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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on February 11, 2018 at 12:31pm

I think the odds of anyone reading this being familiar with Mario Lanza are about 10 to 1. :-)

A very popular artist of the time. My grandfather had a stack of his albums.

Sorry I cannot help with the signature.

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Permalink Reply by BG Meadows on February 11, 2018 at 1:02pm

No problem, Steve. I appreciate your response, nonetheless. I know a couple of autograph dealers I'm going to contact to see if they can verify the authenticity of Mario's autograph. If I get authentication, I'll let the Forum know. 

As an aside, "Pidge" was George Rhein, well known assistant movie director who worked on numerous movies. Rhein died in 1985. 

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Permalink Reply by Joe W. on February 11, 2018 at 1:27pm

I have looked at a number of Lanza signatures. This has a good chance of being good although I have not ever handled any of his directly. The inscription has good similarities to his usual style of writing.

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Permalink Reply by BG Meadows on February 11, 2018 at 1:53pm

Hi Joe! Thank you for your feedback. I'm willing to take your word on the authenticity of this Mario autograph. 

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Permalink Reply by Joe W. on February 11, 2018 at 1:59pm

Just an opinion. I was shocked to see how scarce his signature is. It looks right.

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Permalink Reply by Joe W. on February 11, 2018 at 2:11pm

BTW. Tom Kramer of Golden Age Autographs have a couple of Lanza signed photos. Don't know what the price is of the one you are looking at but you may want to check these out.

https://www.goldenageautographs.com/vintage.html

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on February 11, 2018 at 2:40pm

Yes, Tom Kramer is the extent of my thinking at the moment.

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Permalink Reply by BG Meadows on February 11, 2018 at 4:42pm

Thanks, Joe, I appreciate the suggestion to check out Golden Age's Mario items. The ebay Lanza is $900--a bit more than I want to pay, but, hey, it's for my 85-year-old mother and I'm not going to grumble about biting the financial bullet. 

take care and thanks for info!

Garrett 

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Permalink Reply by BG Meadows on February 11, 2018 at 4:46pm

Follow-up. Joe! I owe you a debt of gratitude! I just checked out the Lanza autographs at Golden Age. Mr. Kramer has the exact Lanza photo I found on eBay--inscribed to another recipient--for HALF the price! Woo-hoo! 

With appreciation!

Garrett M

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Permalink Reply by Joe W. on February 11, 2018 at 5:13pm

Glad I could be of help. Your mother will be thrilled.

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