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 09/06/2011 10:06:21 PM · #1
While going through her dads Estate my wife came across these four (8x10) photographs of Elvis. I'm sure they are reprints since they are on glossy paper; most likely reprinted and numbered after his death in 1977. I wanted to post them because they were taken with a film camera and the DOF and focus is great in these. She's not to much of an Elvis fan but I think I will frame them for her. I think they will look good hanging on the wall with so other pictures.

09/06/2011 10:12:47 PM · #2
Very nice series of images Scott... I am sure she will be thrilled.

Ray
 09/06/2011 10:37:47 PM · #3
If they are numbered, and your Wifey is not much of an Elvis fan, then perhaps she'd appreciate you selling the prints for $$ and buying her something that she'd enjoy more...
09/06/2011 11:17:37 PM · #4
Originally posted by LydiaToo:
If they are numbered, and your Wifey is not much of an Elvis fan, then perhaps she'd appreciate you selling the prints for $$ and buying her something that she'd enjoy more...

All of them are numbered. If you look closely at the bottom of each you will see a number. The first one is #359, 2nd #195, 3rd #289 and the fourth is #454.
I don't know what the numbers mean. Usually when something is numbered its limited print #1 or 250 (example). But this just has the one number. So I don't know.


09/07/2011 09:35:46 AM · #5
I do see the numbers, but don't know what they mean. I guess I should have said, if they don't hold emotional value for her, she might like something else with whatever money they could bring.

Is there someplace near you that would appraise them?

09/07/2011 01:37:34 PM · #6
I found that third on a website dedicated to stock Elvis photos. They claim to be the "official" site. Yours have a different number than the one they are selling, but its the same. LINK
09/07/2011 01:47:41 PM · #7
Wow that is awesome. I loved Elvis. Watched all his movies over and over when I was a kid. Was upset when he died. She'll love them.
 09/07/2011 01:52:31 PM · #8
I have an aunt that's 83 and she loves Elvis. She has his record, some posters, etc. My wife and I just gave them to her because we know she will appreciate the pictures. She was so excited.
 09/07/2011 01:54:39 PM · #9
What a sweet gift!
09/07/2011 02:38:18 PM · #10
Alright let me tell an Elvis story.

My wife is from Shreveport LA, which is the home of the old radio program known as "The Louisiana Hayride" which I believe is where Elvis got his start. Brenda's mom's cousin Jeanelle was the president of Elvis' fan club early on. She got to spend a week at his family home in Mississippi I believe, long before Graceland and his marriage to Priscilla. Unfortunately, Jeanelle might have qualified for the current US tv show "Hoarders". When she passed away her mobile home was packed with trash etc. I don't think there were many collectibles from her time as fan club president. One of the few items however was a note Elvis had ostensibly written to her, I forget the subject matter, but the sad part was he signed it, "You know who... (turd head)" !!

True story.
 09/07/2011 02:42:53 PM · #11
"lemonade, lemonade, that cool refreshing drink"

09/07/2011 02:48:18 PM · #12

Assuming you did not process this picture after scanning it, this is a great example of selective burning in the dark room. It is clear that Elvis' face, hair and clothes are darker and more contrasted than the background. Since masks were far from precise, you can see a slight dark halo around Elvis. The mask was probably made from a non-retouched print by cutting a hole following the elvis outline, as a result, no two prints are likely to be identical, unless the process was somehow applied to the negative, which I doubt. Amazing.
 09/07/2011 03:32:56 PM · #13
Originally posted by senor_kasper:

Assuming you did not process this picture after scanning it, this is a great example of selective burning in the dark room. It is clear that Elvis' face, hair and clothes are darker and more contrasted than the background. Since masks were far from precise, you can see a slight dark halo around Elvis. The mask was probably made from a non-retouched print by cutting a hole following the elvis outline, as a result, no two prints are likely to be identical, unless the process was somehow applied to the negative, which I doubt. Amazing.

All I did was scan and resize them to 800x. No processing was done.
 09/07/2011 03:45:02 PM · #14
Originally posted by senor_kasper:

Assuming you did not process this picture after scanning it, this is a great example of selective burning in the dark room. It is clear that Elvis' face, hair and clothes are darker and more contrasted than the background. Since masks were far from precise, you can see a slight dark halo around Elvis. The mask was probably made from a non-retouched print by cutting a hole following the elvis outline, as a result, no two prints are likely to be identical, unless the process was somehow applied to the negative, which I doubt. Amazing.

Here's a couple of crops from the full size scanned photograph. I don't know what type of darkroom techniques were used but looks good to me.

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