Sounds like a great collection. Did you get the signatures yourself?
Yes. I've met the band on several occasions as I was a well known collector and fan. I knew a lot of people in the industry at that time. I "interviewed" them for MMM on the "KISS My Ass" tour. I was also featured in a large Herald Sun interview about "KISS fans" and there was a picture of Gene, Paul and myself. I took lots of items in to sign and I took in friend's items as well. I mainly took in my rare stuff, album covers, tour T-shirts and tour programmes. Even a hat ! They were always approachable and happy to talk. I asked Paul to sign my Friends Ibanez Iceman Paul Stanley Signature (only worth $2000-$3000). After the interview I did with them, we sat far about an hour talking about all sorts of things. I kept in touch with them until the reunion, when they had too many "minders" - but I was invited to go to Perth to do a "meet and greet", but it didn't end up happening.
Funny story happened in Sydney when I bumped into Gene and Andre (bodyguard) - at McDonalds of all places - Gene asked my how the previous shows in Adelaide and Melbourne were. I told him they were good, but I didn't like the fact they dropped "parasite" from the set in Adelaide. They played it that night in Sydney. Little things - but it was cool that they didn't drop the song off the tour.
