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Fraser's Rarities Index

Fraser's, a division of the Stanley Gibbons Group of Companies, has analysed the top 100 most sought-after autographs and have compared their retail price in 1997 to today's market value. The resultant investment index gives an average of the percentage growth in value over the period, it also shows the range of themes which are popular collecting fields such as royalty, art, pop, sport, historic figures, film and space travel.

 

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Personality Type 1997 2009 Inc%
Abba sp £325 £1,250 284.6%
Al Pacino sp £50 £195 290.0%
Ali, Muhammad sp £175 £995 468.6%
Apollo 11 sp £1,750 £9,950 468.6%
Armstrong, Neil sp £475 £5,500 1057.9%
Astaire & Rogers sp £575 £1,950 239.1%
Beach Boys sp £775 £1,750 125.8%
Beatles - album page aps £2,750 £9,500 245.5%
Beatles, The sp £4,950 £24,500 394.9%
Bolan, Marc aps £275 £995 261.8%
Brando, Marlon sp £875 £3,000 242.9%
Cagney, James sp £175 £695 297.1%
Callas, Maria sp £500 £1,750 250.0%
Carpenters sp £275 £1,950 609.1%
Caruso, Enrico sp £500 £1,750 250.0%
Casablanca aps £1,400 £3,950 182.1%
Castro sp £300 £3,500 1066.7%
Chagall, Marc sp £375 £975 160.0%
Chaplin, Charlie sp £1,200 £3,750 212.5%
Churchill, Winston sp £2,500 £6,950 178.0%
Clapton, Eric sp £85 £325 282.4%
Clarke, Jim aps £750 £1,750 133.3%
Clint Eastwood aps £50 £295 490.0%
Dad's Army aps £250 £1,600 540.0%
Dali, Salvador sp £300 £1,250 316.7%
Dickens, Charles aps £750 £3,950 426.7%
Disney, Walt sp £395 £4,500 1039.2%
Dylan, Bob sp £875 £1,950 122.9%
Edward & Wallis aps £750 £1,200 60.0%
Einstein, Albert aps £1,700 £6,000 252.9%
England 1966 sp £1,200 £4,250 254.2%
Fleetwood Mac sp £675 £1,300 92.6%
Flynn, Errol aps £450 £1,100 144.4%
Gagarin, Yuri sp £375 £1,600 326.7%
Garland, Judy sp £1,500 £2,500 66.7%
Grace, W G sp £1,200 £3,750 212.5%
Grant, Cary sp £400 £1,950 387.5%
Hanna Barbara sp £250 £600 140.0%
Harrison, George sp £175 £2,250 1185.7%
Hendrix, Jimi aps £975 £4,500 361.5%
Hepburn, Audrey sp £850 £1,750 105.9%
Hepburn, Katharine sp £325 £1,500 361.5%
Hitchcock, Alfred sp £775 £2,950 280.6%
Hitler, Adolf sp £3,950 £6,950 75.9%
Holly, Buddy aps £375 £2,750 633.3%
Houdini, Harry sp £1,000 £4,950 395.0%
James Dean sp £1,500 £12,500 733.3%
Johnny Depp sp £50 £250 400.0%
Joplin, Janis aps £950 £1,950 105.3%
Kelly, Grace sp £850 £1,600 88.2%
Kennedy, Jacqueline aps £475 £1,750 268.4%
Kennedy, John F aps £1,750 £4,750 171.4%
Laurel & Hardy sp £400 £3,500 775.0%
Lee, Bruce aps £1,500 £9,500 533.3%
Leigh, Vivien sp £575 £1,950 239.1%
Lennon, John aps £675 £5,950 781.5%
Lugosi, Bela sp £400 £2,500 525.0%
Madonna sp £350 £895 155.7%
Marley, Bob sp £850 £3,250 282.4%
Martin Luther King Jnr sp £750 £3,950 426.7%
Marvin Gaye sp £325 £1,300 300.0%
MASH sp £675 £1,750 159.3%
McCartney, Paul sp £125 £1,500 1100.0%
Monroe, Marilyn aps £2,750 £6,750 145.5%
Monty Python sp £225 £1,950 766.7%
Moon Walkers aps £1,800 £8,500 372.2%
Morrison, Jim aps £1,500 £3,500 133.3%
Mother Teresa sp £475 £1,250 163.2%
Napoleon aps £750 £4,500 500.0%
Nelson aps £1,500 £8,950 496.7%
Newman, Paul sp £175 £1,500 757.1%
Pele sp £100 £950 850.0%
Phoenix, River sp £250 £950 280.0%
Picasso, Pablo sp £1,250 £4,250 240.0%
Presley, Elvis sp £600 £3,750 525.0%
Princess Diana sp £1,200 £9,500 691.7%
QE2 sp £1,200 £2,250 87.5%
Queen sp £650 £1,750 169.2%
Queen Mother aps £275 £1,500 445.5%
Queen Victoria aps £325 £950 192.3%
Robert De Niro sp £50 £250 400.0%
Rolling Stones sp £900 £5,500 511.1%
Rowling, J K book £330 £1,750 430.3%
Schulz, Charles sp £775 £1,950 151.6%
Schumacher, Michael sp £100 £395 295.0%
Senna, Ayrton sp £600 £1,600 166.7%
Sex pistols - incl Sid aps £1,750 £4,500 157.1%
Shackleton, Ernest aps £750 £1,250 66.7%
Sherlock Holmes - Rathbone & Bruce aps £575 £950 65.2%
Sinatra, Frank sp £775 £1,750 125.8%
Star Trek sp £1,250 £1,950 56.0%
Star Wars sp £675 £1,950 188.9%
Starr, Ringo sp £175 £850 385.7%
Taylor, Elizabeth sp £185 £950 413.5%
Warhol, Andy sp £175 £1,950 1014.3%
Wayne, John sp £1,500 £1,950 30.0%
Who, The sp £475 £3,950 731.6%
Wilde, Oscar aps £850 £5,500 547.1%
Williams, Robbie sp £75 £350 366.7%
Woods, Tiger sp £950 £1,750 84.2%
         
    £80,720 £314,965 290.2%

Key:
sp = Undedicated Signed Photo
aps = Undedicated Album Page Signature


Fraser's 100 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Total £80,720 £95,905 £114,535 £136,625 £161,960
Increase £15,185 £18,630 £22,090 £25,335 £30,785
Cumulative Increase % 18.8% 41.9% 69.3% 100.6% 138.8%
Annual increase % 18.8% 19.4% 19.3% 18.5% 19.0%
 
Fraser's 100 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 
Total £192,745 £197,570 £218,465 £245,610 £264,760 £287,855 £306,500  £314,965
Increase £30,785 £4,825 £20,895 £27,145 £19,150 £23,095 £18,645  £8,465
Cumulative Increase % 138.8% 144.8% 170.6.3% 204.3% 228.0% 256.6% 279.7%  290.2%
Annual increase % 19.0% 2.5% 10.6% 12.4% 7.8% 8.7% 6.5%  2.8%
Average compound increase 12% over 12 year period