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List of the 40 most regularly traded autographs and their values
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The PFC40 autograph index lists autograph values and details the 2000-2012 price performance of 40 of the most sought-after autographs, both celebrity and historical. The autograph values within the index are for genuine, fully authenticated items, of museum grade quality.
PFC40 Autograph Index Summary:
2011-2012
- Index +4.37%
- Top performing autograph +26% (Neil Armstrong)
2000-2012
- Average increase of 383.3% in 12 year period
- Average compound increase of 14.03% per annum
- Top performing autograph +1,310.3% in 12 year period (George Harrison)
- Nelson Mandela, the world's most valuable living signature, +391.7% in 12 year period
- Most valuable autograph: £25,000 for a signed photo of The Beatles
Year 2000-2012:
| Name | Type | 2000 (£) | 2010 (£) | 2011 (£) | 2012 (£) | 2000-2012 Inc |
| Ali, Muhammad | Signed photo | 250 | 950 | 995 | 1,200 | 380.0% |
| Apollo XI | Signed photo | 2,000 | 8,950 | 9,500 | 9,950 | 397.5% |
| Armstrong, Neil | Signed photo | 550 | 5,500 | 5,950 | 7,500 | 1263.6% |
| Astaire/Rogers | Signed photo | 595 | 1,495 | 1,600 | 1,600 | 168.9% |
| Beatles, The | Signed album page | 2,950 | 8,500 | 8,950 | 8,950 | 203.4% |
| Beatles, The | Signed photo | 5,500 | 22,500 | 24,000 | 25,000 | 354.5% |
| Bonaparte, Napoleon | Signed letter | 995 | 4,500 | 4,500 | 4,500 | 352.3% |
| Carpenters, The | Signed photo | 295 | 1,600 | 1,750 | 1,750 | 493.2% |
| Castro, Fidel | Signed photo | 325 | 2,950 | 2,950 | 2,950 | 807.7% |
| Chaplin, Charlie | Signed photo | 1,250 | 3,750 | 3,950 | 4,500 | 260.0% |
| Churchill, Sir Winston | Signed photo | 2,600 | 5,950 | 5,950 | 6,500 | 150.0% |
| Dali, Salvador | Signed photo | 325 | 995 | 1,100 | 1,250 | 284.6% |
| Dean, James | Signed photo | 1,600 | 12,000 | 12,500 | 14,000 | 775.0% |
| Diana, Princess of Wales | Signed photo | 1,250 | 8,500 | 8,950 | 8,950 | 616.0% |
| Dickens, Charles | Handwritten signed letter | 795 | 3,950 | 3,950 | 3,950 | 396.9% |
| Disney, Walt | Signed photo | 450 | 3,950 | 4,250 | 4,250 | 844.4% |
| Dylan, Bob | Signed photo | 895 | 1,950 | 1,950 | 1,950 | 117.9% |
| Einstein, Albert | Handwritten signed letter | 1,750 | 6,000 | 6,950 | 7,500 | 328.6% |
| Harrison, George | Signed photo | 195 | 2,250 | 2,500 | 2,750 | 1310.3% |
| Hendrix, Jimi | Signed album page | 995 | 4,950 | 4,950 | 4,950 | 397.5% |
| Houdini, Harry | Signed photo | 1,200 | 4,950 | 4,950 | 4,950 | 312.5% |
| Jackson, Michael | Signed photo | 175 | 750 | 1,200 | 1,500 | 757.1% |
| Kennedy, John F. | Handwritten signed letter | 1,850 | 6,950 | 7,500 | 7,500 | 305.4% |
| King, Martin Luther | Signed photo | 795 | 3,500 | 3,950 | 3,950 | 396.9% |
| Laurel & Hardy | Signed photo | 450 | 3,500 | 3,750 | 3,750 | 733.3% |
| Lee, Bruce | Signed album page | 1,750 | 9,950 | 9,950 | 9,950 | 468.6% |
| Lennon, John | Signed album page | 695 | 5,950 | 6,250 | 6,500 | 835.3% |
| Madonna | Signed photo | 375 | 895 | 950 | 950 | 153.3% |
| Mandela, Nelson | Signed photo | 600 | 1,950 | 2,450 | 2,950 | 391.7% |
| McCartney, Sir Paul | Signed photo | 175 | 1,500 | 1,750 | 2,000 | 1042.9% |
| Monroe, Marilyn | Signed album page | 2,950 | 6,750 | 6,750 | 6,750 | 128.8% |
| Moonwalkers | Signed photo | 1,950 | 12,950 | 12,950 | 14,000 | 617.9 |
| Nelson, Lord Horatio | Signed letter | 1,800 | 8,950 | 9,500 | 9,500 | 427.8% |
| Picasso, Pablo | Signed photo | 1,400 | 3,950 | 3,950 | 3,950 | 182.1% |
| Presley, Elvis | Signed photo | 750 | 3,250 | 3,250 | 3,250 | 333.3% |
| Rolling Stones, The | Signed photo | 995 | 5,500 | 5,950 | 5,950 | 498.0% |
| Rowling, J.K. | Signed book | 395 | 1,200 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 279.7% |
| Starr, Ringo | Signed photo | 195 | 795 | 995 | 995 | 410.3% |
| Warhol, Andy | Signed photo | 195 | 1,950 | 1,950 | 1,950 | 900.0% |
| Woods, Tiger | Signed photo | 750 | 1,750 | 1,750 | 1,750 | 133.3% |
| £ | 45,010 | 197,680 | 208,440 | 217,545 | 383.3% |
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