Autograph collector Mati Vihman visited this Sunday “Prillitoosis”, in whose collection you can find autographs of both Fidel Castro Ruz and Marie Under.
Mati Vihman’s autograph collection today weighs more than a kilogram. “I set myself the goal of having a thousand together by my 70th birthday. I had already received a thousand a year before. If an autograph weighs about a gram and a thousand autographs are already together and there are 313 more to do, I imagine that is still a kilo,” he explained.
Vihman also put his rich collection of autographs between book covers, the book is titled “Kilogramm autogramme”. The desire to write the story of the autographs as a book had been in the minds of Vihman and her husband for a long time. “And then Covid came, a great opportunity: you go for a walk with your cane, come home, eat some soup, rest and start writing,” the man said.
Vihman received his first autograph in the mail from Fidel Castro Ruz at the age of 15. “It was addressed seniority Mati in Vihmani. That way I was four times Miss and twice Mrs.,” laughed the autograph hunter.
Marie Under’s autograph is also found in Vihman’s collection. Although all of her autographs are very expensive to the autograph collector and he does not sell or trade any of them, she secretly still considers Under’s autograph to be the most valuable.
“I wrote him a letter for about a couple of weeks. Somewhere in 1970 we studied his poetry in literature and I wrote down all the thoughts that arose and some verses from his work. I think I wanted to go out on a firm note, because such an old person couldn’t write to me, I didn’t pay attention the second time, so I also put a class assignment in the envelope, which was graded “5-“, because there were two spelling mistakes do it”, he remembered.
In March 1971 Vihman received the long-awaited response with a photo from his youth. “In the trembling hand of an old man was written: “Mati Vihmani with family greetings. Marie Under. “But this was not enough for the poet, she takes the note and writes on it:” Dear young lover of poetry, thank you for evaluating my verses which shine with genuine enthusiasm, “recalls Vihman.
Today Vihman has changed the technique of collecting autographs and focuses on birthdays. “The collection is already so large that it is possible to organize exhibitions on numerous themes, for example,” she noted.
According to Vihman, to get the desired autograph you need to write honestly. “The evaluation of the object, usually still a sincere respect, an apology before and after, the expression of a wish and then hope,” the man gave some recommendations. “There are still some who haven’t had time to respond.”
2024-01-28 14:50:00
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