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Jim Morrison signed "An American Prayer" opinions on authenticity?

Hello all. This is up for auction and purportedly the consignee is a former Doors photographer who was given this by Ray Manzarek. Would highly value opinions!

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Permalink Reply by JackGotLucky on July 23, 2019 at 2:41pm

It's a damn shame the book is in rough shape. Cover chipped ,cracked, severely detaching from binding. I'm also not buying the provenance. Nevertheless, it's a great sig.

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Permalink Reply by Paul on July 23, 2019 at 2:44pm

Just like many other items from that era they need restoration

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on July 23, 2019 at 3:17pm

How valuable is the book? This is one of those cases where the autograph alone is so big, bold and nicely signed that I'd mount it with a first generation photo.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on July 23, 2019 at 3:52pm

Could be done with the book still attached?

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Permalink Reply by JackGotLucky on July 23, 2019 at 4:39pm

An unsigned copy of AAP in good condition is about $2k in itself.

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Permalink Reply by Paul on July 23, 2019 at 5:07pm

You could cut the page out and frame it.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on July 23, 2019 at 5:08pm

I could not.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Shepherd on July 23, 2019 at 7:27pm

That would be tragic. The book could certainly be framed intact in a nice shadow box.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on July 23, 2019 at 5:24pm

I like Eric’s idea of finding a way to frame it and keep the book intact. Granted it will be open for years but it looks like it it’s in pretty rough shape as is.