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

[cmixer]

73 of the 217 names have only signed for 1 set.

Really brilliant info.
I would have NEVER guessed there were 217 dif signers.

[Clemente]

Great info. I actually been waiting on a similar topic to be started and even go further and see characters that have not signed (still alive). I would imagine that number is in the hundreds. Thanks again, Robert

[Vargaman]

Originally Posted by cmixer

73 of the 217 names have only signed for 1 set.

Really brilliant info.
I would have NEVER guessed there were 217 dif signers.

For anyone curious, these are the 70 one-time only signers:
Adrienne Wilkinson
Ahmed Best
Aletha McGrath
Alistair Petrie
Andrew Jack
Anna Graves
Arti Shah
Ayesha Dharker
Barrie Holland
Billie Lourd
Bob Keen
Bodie Taylor
Candice Orwell
Christina Da Silva
Christine Hewett
Colin Higgins
Crystal Clarke
Dalyn Chew
Dante Briggins
Derek Arnold
Eric Lopez
Felix Silla
Frank Oz
Gary Kurtz
Hayden Christiansen
Ian Ambercrombie
Irvin Kershner
Jal Laga'aia
James Arnold Taylor
Jason Isaacs
Jay O. Sanders
Jennifer Hale
Joe Viskocil
Joel Edgerton
John Dykstra
John Mollo
John Williams
Julie Dolan
Kale Browne
Kate Fleetwood
Kath Soucie
Ken Ralston
Leeanna Walsman
Lloyd Sherr
Lorne Peterson
Marc Silk
Matt Doran
Matt Lanter
Megan Udall
Meredith Salenger
Michael Culver
Michael Pennington
Michael Sheard
Norman Reynolds
Oliver Walpole
Paul Hecht
Peter Friedman
Peter Michael Goetz
Phil Brown
Phil Tippet
Rajia Baroudi
Richard Edlund
Riz Ahmed
Ronald Falk
Samuel L. Jackson
Sandi Finlay
Stephen Costantino
Thomas Brodie-Sangster
Tom Kenny
Tosin Cole

There's plenty in this list who could sign again like Ahmed Best and Billie Lourd. Obviously I expect Riz Ahmed to sign more too since he's part of the Topps Authentics website.

[Vargaman]

One more data dump. Signer and set/character count:

