Lon Chaney Jr. Signed photo

anyone have an idea of what a good price for this Lon Chaney Jr signed photo would be? i can't find any comps. thanks

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on March 24, 2021 at 2:30pm

I would want to know if that is a printed photo PC or a RPPC.

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Permalink Reply by David Lewis on March 24, 2021 at 4:08pm

Cory, In my humble opinion my war date and my exemplar library date this late war or after…..I doubt this is a !941 Wolfman autograph due to the fact he did not add Jr. to his name. The latest Jr. autograph in my library sold for $1000. Your autograph looks like the one I posted about a month ago, except for the Jr.. As Eric stated, size does matter when it comes to value at this level.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on March 24, 2021 at 4:12pm

Size of course, but I was asking if it was a paper printed image post card or a glossy real photo postcard.

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Permalink Reply by David Lewis on March 24, 2021 at 4:19pm

Eric, I thought if I could get the size issue in before Cory answered he would answer two birds with one stone. No foul implied.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on March 24, 2021 at 4:21pm

No problem David. From the relative size of the image and signature it appears a postcard size.

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Permalink Reply by Cory Clarkson on March 24, 2021 at 5:05pm

Its 4x5 in size, here's the back

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on March 24, 2021 at 5:24pm

I was looking up the text on the Reverse and ran into the auction - you paid 3K? Wow! What does this sort of thing bring when it's not from PPC?

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Permalink Reply by Cory Clarkson on March 24, 2021 at 6:01pm

I didn't buy it, they want 2600 for it. I just thought that seems too high, but

Don't really know what signed wolfman photos usually sell for

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Permalink Reply by Eddy on March 24, 2021 at 8:39pm

Hi Cory-

Here's a 40's signed 8" x 10" as the Wolfman that sold at Hake's for $1900 in 2007:

https://www.hakes.com/Auction/ItemDetail/28663/THE-WOLF-MAN-LON-CHA...

Regarding the one you posted...I have seen other examples of the smaller one that you are looking at. In fact, I had one years ago that I eventually traded with another collector. That's a pulpy cardstock paper it is printed on. These were given out at live appearances that Lon Chaney made in the early 60's, if I recall correctly. It was kind of a live travelling spook / horror show that he was the headliner of. The blank border on the bottom was printed that way so that he could autograph them at the live appearances.

My memory is not always the best but I believe that I paid about $600 for the one I had which only had his name signed without the "Thanks" added. That was probably about ten years ago, though. Wish I still had it.

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Permalink Reply by Cory Clarkson on March 24, 2021 at 5:22pm

Was the signature you sold on a photo or an album page?

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Permalink Reply by David Lewis on March 24, 2021 at 8:07pm

Cory, The library item I referenced was a sold $1000 signature, if I remember framed with photo….The first photo is the one sold for $1000 on the net and the second is my rock solid war date in my collection.