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Gunsmoke with Arness and Blake

Hi gang:

I purchased this years ago. It is a old photo with some traces of silvering. It was certainly hand-signed as it is not a preprint.

I'm fairly certain the Blake is authentic as she was a pretty good signer. From what I have seen, the Arness looks good, however, I am not sure if he ever used a secretary or not.

Thoughts?

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Permalink Reply by Lou reves on May 12, 2011 at 7:38pm

I dont know if they are good but I love it! Its one of those once in a lifetime finds!

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Permalink Reply by E.B.G. on May 12, 2011 at 7:45pm

Louie, I once got a response from Amanda Blake. This is years ago.

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Permalink Reply by Roger Furr on May 14, 2011 at 5:42am

I love this show, I belive I have seen all of them, I have a small "Gunsmoke"collection I have a 8x10 signed by James Arness as well as Milburn Stone, A credit card receipt signed by Amanda Blake dated 1972 As well as a letter on personal letterhead dated may 12,64 also 8x10 signed by Ken Curtis adding "Festus" and a 3x5 by Glen Strange. Was gonna try and put a collection of guest stars but WAY to many.

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Permalink Reply by Roger Furr on May 14, 2011 at 5:45am

Arness has a website that you can go to and buy photos as well as badges and other stuff at a ok price. www.jamesarness.com .

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Permalink Reply by Brandon Mysinger on May 14, 2011 at 9:33am

I have two Arness autographs ( 1 personalized from his site and 1 from autograph world ) I can post scans if need be.

Gunsmoke is simply still the BEST T.V. show and Western EVER MADE! I have the complete series on DVD copies and will buy ANYTHING Gunsmoke related

I even have the old Marx Gunsmoke playset.

Arness is a living legend and everyone should have his autograph.

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Permalink Reply by Roger Furr on May 14, 2011 at 9:52am

I agree , Brandon

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Permalink Reply by Stephen Duncan on May 14, 2011 at 12:32pm

Stock up OR at least get 1 or 2 of the James Arness signed photos from his website. Sadly, he is not all that well these days....

Plus, it makes him feel real good to hear from his fans. I talked to his wife about this time last year via email. She told me it hurt her husband to not be able to sign autographs for a while when he was ill, but loved all the letters of support.

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Permalink Reply by Steve on May 14, 2011 at 5:16pm

I never knew he had a website. Just went there to purchase a signed photo and it says that he is no longer signing. They are no longer offering signed photo's.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on May 14, 2011 at 5:17pm

Oh boy... not a good sign. I was just there maybe a week ago and they had the signed photos at that time.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on May 14, 2011 at 5:21pm

By the way, I have a number of Arness autographs ordered through his site. However, the old age signatures are not really a good comparison to the signature above which may have been signed 40+ years ago. I'm having difficulty finding confirmed vintage signatures for comparison's sake.

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Permalink Reply by Brandon Mysinger on May 17, 2011 at 5:35am

I have one from Autograph World. I'll post a pic later....I do believe that the above is authentic. everything I see matches.

I REALLY hate to hear he isn't signing. He is one of those people that you just KNOW you should buy one autograph a month from and you put it off and off and off....until something like this happens.