Passionate pop-culturist Hamad Al Kooheji hopes to secure the world record for the most number of authentic autographs at his special signature museum.
While autographs can trace their history to the first scratched by a scribe on an Iraqi clay tablet circa 2600BC, collectors, known as ‘autograph hounds’ have seen their numbers grow since the birth of the cinema industry and the advent of the movie star.
Hamad boasts more than 500 autographs but he plans to more than double his collection before applying for a vaunted spot in the Guinness Book of World Records, which does not currently have a set record for ‘most number of autographed items.’
“In all the countries I have visited, I have never seen a museum dedicated purely to autographs,” the 27-year-old Bahraini collector told GulfWeekly.
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