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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on October 17, 2016 at 3:35pm

before you decide to sell these, I suggest that you have them authenticated.  

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on October 17, 2016 at 4:03pm

I am sure many of the items are authentic, but a lot of celebs used secretaries to sign.  The Elvis looks like a secretarial, but you can get a quick opinion from Roger Epperson for 15 dollars (music only).

The Munson is also highly questionable.  He was a notorious non-signer, especially through the mail, and this handwriting and signature does not look typical.

It's your call for sure, but just wanted to point out a couple of concerns.  the artwork and signatures are pretty cool.

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Permalink Reply by Joe W. on October 17, 2016 at 4:42pm

The Elvis does not appear signed by him. The John Wayne, Red Skelton, and the Bob Mitchum look fine. I do believe you would get more if you sold these individually. But, you should have each one looked at as some of them are questionable.

Celebrities have been using secretaries for a long, long time.

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Permalink Reply by greta garbo on November 12, 2016 at 10:21am

Sorry Tommy but the Thurman Munson letter was not penned by him. Most likely someone in the Yankee Organization had the responsibility of responding to fan mail.  Not only does that not look anything like any Munson autograph I've ever seen but Thurman was right-handed and his penmanship had the slant typical of righties. That letter appears to have been written by a left-handed person.  I'm only knowledgeable about Thurman's autograph, having viewed hundreds of examples, so I'll leave my opinion about the other autographs for the experts here. I'll attach a letter actually written by Thurman  and attach it here..

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