Some Topps Star Wars Autograph Data

[Vargaman]

Hi all,

Just thought I'd look at the sets since 2001 and see how many unique signers we've had and how many duplicates.

Based on my info I see 844 names (this counts single card autos only, if the signer signed for two or more characters in a set they stayed as a double or triple for their set, so I'm counting by character [Dickey Beer signed for 3 characters in Sugar Free ]).

Of the 844 names, there are 219 unique names. 77 of the 219 names have only signed for 1 set. A majority are from either one of the animated series or the 30th anniversary. Additionally a few of them have passed like McGrath from AOTC, Kirshner from ESB, etc in addition to the big names we've lost like Fisher, Baker, and Bauersfeld.

Now for who has signed in the most sets:
Anthony Daniels 19
Carrie Fisher 21
Harrison Ford 14
Ian McDiarmid 11
Jeremy Bulloch 16
Kenny Baker 15
Mark Hamill 19 (he has 1 extra because in 2016 Evo he signed as Luke & Darth Bane)
Matthew Wood 13
Mike Quinn 15
Peter Mayhew 18
Tim Rose 17

Good news, the main actors you'd want to be in sets: Ford, Hamill, Fisher, Baker, Daniels, Mayhew are all there. The bad news is Fisher and Baker have passed and Ford won't be signing for Ep 8 or Ep 9 products (unless Han survived )

The bad news is that the top people only combine for a few hundred autos, meanwhile Quinn, Rose, and Wood have signed probably 1,000 or more combined cards and continue to plague us as our auto hit



One idea I have is for some set for Topps to have booklets for guys like Beer, Wood, Quinn, Rose, etc with their auto and then images of all their characters around it. I'm fairly certain Matt Wood has signed for over 5 characters besides Grievous.

*edit* Harriet Walter and Dave Accord had typos and I missed 2006 Evolution Update so there's now: 844 signers/characters, 214 unique signers, 71 one-time signers