About the item: Extremely rare Star Wars autograph! Signed by hand by Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist Tony Auth, this trading card from the Topps Star Wars Galaxy Series II set is in near mint/mint condition and will be shipped with the utmost care. A great example of how Star Wars influenced not only popular culture but real-world politics, Auth?s cartoons depicted on this card feature Reagan and the proposed Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) which, based on it?s plan to use space-based weapons systems to protect the United States, was quickly dubbed, and derided by opponents, as the ?Star Wars? program.? Opponents were ultimately proven wrong as merely the pursuit of a viable SDI program helped bring an end to the Cold War and the Soviet Union. Please note- the signature is real. It is the actual, hand-singed signature of Auth. It is not a pre-printed image on the card. ~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