Actor Count
Adrienne Wilkinson 1
Ahmed Best 1
Aletha McGrath 1
Alistair Petrie 1
Andrew Jack 1
Anna Graves 1
Arti Shah 1
Ayesha Dharker 1
Barrie Holland 1
Billie Lourd 1
Bob Keen 1
Bodie Taylor 1
Candice Orwell 1
Christina Da Silva 1
Christine Hewett 1
Colin Higgins 1
Crystal Clarke 1
Dalyn Chew 1
Dante Briggins 1
Derek Arnold 1
Eric Lopez 1
Felix Silla 1
Frank Oz 1
Gary Kurtz 1
Hayden Christiansen 1
Ian Ambercrombie 1
Irvin Kershner 1
Jal Laga'aia 1
James Arnold Taylor 1
Jason Isaacs 1
Jay O. Sanders 1
Jennifer Hale 1
Joe Viskocil 1
Joel Edgerton 1
John Dykstra 1
John Mollo 1
John Williams 1
Julie Dolan 1
Kale Browne 1
Kate Fleetwood 1
Kath Soucie 1
Ken Ralston 1
Leeanna Walsman 1
Lloyd Sherr 1
Lorne Peterson 1
Marc Silk 1
Matt Doran 1
Matt Lanter 1
Megan Udall 1
Meredith Salenger 1
Michael Culver 1
Michael Pennington 1
Michael Sheard 1
Norman Reynolds 1
Oliver Walpole 1
Paul Hecht 1
Peter Friedman 1
Peter Michael Goetz 1
Phil Brown 1
Phil Tippet 1
Rajia Baroudi 1
Richard Edlund 1
Riz Ahmed 1
Ronald Falk 1
Samuel L. Jackson 1
Sandi Finlay 1
Stephen Costantino 1
Thomas Brodie-Sangster 1
Tom Kenny 1
Tosin Cole 1
Adam Driver 2
Al Lampert 2
Barbara Goodson 2
Brian Herring 2
Chris Parsons 2
David Ackroyd 2
David Paymer 2
Donnie Yen 2
Emun Elliott 2
Felicity Jones 2
Forest Whitaker 2
Genevieve O’Reilly 2
Glyn Baker 2
Jake Lloyd 2
Jessica Henwick 2
Jim Cummings 2
Jon Berg 2
Kenji Oates 2
Kipsang Rotich 2
Maria de Aragon 2
Mark Capri 2
Nick Gillard 2
Nick Kellington 2
Olivia D'Abo 2
Paul Warren 2
Richard Oldfield 2
Yayan Ruhian 2
Alan Ruscoe 3
Anthony Forrest 3
Barbara Frankland 3
Brian Blessed 3
Brian Vernel 3
George Roubicek 3
John Coppinger 3
Joonas Suotamo 3
Matt Sloan 3
Nina Fallon 3
Paul Brooke 3
Paul Springer 3
Phil Lamarr 3
Ralph Brown 3
Richard LeParmentier 3
Scott Capurro 3
Andy Serkis 4
Bruce Spence 4
Daisy Ridley 4
Dave Barclay 4
David Ankrum 4
David Prowse 4
Freddie Prinze Jr. 4
George Takei 4
Gerald Home 4
Hassani Shapi 4
Keisha Castle­Hughes 4
Kiran Shah 4
Lewis MacLeod 4
Mary Oyaya 4
Oliver Ford Davies 4
Paul Kasey 4
Phil Eason 4
Rena Owen 4
Sean Crawford 4
Sebastian Armesto 4
Steve Blum 4
Tim Dry 4
Toby Philpott 4
Vanessa Marshall 4
Anna Brewster 5
Bai Ling 5
Catherine Taber 5
Clive Revill 5
Corey Dee Williams 5
Deep Roy 5
Erik Bauersfeld 5
Greg Grunberg 5
Harriet Walter 5
Hugh Quarshie 5
Ian Liston 5
Jack Klaff 5
Jett Lucas 5
Mercedes Ngoh 5
Michaela Cottrell 5
Mike Edmonds 5
Rocky Marshall 5
Rohan Nichol 5
Rusty Goffe 5
Sam Witwer 5
Stephen Stanton 5
Tiya Sircar 5
Andrew Secombe 6
Angus MacInnes 6
David Bowers 6
Dee Bradley Baker 6
Denis Lawson 6
Dermot Crowley 6
Jesse Jensen 6
Mark Dodson 6
Michael Carter 6
Michael Kingma 6
Nika Futterman 6
Tom Kane 6
Aidan Cook 7
David Acord 7
John Boyega 7
John Morton 7
Nalini Krishan 7
Orli Shoshan 7
Pam Rose 7
Taylor Gray 7
Zach Jensen 7
Bonnie Piesse 8
Daniel Logan 8
Garrick Hagon 8
James Earl Jones 8
Jerome Blake 8
Michonne Bourriague 8
Wayne Pygram 8
Ashley Eckstein 9
Caroline Blakiston 9
Femi Taylor 9
John Ratzenberger 9
Julian Glover 9
Alan Harris 10
Dickey Beer 10
Paul Blake 10
Ray Park 10
Ian McDiarmid 11
Warwick Davis 11
Amy Allen 12
Silas Carson 12
Kenneth Colley 13
Billy Dee Williams 14
Matthew Wood 14
Harrison Ford 15
Kenny Baker 15
Mike Quinn 16
Jeremy Bulloch 17
Tim Rose 18
Peter Mayhew 19
Anthony Daniels 20
Mark Hamill 20
Mark Hamill 20
Carrie Fisher 22
Carrie Fisher 22

[cardbooker]

I don't see Hayden Christensen on the list. I believe he's a one-time signer (for 2006 SW Evolution Update)

[Vargaman]

Originally Posted by cardbooker

I don't see Hayden Christensen on the list. I believe he's a one-time signer (for 2006 SW Evolution Update)

Ooh, you know what, I think I missed that set. I was trying to cover them all. I'll update the data later.

[PoPCulture]

I have 7 Bonnie Piesse autos from different sets and at least 2 Kenneth Colleys. Seems there may be more from your list that have been in multiple sets. Not trying to knock your research work just letting you know that you may have missed on a couple. Of coarse I could be reading it wrong as well I guess.

[deeceman]

Have to give you props. Thx for taking the time to do that.

[Vargaman]

Originally Posted by PoPCulture

I have 7 Bonnie Piesse autos from different sets and at least 2 Kenneth Colleys. Seems there may be more from your list that have been in multiple sets. Not trying to knock your research work just letting you know that you may have missed on a couple. Of coarse I could be reading it wrong as well I guess.

The sets I used were:
Evolution 2016
R1 S2
R1 S1
R1 MB
FA S1
FA S2
FA Chrome
40th Anniversary
MW 2016
High Tek 2016
Chrome JvS
Sugar Free
Heritage
ANH Illustrated
GF 1
GF 2
JTTFA
AOTC 3D
MW 2014
Jedi Legacy
Galaxy 6
Evolution 2001
30th Anniversary
ROTS 3D
Chrome Perspectives
ROTJ 3D
ESB Illustrated
AOTC WV
ROTS WV
Clone Wars WV
Evolution 2006

Galaxy 6 had sketchagraphs, but I didn't look up any other Galaxy sets and really sketchagraphs are a whole different beast since their price is a lot higher due to the artwork.

[PoPCulture]

The 7 Piesse autos are all from that list. I know this probably took a lot of time and like others I appreciate the time and effort to put this into list form but just wanted to let you know that some of the product checklists may have been inaccurate. Fun to see a couple of names that I had completely forgotten about on the list!

