Good. How are you?

Pretty good.

What do you have here?

I have an autographed self-portrait

done by Alfred Hitchcock.

Let's check it out.

What do you think?

Does that look like my profile?

Hairy.

[laughs]

I have an Alfred Hitchcock autographed self-portrait.

I collect Hollywood memorabilia, and there was

a celebrity auction going on.

And this was one of the couple that I purchased.

Now I would like to sell it to expand my baseball

autograph collection.

This is pretty cool.

This silhouette is known from his TV series,

"Alfred Hitchcock Presents."

And there would be a silhouette of him,

and then the camera would be focused on it.

He would walk into it like this.

And the silhouette would line up with his face,

and it would disappear.

Then he would be standing here.

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.

Yeah.

And that's where this silhouette comes from.

So Alfred Hitchcock is a pretty fascinating character.

Are you an Alfred Hitchcock fan?

I am.

I own all his movies, all his "Alfred

Hitchcock Presents" episodes.

What are the movies he did?

He did "Vertigo," "North By Northwest," "To Catch a Thief."

"To Catch a Thief," yeah.

"Rear Window."

And then in 1960, he had his most shocking movie, "Psycho."

And it wasn't a big hit with the critics, but the fans loved it.

It was suspenseful, and it went on to be his biggest hit.

It's kind of what he's known for today.

The master of suspense.

Yeah.

He's obviously a little bit before my time,

but nominated for five Academy Awards, three Emmys.

Just this bigger-than-life kind of guy at the time.

I've just got to get a closer look here.

I've never seen his signature before in person.

I've seen pictures of it before.

How much are you asking for this?

$3,000.

OK.

It very well could be worth that.

I don't know.

I can't verify this, though, and I'm definitely not going

to be able to pay you $3,000 unless I have someone come down

and take a look at it.

- Absolutely. - All right.

Give me a few minutes.

Terrific.

I feel that this autograph is 100% legitimate,

and I would welcome an outside expert

to come in and examine it.

He's asking $3,000 for it.

I'm not sure if he's psycho on the price,

so I'm having Steve come down to take a look at it.

- How's it going? - Good.

How are you? - Good.

Nice to see you.

Nice to see you.

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.

Scary.

How are you doing?

Nice to see you.

Thanks for coming out.

This is what I called you about.

It's really cool.

It has his silhouette there.

I don't know too much about Alfred Hitchcock.

Really one of the greatest filmmakers of all time.

You look back at the films he made,

he always had that suspenseful, anxiety-type filming.

It still stands the test of time.

Because a lot of filmmakers still follow

his model, his theory.

So it is really quite amazing.

So your concerns?

Well, my concerns are, obviously,

is this autograph real?

And I also want to know, is the silhouette a constant

in his signature, or is that a special thing to have?

It would vary.

He would do it sometimes for special people,

maybe a special friend.

Did he do it all the time?

No.

Does it add more to the signature?

Yes.

But my biggest concern is with stuff like this,

is it printed, or is it actually live ink on there?

And that's something we need to take

a look at to start off with.

OK.

And almost immediately, I can tell he's using a fiber tip

marker, I believe, on-- yeah, that's what

we're looking at here.

Obviously, the next thing I want to do--

I always look at an example of the signature

and how he signed his name and did his thing on here.

So the thing I love about his autograph

is he had this defining moment for his A, always.

He'd start off here, and he'd lead right into it.

Ironically enough, his last name,

Hitchcock, but he has a nice little hitch here.

And he just flows right into it.

And there's no doubt about it.

Ink is live.

Caricature is great.

I have no doubt that he did that.

Signature looks absolutely magnificent.

Steve, I'm in suspense here.

Tell me how much.

I'll put the value right at $1,200.

OK, perfect.

Well, not exactly what you were looking for,

but I appreciate you coming by.

Good to see you, Chum.

I know you're asking for $3,000.

I've seen them recently selling as high as $7,500.

OK.

What's your bottom price on it?

$2,500 would be my bottom line.

I've got to believe what my man Steve Grad says.

With him telling me this is worth $1,200,

I'd be a buyer at about $600.

No, I think I'll take it with me.

OK.

Well, thanks for coming in.

- Thank you. - Have a great day.

You too.

Thanks again.

Thank you.

I came in looking for $3,000.

They offered me $600.

That's psycho.