The Dirty Dozen Poster

It's been a while since I went back into my in person collection, so I thought I would do it with one of my favourite items - my original Dirty Dozen Yugoslavian poster signed by two of it stars.

I got this at Autographica in Birmingham in 2009 (held the same time as Collectormania Midlands), both events where run by Showmasters and a mix of cool guests - it's a shame they never did anything similar again (maybe they did and I'm not aware of it).

George Kennedy was the first of the two to sign it, he was very friendly but admittedly a little deaf and happily posed for a photo (at the moment I am not going to show my face so you will just see me be a big red dot)

I then joined the queue for Ernest Borgnine - I had to admit even though it was numbered ticketing I took advantage of a bit of lack of staffing there - it was the morning I got to see him when it should have been afternoon. He was extremely friendly and seemed so much of energy despite his 90+ age and he too happily posed for a photo

here is a quick close up on their signatures first Kennedy

and now Borgnine

Like I said this is probably my favourite item in my collection, and I appreciate it even more and the experience of meeting them since Borgnine passed away in 2012 and George Kennedy earlier this year.