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It is human nature to harbor a desire to be around great people, and to keep lasting mementos of the experience. One way of accomplishing that goal is to collect a notable person’s “John Henry” on paper. But the difficulty of doing so tends to vary inversely with that person’s degree of fame and with their willingness to give signatures.

Now for example, you take Albert Einstein’s signature. His autograph wasn’t widely available, and memento seekers used to grab every scrap of paper he ever touched that wasn’t nailed down, even table napkins on which he might have scribbled a few hurried words...