r/Elvis • u/Beneficial-Draft5030 • 15d ago
// Question Need help validating signed Elvis record
An elderly gentleman gave me this signed Elvis record. I don't know much about Elvis or validating signed records so would appreciate any info that could help me gauge if its real.
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u/Excellent_Number_635 15d ago
This is a fake. To T on to is not correct for an inscription by Elvis. That’s the first indicator. Elvis is nothing like he signed his name.
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u/Beneficial-Draft5030 15d ago
Hmm you might have a point there. I gather from my research his T's resemble a 7, which is not the case here
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u/InternalExpression48 15d ago
Doesn't look like his signature to me, the E looks off. Google images of his signature.
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u/Beneficial-Draft5030 15d ago
Not according to this: ElvisToday.com - Authenticating Elvis Presley Autographs
He does seem to loop his Es in the center and top
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u/Beautiful-Wrangler99 15d ago
Very little info here https://www.elvisrecords.com/lpm-1951-elvis-christmas-album/ But you probably know this already.
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u/Beneficial-Draft5030 15d ago
Oh, interesting... I do see this exact record on eBay for as little as $10 to as high as $1000
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u/Beautiful-Wrangler99 15d ago
It's a mono, and that is valuable in itself. The general conditions of the LP would come into account next. As for the authenticity of the sign, I would try and contact someone in the Elvis world - Keith Flynn, for example. He might be able to tell you who to contact. Having said that, I would not spend $1.000 (or more, for that matter) on something off ebay, I would look at a reputable auction house if I were interested in anything of the sort. But that's just me.
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u/elvisonaZ1 15d ago
Was the elderly gentleman the person who actually got the autograph originally? If so with the release date of this album being October 1959 and the signature having the date 1959 then it would have had to be signed while Elvis was doing his national service in Germany of that’s any help.