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Joe Dimaggio
Sat, May 26 2012
All about autographs: Viv Richards, Geoff Boycott & a Rolls Royce moment!
By Venkataraman Ganesan
The practice of offering and obtaining autographs supposedly has its roots in the Greek tradition. The word autograph refers to a document transcribed in its entirety by the author. Thus the practice of collecting autographs from achievers is one that has been followed from times immemorial.