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Topic: 351832427744: 'Walter M Schirra' signed litho
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Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3445
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 12-10-2016 12:31 AM
   
I've seen photos signed as Wally Schirra, but not of one signed Walter M Schirra. Yes, I agree the inscription appears to be done in a different hand. Thoughts? The litho appears to vintage, going by the thin paperstock and the typeface of the name at the bottom.  |
Ken Havekotte
Member Posts: 2914
From: Merritt Island, Florida, Brevard
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 12-10-2016 03:27 AM
It's an early vintage Mercury-era signature of Schirra and is in his own handwriting from what I can see. |
AlanC
Member Posts: 147
From: Scotland
Registered: Nov 2014
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posted 12-11-2016 08:52 AM
I'm intrigued about who the "Orchid" man was... |
Tykeanaut
Member Posts: 2212
From: Worcestershire, England, UK.
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 12-11-2016 09:10 AM
I'm guessing he was probably a street vendor who sold flowers, possibly to Wally Schirra sometimes? |
4allmankind
Member Posts: 1043
From: Dallas
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 12-11-2016 09:14 AM
Could be Georges Carpentier. |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3445
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 12-11-2016 10:48 AM
Thanks, all! I was looking for a Schirra photo that wasn't too expensive, something different. If it had been a casual (e.g., non-portrait) photo it would have been better, but I too was intrigued by the caption. |
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