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Karloff's Mummy Ring

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captainmarvel1957	Re: Karloff's Mummy Ring	#41	[-]
Jan 27 07 1:53 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Yeah, Ted, but who hasn't?
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nightmarekey	Re: Karloff's mummy ring	#42	[-]
Jan 27 07 2:05 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	*Quote:* I guess it's safe to say that the original Karloff Mummy scarab ring is history and so ends this thread! It may end the "scarab ring" histrionics, but This Thread? Pfui. Remember Aljean Hearmetz quoting Margaret Hamilton while preparing her WIZARD OF OZ book: "My dear, MGM would never let an actor depart the lot with anything so valuable as a nose"....
back lot charlie	ring	#43	[-]
Jan 27 07 11:34 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Well, I'm a believer. Maybe Forressjay doesn't have it, but that doesn't necessarily mean the Mummy ring is gone forever- it may still be out there! Some of the coolest props in Hollywood (and the highest on my personal "wish I had" list) have resurfaced in just the last 10 years...
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Larry Talbot	Re: Karloff's mummy ring	#44	[-]
Jan 27 07 2:37 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Guys, I have noticed now that when you go to the Ackermansion, Forry has not only the Dracula ring encased in a framed display but also the Mummy ring as well. Yet when I see him at conventions like MONSTER BASH or any other convention, he has the Mummy ring on again. He had the ring off for awhile during conventions, which now leads me to believe the ring he wears at conventions is the fake and the real one is displayed at the mansion.
Ted Newsom	Re: ring	#45	[-]
Jan 28 07 1:46 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Assorted scarab designs: Note that they're all similar. The photos of the "Mummy" ring (whether it's one ring or two near-identical ones) do have a roccoco design around the edge unlike any of these examples. As to whether or not Forry wears the "real" ring to conventions... I'd buy that explanation if you knew him to be wearing a ring at a con' while somebody back at the Ackermansion was watching over another one in a case... otherwise, why not just pop the display case open and slip it on?
ChaneySr	Re: Karloff's mummy ring	#46	[-]
Jan 30 07 3:12 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	We all like Forry but the reality is that a group of his props/personal items in his collection are not real.I visited Forry many times over the years along with other serious collectors/fans and we could tell by just looking at certain items that they were not the real deals.Besides his Dracula and Mummy rings which are not kosher, the Chaney Sr London After Midnight hat was not real as you could see it was a lot smaller than the one used in the film.The problem was Forry would be given things over the years and would just take people`s words that the items were real without any concrete authentication.Forry is a great person and would just want to believe the items would be real and would accept them as such. True while it is easier to authenticate movie posters than movie props , just because a collector is well known or liked doesn`t mean that all the props in his collection are real.I know of another collector that has some great real props and costumes while others are fake and because people know he has some real great items they assume that all of his props/costumes are real.The worst part is he knows what is also fake but believes his own press that everything he has is real.Pretty sad. Chaney Sr
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