by Throwaway » Sun Jul 17, 2016 2:59 am
So a few years back, I came across a framed telegram in an antique store. It appeared to be from Jerry Lewis to Dean Martin and was dated July 6th, 1946 where Jerry was telling Dean that the 500 Club wanted them both to perform on July 24th and 25th. On the back of the frame was a photocopy of a section of an affidavit that claimed the telegram was donated to a charity auction by Dean Martin himself in 1968.
The price was right, but I had no real illusions that it was authentic. The telegram was in mixed case (capital letters and lowercase), which was highly suspect. But the 'telegram' was on what appeared to be authentic Western Union paper and the dates really seemed to fit the story of them first performing together, so it was fun to imagine it was real.
Anyway, long story longer, I finally decided to send a letter along with a picture of the telegram to Mr. Lewis and ask if it was real or not. To make it easy, I made the letter short but nice and included a page with a list of canned responses that could be given (it's real, it might be real, I don't remember, it's definitely fake, etc...). Included a SASE and sent it priority mail. Didn't ask for an autograph, picture, or anything else. Just a big "X" in a box next to the most applicable reply.
A week later, and I got my SASE back with the response page included:
http://surfmypictures.com/image/1d68544 ... hs76g.html
I suppose I can never be really sure if the reply I got is real or not, but I'd like to think so based on this page:
http://www.autograph-market.com/media/z ... bb296e.jpg
If real, I'm totally cool with Jerry Lewis telling me that the telegram I bought was a fake. I can (very happily) live with that.
If not, it's been a fun process anyway.
So a few years back, I came across a framed telegram in an antique store. It appeared to be from Jerry Lewis to Dean Martin and was dated July 6th, 1946 where Jerry was telling Dean that the 500 Club wanted them both to perform on July 24th and 25th. On the back of the frame was a photocopy of a section of an affidavit that claimed the telegram was donated to a charity auction by Dean Martin himself in 1968.
The price was right, but I had no real illusions that it was authentic. The telegram was in mixed case (capital letters and lowercase), which was highly suspect. But the 'telegram' was on what appeared to be authentic Western Union paper and the dates really seemed to fit the story of them first performing together, so it was fun to imagine it was real.
Anyway, long story longer, I finally decided to send a letter along with a picture of the telegram to Mr. Lewis and ask if it was real or not. To make it easy, I made the letter short but nice and included a page with a list of canned responses that could be given (it's real, it might be real, I don't remember, it's definitely fake, etc...). Included a SASE and sent it priority mail. Didn't ask for an autograph, picture, or anything else. Just a big "X" in a box next to the most applicable reply.
A week later, and I got my SASE back with the response page included: http://surfmypictures.com/image/1d685440f377a17f/hs76g.html
I suppose I can never be really sure if the reply I got is real or not, but I'd like to think so based on this page: http://www.autograph-market.com/media/zoo/images/Jerry%20Lewis%20_a7389bcd27b2510b7dfe33fe87bb296e.jpg
If real, I'm totally cool with Jerry Lewis telling me that the telegram I bought was a fake. I can (very happily) live with that.
If not, it's been a fun process anyway.
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