JAMES DEAN * PSA/DNA * 1954 AUTOGRAPH Bank Check SIGNED * Rebel Without a Cause
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Legendary American actor and cultural icon JAMES DEAN scarce fully handwritten personal check signed – almost exactly one year before his untimely death in an auto accident on September 30, 1955. Dean checks are exceedingly rare as he only wrote a few dozen before he died.
Dated September 24, 1954, Dean makes out the check hand-numbered as "12" on The Chase National Bank checkstock payable to Norman Lamoreaux Co. The check has been encapsulated inside PSA/DNA's proprietary sonically-sealed slab.
CERTIFIED AUTHENTIC BY PSA/DNA EXPERT EXAMINATION. PSA/DNA is considered the industry standard in authentication. GUARANTEED GENUINE - simply one of the finest JAMES DEAN autographs available on the market. An investment-quality acquisition for any collection.
In 1954, Dean was finishing a series of television appearances while awaiting the upcoming 1955 releases of EAST OF EDEN and REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE which would catapult his career into the stratosphere only months before his untimely death, and cement his status as a screen icon.
Check shows usual cancellation holes and some bleeding of stamping to verso, not affecting signature. Overall, fine condition.
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