in upwards of $25 per item signed (regardless if they are from the same celebrity). Most of the consigners I have met or used came from autograph Facebook groups, so do your due diligence.

If at all possible, use the goods and services feature of whatever payment method system you are using and make sure to add the fee they will be charged on top of the cost to ensure they have the exact funds they need to obtain that autograph for you. As an example, if an autograph costs $90 and their consignment fee is $10, they are expecting to receive $100 from you. So, sending goods and services, you will need to send $104. Also, always purchase the additional authenticating service being offered at the event; additional protection for you to ensure the autograph is legitimate.

• Third party purchase:

– This is like any other third party/aftermarket purchase we would make. Just like we know the serious issue with fake Funko POP!s saturating the market, the same holds true for autographs. Due diligence is also key with this option. If all else fails, contact JSA or BSA (or any other authentication service you trust) and pay a small fee to have them look at the item you are contemplating purchasing and get their expert opinion on the matter.

What are you looking for in a good autographed item?

For me, I look to get personalization, quote and autograph (character name is not all that important to me since 98% of my autographs are by the person who played or voiced the name of the Funko getting signed). But there are always exceptions. Like Robert Downey, Jr.! He rarely does autographs anymore so, when presented with the opportunity, I jumped at it. But the cost was a bit prohibitive, so I did settle for just his autograph. I know, I know! LOL

How important is the pen and ink used, particularly for Funko items?

Very important. As briefly mentioned above, it is a personal preference, but ultimately, you want to choose a pen style that will hold up against time to keep your item as display “perfect” as possible.

What’s the best place on the box to have a Pop! signed?

Personal preference. I like having mine signed on the front, that way (as can be seen in the pictures) I can have a uniform autograph display. JSA and BSA, specifically, prefer putting their authentication stickers on the side window towards the bottom right, so if you do get the side window signed, and want authentication, try to keep that in mind. Also, I have seen several celebrities sign the box itself and not the display window.

Is there anything you’d like to include that I’m overlooking?

Yes. Autographs (especially on Funko POP! figure boxes) are gaining more and more traction every day. The explosion I’ve seen in this arena on sites like eBay and Pristine Auctions, as well as the number of people offering their consignment services is staggering to say the least. I think I add like 10-15 new autographed Subvariants every few days. But please remember, collecting autographs is a hobby like anything else – whether they are on Funko POP!s or posters – so make sure to have fun with it! As expensive as autograph collections can get, do what’s comfortable for you and what makes you happy.

You should enjoy them; not resent them.

Thanks, Kelle!

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But you’ll have to act quickly.

This collection has a limited edition run of just 20 signed by the “Seinfeld” actor.

Each Pop! Costs $60, plus $8 in shipping. It will arrive in a soft protector, along with a Beckett COA.

One lucky collector, and the fastest among you, can add the autographed Yev Kassem Walmart exclusive to their collection. Be forewarned,* however. There is only one of them and it sells for $80. Purchase it here!*

Miss out on the Yez Kassem Pop!s? Kool Toys also offers posters signed by everyone’s favorite cantankerous soup salesman. See them here!

These Pop! figures ship within two days. Check out more deals from the Kool Toys and Game by following this link. Questions? Message us at support@hobbydb.com and we’ll do our best to answer.

*Sold out (sorry)

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This week’s Zobie Auctions brings us an array of great new autographs, including a Silver the Hedgehog Funko Pop! signed by Bryce Papenbrook with a LE of just 100!

Peruse this week’s listings and start bidding here!

Zobie will also be playing host to several in-store events. Upcoming appearances at Zobie HQ in Houston feature AEW wrestler Danhausen this week, followed by the voice of Frieza, Linda Young on June 11.

Some days and times to remember –

• Zobie 99 Cent Auctions end Thursday @ 9pm Central
• Zobie Premium Auctions end Friday @ 9pm Central
• Zobie Pop Drop is every Friday @ 12pm Central

About Zobie

The family-owned Zobie got its start in 2016 with the goal of providing a safe place to purchase autographed items while fostering a community for collectors and fellow nerds, alike.

You’ll find a little bit of everything on the Zobie website from Daily Specials and Mystery Boxes to Authentication Services and, of course, the Zobie Auctions. Plus lots more.

Zobie Auctions

Each week new items arrive on the Zobie Auction House page. Zobie’s Premium Weekly Auction begins with autographed Funko Pop!s, signed prints and more with premium no-bid auctions starting at $1. Bidding concludes every Friday.

The company’s Zobie99 Auctions has close to 4,000 autographed prints available for a beginning bid of $.99. These auctions end every Thursday.

Zobie’s Bi-Monthly Subscriptions boxes for June are also now live on the site.

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