""Hey John...can I have your glasses?...Sure...catch!" I love those stories! "I got them from a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy!'...Good enough for me!"
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Lennon "In His Own Write" real or fake?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Jim Cushman Mar 28, 2024. 20 Replies 0 Likes
Hey, how does this Lennon look like? Supposingly signed at the WFIL. …Continue
Led Zepplin II fully signed. Opinions?
Started this discussion. Last reply by james conger Dec 9, 2022. 4 Replies 0 Likes
What do we think? sorry if it has been posted before. Continue
Beatles set in pencil
Started this discussion. Last reply by Jason H Jun 19, 2022. 22 Replies 0 Likes
What is the opinion on that set and is a pencil set less desirable than a set with any other pen?thanks!…Continue
Real?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Chris1523 Dec 17, 2021. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Need some help on those 3 sigs…. Any chance they are good?thanks!…Continue
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"Yeah...I love that story...a CLASSIC!"
"I recall Paul saying that early on John would come over to his place to write and walk home about 2 blocks over. One night John said "Paul, those are some very strange people on your corner, playing cards all night like that," Paul…"
"And those glasses that were supposedly owned by John Lennon and gifted to someone at a party. (I guess John miraculously recovered perfect vision that night). The "provenance" was comical - original owner deceased, his brother…"
"I'm not sure it's that old ;)"
"Sure do...he was on here for a while...trying to sell his WFIL Lennon's...he's still on different sites..."
"Remember "the WFIL man" or whatever he called himself? ;)"
"On May 16...17...& 18, 1975...Philadelphia radio station WFIL held it's annual "Helping Hands Marathon" to raise money for local charities. That year John Lennon was asked to participate in the program. Lennon agreed...and he went…"
"Sounds potentially nefarious!
Chris1523 - Can you share any more about the source of this? Has it been looked at by anyone but the seller?"
"Exposure for a certain time at a certain distance. This is how accelerated tests are done with inks and paints etc. Also ageing for recreations of past materials."
"That can be accomplished with a UV lamp."
"I'd certainly defer to those who have more experience with his signature. However (from the scans at least), that ink on that unique surface sure could pass for being 50 years old."
"I would pass as it does not look genuine to me."
"Doesn't look real to me. "
"This is a copy of the U.S. version published by Simon & Schuster in 1964. It sold in '64 for the $2.50 price you see on the bottom left of the cover."
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