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Permalink Reply by Joe W. on February 22, 2017 at 4:39am

Nice!!

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Permalink Reply by Karsten on February 22, 2017 at 11:29am

Thank you. So you think it is real?

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Permalink Reply by Joe W. on February 22, 2017 at 11:51am

Interesting. There are better members on Elvis but it looks good to me. I don't think a forger would add such a long inscription which tends to make me more comfortable about it. I know there are some good Elvis forgeries tho and hopefully others will chime in.

It looks close enough for me to, at least, get Roger Epperson's opinion on it if I considering it to purchase.

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Permalink Reply by Don Webster on February 22, 2017 at 12:11pm

That's  pretty nice...

Elvis worked at the Loews theatre in Memphis as an usher for Mr. Arthur Groom.

One day Elvis had a little bit of a fist fight with another young employee. Mr. Groom fired Elvis but eventually hired him back.

Can you imagine the irony when...5 years later...give or take....Elvis is sitting in the same theatre starring in his very own Hollywood productions!!

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Permalink Reply by Don Webster on February 22, 2017 at 12:27pm

It's 1958...

Here's Elvis and Arthur Groom, the theatre manager to whom the autograph is dedicated...

It's obvious Elvis had some affection and respect for his former boss...

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Permalink Reply by Joe W. on February 22, 2017 at 12:35pm

That makes this signed photo even better. Thanks, Don for sharing this. Karsten, would you mean, I would like to see the entire photo. I'll finish the way I started, "Nice!!".

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on February 22, 2017 at 1:08pm

I like it! I'd get Roger on it too, tho.

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Permalink Reply by Karsten on February 22, 2017 at 1:48pm

Thank you Don for the picture and the very interesting story.

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