GENUINE GLASS CHIP FROM JAMES DEAN'S WRECKED SPYDER!
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THIS AUCTION IS FOR A RARE GENUINE PIECE OF GLASS FROM JAMES DEAN'S WRECKED "DEATH CAR",THE 1955 550 PORSCHE SPYDER. THE PIECES THAT I HAVE FOR SALE ( I HAVE FOUR (4) PIECES LEFT ) I RECENTLY PURCHASED FROM THE PREVIOUS OWNER,A MR. JOHN HOWLAND. MR. HOWLAND PURCHASED THE GLASS PIECES FROM MR. KENNETH KENDALL. MR. KENDALL WAS A LONG TIME ARTIST & FAN OF THE LATE,"GREAT" JAMES DEAN. KENNETH HAD MET JAMES DEAN ONCE,WHEN JAMES DEAN HAD VISITED HIS STUDIO IN LOS ANGELES,IN THE 1950's! (KENNETH KENDALL CREATED THE BEAUTIFUL MONUMENTS OF JAMES DEAN,THAT CAN BE SEEN AT BOTH THE GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY IN LOS ANGELES,CA. & IN FAIRMOUNT,IN.,W JAMES DEAN ONCE HAD LIVED!) KENNETH KENDALL,UNFORTUNATELY PASSED AWAY IN SEPTEMBER 2006. I CAN VERIFY FROM THE DOCUMENTATION,THAT I RECEIVED (WINNING BIDDER WILL RECEIVE COPIES OF THIS DOCUMENTATION!) FROM MR. HOWLAND,THAT THIS IS INDEED KENNETH KENDALL'S SIGNATURE! I HAD THE GREAT FORTUNE OF MEETING KENNETH KENDALL ,TWICE! ONCE IN FEBRUARY 1997 & IN FEBRUARY OF 2006. BOTH TIMES WERE AT KENNETH'S HOUSE/STUDIO IN LOS ANGELES. KENNETH HOSTED A JAMES DEAN BIRTHDAY PARTY,NEARLY EVERY YEAR! WINNING BIDDER WILL ALSO RECEIVE A COPY OF THE STATEMENT SHOWING THAT I DID INDEED BUY THE REMAINING PIECES OF GLASS FROM MR. HOWLAND,NOT PICTURED. ALSO,I WILL INCLUDE A STATEMENT SHOWING THE WINNING BIDDER DID INDEED PURCHASE
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