Authentic Memorabilia Autograph Dealer Mark Turgeon Biography

By Mark Turgeon
My first autograph was from Dave Winfield of the New York Yankees. I was eight years old. I had never met anyone famous before and after that day, Dave felt like a hero to me.

As a kid I collected sports cards from baseball, football, hockey and basketball, but to get them signed by the athlete was another thing. I always enjoyed all sports from playing them and watching them on TV. I enjoy the sport of hockey the most and on my favorite team the Hartford Whalers. My official autograph collecting days started in Hartford, CT. I was a hardcore Whaler fan and would attend most home games and obtain autographs from the Whalers and the visiting teams.

Between the ages of 10 and 17, I collected hockey autographs in Hartford. Every time I met a new hockey superstar, I would get a rush. I obtained a massive collection of hockey autographs that consisted of pucks, cards, photos, sticks, and programs.

After the Hartford Whalers moved to North Carolina to become the Carolina Hurricanes, I began to have a great interest in collecting music autographs. I met many bands such as U2, The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, that have toured throughout Connecticut, New York, Boston, and even Canada.

I love all music from Rock, Pop, Blues, Rap, Folk, Jazz, International, and Country. I believed in the various artists from these genres and always had an interest of obtaining autographs from them.

Today, I would sell some of my autographs I have obtained for a supplemental income. Please check out my website for autographs for sale along with viewing authentic autograph exemplars at www.sharkstreasures.com.

As of today, I currently live in beautiful Southern California and still continue to work with the best collectors and professional photographers in the Entertainment business. Throughout the years I have obtained thousands of signatures in sports, music, celebrity and along with some political. I have built a database of authentic signature exemplars and able to determine if an autograph is authentic or fake, based on collecting experience and cross comparisons. The market is loaded with fake autographs and it is really disgusting, because some people just don't care. An autograph to me is a true memory or an artifact that should be well preserved for the future generations.

I have recently decided to finish my college degree at California State University Northridge studying Geography. No matter what my future holds, I'll probably always be out there getting autographs on the side. Autograph collecting has been a hobby of mine for about 17 years. Nothing beats the anticipation, the excitement, and the stories that come out of those autograph nights. All the Best Mark Turgeon - 13946