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Permalink Reply by Eddy on April 8, 2022 at 5:51pm

I'd agree.  The check is real but, as Eric says, he's relatively available in various forms.

For example, here's something I just randomly spotted for sale online that I think is nice.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on April 8, 2022 at 5:59pm

Very cool Etienne. Vintage Players Directory with enough info to supply a date window.

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Permalink Reply by John Hancock on April 9, 2022 at 1:36pm

That is a nice example. What date range do you think it was signed?

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on April 9, 2022 at 3:03pm

After he divorced and when he had two children. The blurb refers to "he married Mary Grant in '50" and has 2 children. So in the mid-50's, under 60, from the paper.

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Permalink Reply by Eddy on April 9, 2022 at 3:03pm

I believe that image attached from the players directory is from HOUSE OF WAX (1953). ....  so that may be in the ballpark.  Eric may know more.  

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on April 9, 2022 at 3:53pm

If he had 2 kids in 3 years then I would agree with Etienne - at latest possibly '54 or '55 I should think.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on April 9, 2022 at 4:45pm

But re-reading it "...all these years later..." might be some time later - could be 10 years after the Players Directory cut. One kid was with Barret and one with Grant. It is Victoria Grant that I purchased the 5x7 House on Haunted Hill above showing Price cutting the rug with his "co-star".

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on April 9, 2022 at 4:56pm

Definitely a House of Wax photo. Good eye Etienne. The 73 in a circle is odd - he remarried in 1973.

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Permalink Reply by Eddy on April 8, 2022 at 5:47pm

I'd say that check looks fine.  It's also made out to an art gallery which has significance to his life and interests.

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Permalink Reply by John Hancock on April 9, 2022 at 4:53pm

I purchased this check for $75. I like the art connection and the art gallery that he purchased it from is a big deal. It has their stamp for deposit on the back plus the regular bank stuff.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on April 9, 2022 at 5:08pm

Yes, but the bill is for $6.36. I thought you specifically wanted a sketch? This 1939 SP signed in fountain just closed a month or so for $50. It pays to wait and shop around. This vintage 1939 SP is and always will be worth more than a 1978 check.

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Permalink Reply by John Hancock on April 9, 2022 at 5:43pm

I really liked that the check is made out to an art gallery. He had such an interest in art. Sometimes they are not too exciting. My Rod Serling check is made out to a locksmith. It doesn't mean I still won't pick something else up. Today I also bought an autograph of Roddy McDowall signed in 1944.

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