Vincent Price

Original Handwritten

Free-verse Intimate Poem!

 

Purchased from the Estate of Vincent Price

 

Dimensions:

8.50 x 11.00 inches

 

An avid note-taker, Vincent Price would write poems, notes and other musings on anything that was at hand: paper bags, deposit slips, airline ticket sleeves, etc.

 

Here, Vincent writes a most interesting free-verse poem:

 

“There are moments when deadly dull duties demand

You deliver the goods.

Good bad or indifferent what doesn’t

matter, mate who is on first,

Then there are hours you plan to delight in deliberately

Sometimes they backfire but tickle your fancy

I think it’s the tickling of fancies that’s most fun for the runner

So tonight let my fingers redundantly echo your music

Dear poets I welcome you, welcome

Me, and I thank you.

Goodnight!"

 

Item comes with original estate auction summary to show provenance from the Estate of Vincent Price, as well as Certificate of Authenticity from daughter, Victoria Price.

 

Item shipped Priority and with insurance.

 

Give your loved one or that special friend the best Holiday or Birthday gift ever!

 

(Be sure to look at the several dozen other Vincent Price items I have for sale here on ebay, including several original handwritten Vincent Price poems!).

 

Vincent Price

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Vincent Leonard Price Jr. (May 27, 1911 – October 25, 1993) was an American actor, art historian, art collector, and gourmet cook. He appeared on stage, television, and radio, and in more than 100 films. Price has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for motion pictures and one for television.

Price's first film role was as a leading man in the 1938 comedy Service de Luxe. He became a character actor, appearing in The Song of Bernadette (1943), Laura (1944), The Keys of the Kingdom (1944), Leave Her to Heaven (1945), Dragonwyck (1946), and The Ten Commandments (1956). He established himself in the horror genre with roles in House of Wax (1953), The Fly (1958), House on Haunted Hill (1959), Return of the Fly (1959), The Tingler (1959), The Last Man on Earth (1964), Witchfinder General (1968), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Theatre of Blood (1973). He collaborated with Roger Corman on House of Usher (1960), The Pit and the Pendulum (1961), The Haunted Palace (1963), and The Masque of the Red Death (1964), most of which were Edgar Allan Poe adaptations. Price appeared in the television series Batman as Egghead.

Price voiced the villainous Professor Ratigan in Disney's animated film The Great Mouse Detective (1986), and appeared in the drama The Whales of August (1987), which earned him an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male nomination. Price's final film was Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands (1990). For his contributions to cinema, he received lifetime achievement or special tribute awards from Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films; Fantasporto; Bram Stoker Awards; and Los Angeles Film Critics Association. Price narrated animated films, radio dramas, and documentaries, and provided the narration in Michael Jackson's song "Thriller". For his voice work in Great American Speeches (1959), Price was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album.

Price was an art collector and arts consultant, with a degree in art history. He lectured and wrote books on art. The Vincent Price Art Museum at East Los Angeles College is named in his honor. Price was a gourmet cook and cookbook author.