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Doomed Autographed Item
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Who doesn't love having something special, signed by their favorite celebrity or athlete? Not only is there sentimental value attached to the item, but it's also monetarily rare as well. The people who understand the importance of these items won't mess around with them. However, that doesn't stop others from missing the memo. Kids will find their dad's prized, autographed baseball and get it lost in the river. Siblings will intentionally or unintentionally destroy their brother or sister's special signed valuable. And even if another character isn't directly responsible, losing this precious item will be as heartbreaking as losing a loved one, or at least, that's how it'll be portrayed. And, of course, this will happen. You'll never see an autographed rarity go without being destroyed, stolen, or otherwise lost, to the great disappointment of the owner. Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })A common plotline is that whoever destroyed the item will go to great lengths either to get it back or to get it replaced, sometimes even having to go directly to the source and get another signature. Forgeries aren't enough; it needs to be authentic, just like the original one (hopefully) was...unless the character is desperate. Most often it's a sportsball, which are the easiest to access and destroy, but any autographed rarity can and will apply for this trope. Heavily overlaps with Broken Treasure, and is sister tropes with the Dead Pet Sketch, The Precious, Precious Car, Carrying a Cake, the Endangered Soufflé, the Priceless Ming Vase, and Ashes to Crashes. Often the cause of a Storm in a Teacup plot. |
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The Sandlot: Benny hits the team's only baseball so hard that he knocks the cover off. With his stepfather Bill away on business, Scotty borrows a baseball from his trophy room that is autographed by legendary player Babe Ruth. Being ignorant of baseball history, Scotty does not realize the ball's value, and hits his first home run, sending it into the Beast's yard. When the other boys learn of the autograph, they tell Scotty its value and make several attempts to get the ball out of the yard using makeshift retrieval devices, but each is destroyed by the Beast. Ultimately, the Beast’s owner compensates them by giving them a ball with the names of the entirety of the Yankees "Murderer’s Row" lineup on it. | |
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In one arc of FoxTrot, Paige gets an autographed photograph from the Backsync Boys, but Jason's iguana Quincy eats it while she's at school. Since Andy promised to watch it, Paige blames her and spends the next few days slinging guilt (calling Andy "mother who ruined my life" and such) to get whatever she wants. At the end of the arc, Paige receives another dozen copies of the photo because of all the letters she wrotenote A point of humor early in the arc was Paige treating the photo like it was unique, despite the fact that it was obviously mass produced — it just said "To our number one fan, love the Backsync Boys", and she apologizes to Andy for her behavior. | |
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