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Auction History Result 6b443 WILLIAM BOYD signed 5x7 photo 1950s as Hopalong Cassidy with gun drawn on horseback! Date Sold 5/14/2019 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Autographed Photo (measures 5" x 7" [13 x 18 cm]) (Learn More) William Boyd was one of the most popular cowboy actors from 1921 through 1953. Interestingly, he was about as far from an "overnight success" as could be! He was born in 1895 in Oklahoma, and was very poor. At the age of 24, after having had many odd jobs, he moved to Hollywood, and he had many minor roles in movies (he was already prematurely grey!) but it was not until the mid-1920s that he achieved success in some Cecil B. DeMille movies. But when sound movies began, his career went downhill (he was already in his 30s), and to make matters worse, the other actor with his name (William 'Stage' Boyd) got involved in a scandal, and that hurt his career as well. But then, in 1935 he starred in Hop-a-long Cassidy (changed to "Hopalong Cassidy" after the first movie) and he made approximately 70 Hopalong Cassidy movies in the remainder of his career, and never played another role! He passed away in 1972 at the age of 77. Important Added Info: Note that this photo has been personally autographed (signed) by William Boyd. He wrote on the front of the photo "Hi Pardner, Good Luck, Hoppy" and on the back of the photo, he wrote "May 24, 1957. Instead of pencils, Wm Boyd 'Hopalong Cassidy' sent you this" (see our images). Also note that this photo has been trimmed and it now measures 5" x 7" [13 x 18 cm]. Note that this is one of a wonderful collection of 91 items that were assembled by a collector decades ago, mostly from RR Auctions, which has auctioned signed items since 1976. The person who purchased these items passed away several years ago, and while he did not save most of the certificates of authenticity he received when he bought these signed items, almost all were purchased between the late 1970s and the early 1990s, and we think it is extremely likely that the autograph on this item is genuine. As is true of all the signed items we are currently auctioning, we give every buyer 30 days in which to review what they purchased and they can return any item as long as it is within 30 days of the end of the auction. On non-signed items, we give a "lifetime guarantee" on everything we auction, but on signed items, we give the above modified guarantee of 30 days after the auction closes. Condition: very good. Learn More about condition grades 
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