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Bette Davis, Any Help Would Be Much Appreciated
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 4:14 am
by ItsPerfection
Okay, I just purchased this.
I am in question about it's authenticity.
I know for a fact that Bette used to send this specific photo of herself to her fans in her later years. What do any of you think? Anyone's opinion would be much appreciated
Thank You !
BTW: I didn't take these pictures.
Re: Bette Davis, Any Help Would Be Much Appreciated
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 4:39 am
by arrowsup
She was known to send out secretarials, but yours doesn't look like the secretarials I've seen. It compares favorably with the authentics I've seen....so I'm leaning towards authentic.
Re: Bette Davis, Any Help Would Be Much Appreciated
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 4:58 am
by ItsPerfection
She was known to send out secretarials, but yours doesn't look like the secretarials I've seen. It compares favorably with the authentics I've seen....so I'm leaning towards authentic.
oh wow. Thank you very much ! :razz: I know you don't know for sure but you've really made me feel a lot better
Thanks again !!!
Re: Bette Davis, Any Help Would Be Much Appreciated
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 5:15 am
by arrowsup
ItsPerfection wrote:oh wow. Thank you very much ! :razz: I know you don't know for sure but you've really made me feel a lot better
Thanks again !!!
no problem. here is an authentic example:
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/2832 ... ywoodc.jpg
and the article from isitreal.com re: her secretarial examples:
http://www.isitreal.com/index.php?optio ... d=99999999
Re: Bette Davis, Any Help Would Be Much Appreciated
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 5:26 am
by ItsPerfection
I know this is going to sound like wishful thinking but I really do feel that it's authentic. The signature is a bit shaky and the secretarial ones are not at all. Thank you very much for your helpful opinion and links
Re: Bette Davis, Any Help Would Be Much Appreciated
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 5:33 am
by bud simpson
Yes, she did mostly mail out secretarials BUT due to the shakiness of the signature it could be real.
By the way why did you purchase this if you weren't sure it was authentic?
Re: Bette Davis, Any Help Would Be Much Appreciated
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 1:52 pm
by ItsPerfection
Yes, she did mostly mail out secretarials BUT due to the shakiness of the signature it could be real.
By the way why did you purchase this if you weren't sure it was authentic?
I rarely do this, but I bid on it on Ebay. The reason why I bid on it was because it was listed wrong so I got it for less than 30 dollars which is pretty amazing
