of memorabilia in particular if one person is interested in purchasing an object from a registrant the registrant can provide the authentication code to the interested party the interested party then visits the system website and enters the authid in the information entry location 90 which as shown in fig7 is a box to the left of each system web page having a space provided for entry of authids with reference to fig8 after entering a valid authid a page 100 is displayed to the interested party showing a picture 102 of the signing event associated with the authid in this case fig8 shows a picture of a signing event where terrell davis is autographing a jersey this page 100 also provides a written description of the item 104 the ownership history of the item on the website 106 the emblem of the autograph distributor not shown and if the registrant owner has designated a link under his or her user preferences a link 108 allowing the interested party to e mail the registrant who owns the item after viewing information about the item of memorabilia and related signing event on the web page 100 the interested party may wish to make an offer to purchase the item if this is the case the interested party selects the e mail link 108 and an e mail message to the owner of the memorabilia object is automatically created the interested party then completes the e mail message by entering a return e mail address along with.