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Post by Cate on May 28, 2005 14:33:14 GMT -5
Does anyone have anything rare that they've collected or any letters they've received from Kate (like Judy!)? I've noticed online that there are a lot of people selling personal things of Kate like checks and drafts of letters she wrote to have -- I'm assuming -- Phyllis type out for her. I'm wondering if these people went through her trash or what... kind of sad. But it is interesting to see her handwriting change through the years. Barely legible from the eighties on...
Catherine
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Post by smith on May 28, 2005 15:34:55 GMT -5
Well I don't have original copies but I have seen some very rare letters that Katharine wrote . In the collection there are about 60 letters which start in 1955 when Katharine was in Australia and continue until 1990 when the person died . Believe me Katharine 's writing is always hard to understand . Katharine used to write letters on the back of hotel stationary - whatever she could get her hands on . Subjects range from the death of her father , the 1955 tour and of course Spencer - those written about Spencer are especially moving . I also have copies of some rare photographs from the same collection.
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Post by Cate on May 28, 2005 18:29:59 GMT -5
Very cool. To whom was she writing the letters? It would be interesting to see some personal correspondence since most of the ones I've seen (online) have been to fans. They are usually typed and then signed and very brief. I know that she only signed "Kate" when writing to an acquaintance and "Katharine" when writing to fans or for formal letters.
Did anyone go to the exhibit a year or two ago before her estate auction that had some of her furniture, photographs and letters? If only I had discovered her a few years ago! I definitely would have visited 49th street!
Catherine
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Post by smith on May 29, 2005 4:39:39 GMT -5
The letters that I saw were written to a number of people including Pat Jarrett - an Australian journalist who Katharine met in Australia - Maie Casey - another Australian friend whose husband later became the Governer General of Australia and Bobbie Helpmann.
They range from brief to funny to poignant - the letters written about Spencer are very moving and they include descriptions of the night of his death .
I don't post personal letters on public forums but you are always welcome to email me privately .
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Post by isis on Apr 26, 2006 11:10:54 GMT -5
It's out the topic I found a photo of a Stamp on the web :  Anyone has stamps with kate ? |
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Post by Cate on Apr 26, 2006 15:52:05 GMT -5
That's a cool idea. . . . Neither of those really look like her -- the one on the right looks like a cross between Lauren Bacall, Kate and someone else I can't think of. The one on the left. . . Florence Henderson? LoL
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Post by Shaun on Apr 26, 2006 17:21:30 GMT -5
Here's a story...of a lovely lady...who was bringing up three very lovely girls. Hahaha
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Post by HollywoodHepcat on Apr 26, 2006 18:13:35 GMT -5
OMG I <3 Flo! hahaha.. I don't think the US has Kate stamps...yet. I have the Lucy collection, Henry Fonda, Judy Garland, and my pretty Garbo!! They all get together sometimes and do lunch. Occasionally tea parties...*is a dork*
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Post by Cate on Apr 27, 2006 13:05:08 GMT -5
All of them had hair of gold. . . . like their mother. The youngest one in curls. ;D
lolol It's unfortunate Kate cahn't join them! Although she might not be too keen on having tea with Henry Fonda.
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Post by Shaun on Apr 27, 2006 17:23:56 GMT -5
Isn't there some sort of rule in the U.S. that a person has to be dead for ten years before they're put on a stamp?
Here's a story...of a man named Brady...who was busy with three boys of his own. They were four men, living all together...yet they were all alone.
Whose next? ;D
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Post by HollywoodHepcat on Apr 27, 2006 17:36:04 GMT -5
..Till the one day when this lady met this fellow! *dundundundudndun* And they knew that it was much more than a hunch! That this group must somehow form a family..and that's the way they all became the Brady Bunch!!
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Post by HollywoodHepcat on Apr 27, 2006 17:41:54 GMT -5
Silly me, I didn't even pay attention to what this thread was! Well, I've got lots o Mags and everything........but...um...I own one of Kate's necklaces. See?  WOO!! |
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Post by Shaun on Apr 28, 2006 15:36:20 GMT -5
Nuh-uh! Where'd you get that?!
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Post by HollywoodHepcat on Apr 28, 2006 21:55:56 GMT -5
Yuh-huh! ahh the power of ebay dear. Actually, I don't really know. I'm thinking on the Internet. My parents bought it for me after she died, so...yeah. I cherish it.  |
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Post by isis on Apr 29, 2006 3:37:12 GMT -5
I'd like have parents who guess my tought and offer present like that !
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