About the item: From Diamond Select Toys, this rare and exclusive figure features Steve Geppi, a comic book distributor, publisher, and former comic store owner, Geppis is perhaps best known as the founder and CEO of Diamond Comics Distributors. A part owner of the Baltimore Orioles, he is also the president and publisher of Gemstone Publishing (which publishes the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, EC reprints, and Disney Comics), owner of Baltimore Magazine, and is the founder of the Geppi's Entertainment Museum as well as Diamond International Galleries (which acquired Hake's Americana Collectibles Auction House in 2004 and Morphy Auctions in 2005). This figure was given out at the 2017 SDCC Diamond Comics Distributors VIP party. It includes numerous accessories, including a "copy" of Previews, Hake's auction catalog, Baltimore Magazine, Geppi's Museum booklet, a baseball cap and bat, and two mini MiniMates, Signed by hand by Geppi, it is autographed on its reverse side, is in excellent condition with only minor wear and will be shipped with the utmost care. Please note- the signature is real. It is the actual, hand-signed signature of Geppi. It is not a pre-printed image on the figure. ~Certificate of Authenticity/Provenance: Excepting pack-pulled autograph trading cards, CGC Signature Series, signed Sideshow prints, and like collectibles, all autographed items Vault Collectibles sells were personally witnessed, by myself, being signed by the writer, artist, or celebrity in question. No third party is involved. Further, art sketches - and most published original art I sell - were obtained directly from the artist themselves. For buyers desiring this guarantee in written form, this statement guarantees that the above referenced item is as stated in the listing description. A screen capture of the completed auction page, which includes this statement of provenance, may be saved by the buyer as a digital file or print off in hardcopy form. As this serves as written proof of said guarantee, no physical documentation will be included in the package when the item is mailed. J. Brian O?Bryant VaultCollectibles dba as empire.auctions