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Fraser's Rare Signature Index
Investment Indices
The ability to track long-term historic prices is invaluable to any investor. That is why we launched our indices. They are such a useful investing tool that Bloomberg started listing them on their Bloomberg Professional service at the start of 2008.
Fraser's Rarities Index
This index is taken from analysis of the top 100 most sought-after autographs and their retail price in 1997 compared to today's market value. The investment index gives an average of the percentage growth in value over the period for specific items, with personalities from the worlds of sport, film, music and other key historical figures.
Personality | Type | 1997 | 2010 | Inc% |
| Abba | sp | £325 | £1,250 | 284.6% |
| Al Pacino | sp | £50 | £295 | 490.0% |
| Ali, Muhammad | sp | £175 | £1,750 | 900.0% |
| Apollo 11 | sp | £1,750 | £11,000 | 528.6% |
| 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 | £1,250 | 354.5% |
| Brando, Marlon | sp | £875 | £3,000 | 242.9% |
| Cagney, James | sp | £175 | £750 | 328.6% |
| 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, Fidel | sp | £300 | £3,950 | 1216.7% |
| 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 | £750 | 782.4% |
| Clarke, Jim | aps | £750 | £1,950 | 160.0% |
| Clint Eastwood | aps | £50 | £350 | 600.0% |
| Dad's Army | aps | £250 | £1,600 | 540.0% |
| Dali, Salvador | sp | £300 | £1,500 | 400.0% |
| Dickens, Charles | aps | £750 | £3,950 | 426.7% |
| Disney, Walt | sp | £395 | £5,500 | 1292.4% |
| Dylan, Bob | sp | £875 | £1,950 | 122.9% |
| Edward & Wallis Windsor | aps | £750 | £1,200 | 60.0% |
| Einstein, Albert | aps | £1,700 | £9,500 | 458.8% |
| England 1966 | sp | £1,200 | £4,500 | 275.0% |
| Fleetwood Mac | sp | £675 | £1,500 | 122.2% |
| Flynn, Errol | aps | £450 | £1,250 | 177.8% |
| Gagarin, Yuri | sp | £375 | £1,750 | 366.7% |
| Garland, Judy | sp | £1,500 | £2,500 | 66.7% |
| Grace, W G | sp | £1,200 | £2,950 | 145.8% |
| 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 | £14,000 | 833.3% |
| Johnny Depp | sp | £50 | £295 | 490.0% |
| Joplin, Janis | aps | £950 | £1,950 | 105.3% |
| Kelly, Grace | sp | £850 | £1,750 | 105.9% |
| Kennedy, Jacqueline | aps | £475 | £1,950 | 310.5% |
| Kennedy, John F | aps | £1,750 | £4,750 | 171.4% |
| Laurel & Hardy | sp | £400 | £3,500 | 775.0% |
| Lee, Bruce | aps | £1,500 | £15,000 | 900.0% |
| 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 | £4,250 | 466.7% |
| 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 | £11,000 | 511.1% |
| Morrison, Jim | aps | £1,500 | £3,500 | 133.3% |
| Mother Teresa | sp | £475 | £1,250 | 163.2% |
| Napoleon Bonaparte | aps | £750 | £4,500 | 500.0% |
| Nelson | aps | £1,500 | £9,500 | 533.3% |
| Newman, Paul | sp | £175 | £1,750 | 900.0% |
| Pele | sp | £100 | £950 | 850.0% |
| Phoenix, River | sp | £250 | £950 | 280.0% |
| Picasso, Pablo | sp | £1,250 | £8,500 | 580.0% |
| Presley, Elvis | sp | £600 | £3,750 | 525.0% |
| Princess Diana | sp | £1,200 | £9,500 | 691.7% |
| Queen Elizabeth II | 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 | £995 | 206.2% |
| Robert De Niro | sp | £50 | £295 | 490.0% |
| 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 | £450 | 350.0% |
| Senna, Ayrton | sp | £600 | £1,600 | 166.7% |
| Sex pistols - incl Sid | aps | £1,750 | £3,500 | 100.0% |
| Shackleton, Ernest | aps | £750 | £1,500 | 100.0% |
| 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 | £337,650 | 318.3% |
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