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Yes or No on this Mario Lanza signed photo?

My 85 year old mother loves Mario Lanza. She got his autograph in-person in 1950 but it was lost in Hurricane Katrina. I thought about getting her another as a present. 

I saw this one on eBay and was wondering if it's the real deal. Let me know.

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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.

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. 

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.

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. 

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.

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

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.

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 

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

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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