William Shatner

What does a William Shatner autograph cost?

Less than most people expect, and the range is narrow by the standards of this index. The cheapest certified Shatner items sit under a hundred dollars and the dearest are in the low thousands, a spread of roughly sixty times. Compare that with signers whose markets run to a thousandfold and it tells you this is a market with a lot of supply and no single trophy item at the top.

What of his gets signed most often?

Photographs, overwhelmingly. They account for the large majority of what this index tracks for him, ahead of cards and everything else. That mix is characteristic of an entertainment signer rather than an athlete: the standard signable object is an 8x10 still rather than a trading card or a piece of equipment.

Why is almost nothing of his graded?

Around 98 per cent of the certified Shatner items here carry no numeric autograph grade at all. The companies examined the signature and vouched for it without scoring how well it was written. That is the normal state for signatures obtained in person rather than through a manufacturer, and it is not a defect: an authenticated holder and a graded one are different products, and this index keeps them apart.