barn find, What am I looking at?

[KM666]

So I found an autograph book in a derelict house on the land I work. I dont follow F1 and dont know what era of drivers I have the autographs for. I know about 2 of the names, Jackie Stewart and James Hunt. Pics to follow and any advice is appreciated.

















These are mostly single sides ones, there is about the same amount again but with a signature on each side.

[Nigel_O]

Last one will be Eddie Cheever

[Nigel_O]

Last but one I reckon is Keke Rosberg

[scrwright]

6th one Alan Jones?

[Nigel_O]

And the last but two could be Alan Jones

Would suggest that they were obtained in 1980-ish

edit - damn - beaten to it......

[KM666]

Ahhh so 1980s and a couple more names revealed! Fits in with all the 80s coffee table books that were floating around the same house. Thanks.

[IforB]

First one looks to be Patrick Neve, which would date the signatures to between 1976-1978 if they were all from the same time.

[Lynchie999]

i like the misspelling of Jackie Stuart ....

[StevieBee]

A proper autograph book!

I wonder in 30 or 40 years if people will find mobile phones with selfies people have taken with celebs that have the same appeal?

[KM666]

Lynchie999 said:

i like the misspelling of Jackie Stuart ....

Whooops!

[Tony2or4]

KM666 said:

Lynchie999 said:

i like the misspelling of Jackie Stuart ....

Whooops!

Your "Stewart" is the correct version, KM666: the mistake was on the part of the original owner of the autograph book who seems to have annotated the page to remind himself whose illegible signature he'd obtained.

[Tony2or4]

KM666 said:

Fits in with all the 80s coffee table books that were floating around the same house.

Any motor racing books amongst them?

[RichB]

Any F1 cars you don't want?

[951TSE]

Should you wish to sell them the problem with autographs is they usually need authentication to produce the highest prices.

In the past I've found this company http://www.autographauctions.co.uk/ to be helpful. They can provide a very rough guestimate via email.

[KM666]

Thanks for the link! I'll have to have a chat with the landowners but I think they're keen to get rid of the books. I'll have to have another look through and make a note of the titles. I'll update with a list tomorrow, most are in english so i'll try to only include those.

[KM666]

Is the f1 cars comment regarding the scale models I found? If so they're all up for grabs just send me a pm.

[RichB]

KM666 said:

Is the f1 cars comment regarding the scale models I found? If so they're all up for grabs just send me a pm.

No it was a joke. Someone was asking about F1 books so I thought I'd stick my oar in for barn find F1 cars.

[glenrobbo]

From his autobiography, "Winning is Not Enough".

Looks to be a good match to the "found" autograph.

[KM666]

Tony2or4 said:

Any motor racing books amongst them?

The list.

Autocourse
80-81
81-82
82-83
83-84
84-85
85-86
89-90
Classic Racing Cars - Cyril Posthumus
Bedside Wheels - Murray Walker
Grand Prix Vol:3 (74-80)
Niki Lauda selection,
Formula 1
Second Time Around
For The Record
The Concise Dictionary Of Motorsport - George Bishop
The Concise Encyclopedia Of Formula 1 - Tremayne & Hughes
Ferrari Turbo - Jonathan Thompson
Automobile Sport 82-83
The Chequered Flag - Ivan Rendall

Autobiographies:
Keke - Keke Rosberg
Driving ambition - Alan Jones
World Champion - Mario Andretti

In addition to the above I have a full photo album from 79-82 covering various f1 events and support races.

[DanielSan]

I've got a signed letter and photo from the Stewart Ford days, exactly the same as the one above.

Here's the letter.