philography (fi-LOG-ruh-fee) noun

   The practice of collecting autographs.

[From Greek philo-, loving + -graphy, writing.]

   "Virtually anything to which ink will stick can be collected, swapped or
   sold, according to the Universal Autograph Collectors Club, a 2,000-member
   association of experts in the field of philography."
   Ben Steelman, While You're Standing in Line, The Wilmington Morning
   Star (NC), Oct 22, 1998.

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