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It used to be that athletes and VIPs gave away their signatures for free, and a signed baseball or photograph would just sit on a shelf and collect dust. But nowadays, autographs (signatures) are big business.
Many athletes and VIPs demand payment for their signatures, and many people are willing to pay. Autograph dealers can be found in almost any sizable city, and collectors may get hundreds, even thousands, of dollars for things signed by anyone from Mozart to Madonna, Thomas Jefferson to JFK.
A 54-page manuscript written by Albert Einstein recently was sold for $398,500 at Christie’s in New York. And in 1994, Microsoft CEO (chief executive officer) Bill Gates paid $30.8 million for a handwritten notebook penned by Leonardo da Vinci. Meanwhile, fans across the U.S. are flocking to sports shows to have their heroes sign anything from a bat to a box of cereal.
What is the real reason many collectors want autographs? To connect with someone famous, or maybe even to imagine themselves as the hero they admire.
【題組】44. In the past, the signatures of athletes and VIPs ______.
(A) were highly priced (B) cost nothing at all
(C) attracted great attention (D) were for sale to the public
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