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Jerry Lee Lewis New Book and Signing?

has anybody got information about what bookstores jerry is attending to sign his new book ? I say sign as I have seen at the barnes &noble store in new York while he will be in attendance the books will be pre signed and only the auther will be signing !! does that set any alarm bells off

at this moment this is the only signing he will be attending does anyone know of any others as would really like to add him to my book collection and being based in uk I have to get in touch with the stores in usa !!

thanks

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Permalink Reply by Ian Baldock on May 26, 2017 at 7:22pm

Hi Mark, I was hoping Josh would have commented by now. I believe he told me he saw Judith doing the dedication on some pieces and Jerry Lee signing his name. I don't know which ones but the top one you're showing might be one.

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on May 26, 2017 at 7:36pm

Hi Ian, The seller of that LP said that JLL wrote the inscription, and that he only saw three other people there for JLL's autograph, including his friend that he went there with.

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Permalink Reply by Ian Baldock on May 26, 2017 at 7:44pm

This Jerry Lee stuff gives me a headache!

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on May 26, 2017 at 7:48pm

Tell me about it. Ugh. Doesn't it look like the bottom example is all from the same hand? In "Mark", the "M" extending substantially below the baseline and flourish at the end of the "K" look like JLL traits to me. I believe the flourish at the end of the "D" in "JD" in the top example is as well.

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Permalink Reply by Ian Baldock on May 26, 2017 at 8:05pm

Was just talking to Josh Lasure on FB. Trying to get him to come on to tell what exactly he observed at the airport. Cant speak highly enough about Josh,he is a reat in person grapher,he just got Al Jardine today.

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on January 12, 2018 at 12:21pm

Early last year, I sent a couple of items for authentication by Beckett and decided to include one of the signed books to see what would happen. The result was "inconclusive", and I was told that Beckett would have to do additional research prior to rendering an opinion. I inquired again several months later and was told the result would still be "inconclusive", with the reason being that the signature contains both passable traits and traits that are of concern.

On a related note, here are a couple of LPs that recently appeared on eBay with BAS COAs:

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on January 12, 2018 at 12:39pm

I don’t think the second one was signed by James Whitten. Or JLL, or his wife.

The top one looks like a Whitten to me.

What do you think of them Ballroom?

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on January 12, 2018 at 12:45pm

Both are from the same seller, who says the top one was purchased from an in-person collector in NY at least 15 years ago. I think both were signed by JLL.

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Permalink Reply by Mark Roberts on January 12, 2018 at 12:58pm

I appreciate you posting the results from Beckett Ballroom.

I have a few "Thanks" at my house. I will check when I get home. I do have a signed 78 here that says "Thanks". His "T" always resembles a 2, if I remember correctly. I would be curious to see the "Thanks" in the 2 above more closely.

Pictured is my signed 78.

Mark

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on January 12, 2018 at 1:06pm

No problem. I look for his "T" to have the crossbar drawn first like your example, the ones that were presented as being Whitten secretarials, and the block letter "To"s from the TTMs. That isn't always the case though. The two Whitten "To"s I've seen appear to have the crossbar drawn last.