The essence of a signature

[wolfehr]

exactly thats what i experienced, inscriptions are not very popular this days, because they remind you that the book was meant for somebody else.
That would underline my theory even if its just unconsciously

a blank signature is something like a joker - it is automatically "for you" as it is for nobody, only the fact remains that you know if its signed in your present or not.

This statement is true for me. I will not collect a book with an inscription to someone else. If it's a generic inscription (i.e., no name) I'm 100% okay. It's having someone else's name written in the book that turns me off.