Saturday, October 26, 2013
HEY ALL!! Is this AUTOGRAPH real or??
" If you really ant to rip up your mind, if you want to take the lid off your life, if you want to reach down in the sump, to last dregs off the camel's back hump, and the wolves are howling right at your door, and the vultures want to tear off some more, your flesh is burning right off your bones, your children kick you right out of your home, if you really want to tear up your mind, if you really want to get yourself blind " Well was finally able to get out today and get the yard mowed. And I must say " It looks M-A-R-V-E-L-O-U-S!!" Got some stuff cleaned out of the garage as well. Took a break from the computer stuff today. I have been trying to chase down a couple of possible autograph's on the back of a Tour Program I bought several years ago. It's a 1965 Tour of the Rolling Stones, The Hollies, The Checkmates, and a few others. It was a tour in Europe. When I bought the item the seller did not know who the auto's were from. SO I told him that meant it was a program with ink writing on it. And that devalues it. So I bought it for a song, I think $20 of less. Well I have made a copy of the back where the auto's are and then highlighted them. And I have been on-line for 4 or 5 days trying to figure out who it might be. Well one of them I think is the drummer for The Checkmates, Barry Reeves, the other on I think is the drummer for The Rolling Stones, Charlie Watts. The problem is that Charlie signed his WHOLE name, he usually signs as 'charlie boy'. Well I was able to find several examples on-line that were authenticated showing his whole name. They were from '64 and '65. I also sent an e-mail to the administrator of the Stones chat board I am on. He didn't think it was Charlie, BUT he has a friend who was a photographer for The Stones for about 30 years. And he sent my scan to him. Well the photog came back and said " YES, it was an early Charlie!!" So I then sent it to an 'expert' out of Houston for a quick review. He came back and said there were THREE sig's or the program. Barry (which he spelled bErry) and Tony Hicks and Graham Nash. The later two signing just their first names!?!?!? WHAT!! So more on line research, I did NOT find anything even CLOSE to either one of their sig's. Let alone first name ONLY!! So another quick e-mail to the board administrator and he assured me that if the photog thought it was real, he felt there was a STRONG chance it was! So I will go back on-line Monday and see if I can find another 'expert' and take another try. I would like to get the auto's certified just for down the road. Luckily I have dealt with so called experts on autographs before with my baseball card collecting. This Houston expert was referred to me by a large autograph company out of England. But I don't think they knew anything about him. SO on my journey goes. Did I tell you how GREAT the mowed yard looks? CHOW MOI!!
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