[jdhaugh11]

Great work, yeah I am sure it was very difficult to put this together.
Mainly because many sources such as Beckett and Cardboard Connection can be inaccurate in some places.
Heck I don't even fully trust the checklist from Topps.
Example: They say that Ford auto were in 2016 Evolution, yet nobody has seen or heard about one a year later!

[Vargaman]

Originally Posted by PoPCulture

The 7 Piesse autos are all from that list. I know this probably took a lot of time and like others I appreciate the time and effort to put this into list form but just wanted to let you know that some of the product checklists may have been inaccurate. Fun to see a couple of names that I had completely forgotten about on the list!

That could be it as well. For example, I know Matt Sloan never signed for the first Masterworks, because I had a redemption for him , and then got Bonnie's auto in place of it .

I took most checklist data off of Beckett and CardboardConnection and one or two sets I had to go to NSLists for the checklists.

I just figured this is a nice snapshot of what is all out there and also show how some signers need to be stopped for a while because the market is flooded with them and it's boring to keep getting the same character.

[Nicnac]

Originally Posted by Vargaman

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 )

Two words: flashback

[PoPCulture]

Originally Posted by Nicnac

Two words: flashback

I feel that we will see him this way also. At least in Last Jedi. Kylo Ren dream sequence perhaps?

[dd316]

Originally Posted by Vargaman

For anyone curious, these are the 77 one-time only signers:

Bonnie Piese
Christina Da Silva
George Roubichek
James Arnold Taylor
KennethColley
Michonne Bourrigue
Phil Tippet

These actors have all signed for more than one set, especially Piesse and Colley. I may be wrong about Da Silva.

[hobbystuff]

you can also check Jeff Allender house of checklists for info :

Jeff Allender's House Of Checklists! Star Trek & Star Wars Checklists

[Vargaman]

Originally Posted by dd316

These actors have all signed for more than one set, especially Piesse and Colley. I may be wrong about Da Silva.

Yeah, that was due to typos from copying and pasting the checklists.

A few of them I only had once so I must be missing a few sets still.

[xtwinstarx]

Quick Fix:

you have
Michonne Bourriague 6
and
Michonne Bourrigue 1

Maria deAragon 1
and
Maria de Aragon 1

George Roubicek 2
and
George Roubichek 1

Bonnie Piese 1
and
Bonnie Piesse 6

[Vargaman]

Originally Posted by xtwinstarx

Quick Fix:

you have
Michonne Bourriague 6
and
Michonne Bourrigue 1

Maria deAragon 1
and
Maria de Aragon 1

George Roubicek 2
and
George Roubichek 1

Bonnie Piese 1
and
Bonnie Piesse 6

Yep, fixed those and updated my previous lists.

[joudenjouden]

This data is great! Thanks for putting the time in!

Just looking at your list of one-time signers, I see so many that would've just made the 40th set awesome:
Frank Oz
Gary Kurtz
Hayden Christiansen
James Arnold Taylor
Joel Edgerton
John Dykstra
John Williams
Lorne Peterson (it would be cut yes i know disney would't allow it but I can dream)
Matt Lanter
Samuel L. Jackson

and then of course some other ones like:
Lawrence Kasdan
Kathleen Kennedy
JJ Abrams
Rian Johnson (he CANNOT be that hard. He went to people in line for TLJ panel at midnight)
Spielberg

A list with some of those signers minus about 30 minor characters would've been amazing. Then they can fill the remaining hits with sketches and some creative new manufactured hits. Oh well, I guess it'll be a while until I get over that letdown of a checklist.

[Darth KB]

Originally Posted by joudenjouden

Lorne Peterson (it would be cut yes i know disney would't allow it but I can .

What would prevent Lorne Peterson from signing cards/stickers? He just completed a private signing through a Star Wars autograph group on Facebook.

Not a chance that Frank Oz will be signing anytime soon. Frank Oz use to be great at signing autographs in person but now he flat out refuses to.
Frank Oz Signing?

If Topps didn't get Alan Tudyk and Hayden Christensen to sign cards for them at Celebration then they really missed a good opportunity. Would not be surprised if we don't see them included in sets soon. Hayden Christensen was super nice when I met him at Celebration and got his autograph.

[joudenjouden]

Originally Posted by Darth KB

What would prevent Lorne Peterson from signing cards/stickers? He just completed a private signing through a Star Wars autograph group on Facebook.

Oh yeah of course whoops brain fart. Not sure why I thought that, I almost participated in that signing on SWAU...

I guess that would be Frank who would be the cut then... Whoops lol

[Ty Hope]

I recently pulled an Ian Abercrombie auto. One time signer, but also found out he's now deceased.

[jamesr]

Thanks for the list - I started to do something like this a while ago, and realised how HUGE an effort it would be, so didn't get very far.

One set I would mention that I don't think you have is Galaxy 5 - this had (IIRC) Baker, Bulloch, Mayhew, JEJ, Prowse, Hamill.

I also didn't see Tek 15 on the list of sets?