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Post by Buppster on Dec 5, 2018 12:39:48 GMT -5
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Post by Buppster on Dec 12, 2018 12:55:07 GMT -5
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Post by Buppster on Dec 13, 2018 10:24:56 GMT -5
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Post by farina on Sept 5, 2020 11:32:26 GMT -5
This from a well known UACC dealer. A rare item signed by Buckwheat not only is his stage name but also his actual name. Billie William Buckwheat Thomas Autograph Signed Photo JSA COA LetterRARE HAND SIGNED 5" X 7" PHOTO CARD BY BILLIE THOMAS (1931-1980). BEGINNING IN 1934 AS A CHILD ACTOR HE BEGAN APPEARING IN THE OUR GANG COMEDIES (ALSO KNOWN AS THE LITTLE RASCALS). Things didn't go well for the other Our Gang members. Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer was shot dead age 31, Darla Hood contracted hepatitis in hospital and died aged 47, Robert 'Bobby' Blake was tried and acquitted of his wife's murder, Tommy Bond and his wife were severely injured in a car crash in 1996 and Pete the Dog was fatally poisoned.
ONE OF THE RAREST SIGNED ITEMS WE HAVE EVER HAD.
I HAVE NEVER HAD A SIGNED THOMAS BEFORE. I HAVE SEEN OTHERS BUT ALWAYS SIGNED ONLY AS BUCKWHEAT. THIS IS THE FIRST ONE I HAVE EVER SEEN WHERE HE HAS SIGNED NOT ONLY BUCKWHEAT BUT HIS GIVEN NAME. IN THIS CASE HE HAS SIGNED "WM THOMAS". THE WM PART IS SLOPPY. HE HAS INSCRIBED "TO EDWIN. I HAVE PROVIDED A SCAN OF THE BACK OF PHOTO WHICH STATES "FROM BUCKWHEATS PERSONAL COLLECTION" (SEE SCAN).
LIGHT SMEAR IN THE "B" IN BUCKWHEAT.
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