JAMES DEAN & Porsche Speedster 1955 Original Negative Photo By Gus Vignolle 1/1

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JAMES DEAN & Porsche Speedster 1955 Original Negative Photo By Gus Vignolle 1/1:
$6918.65

******** JAMES DEAN 1955 ONE-OF-A-KIND (1/1) NEGATIVE BY GUS V. VIGNOLLE ESTATE ********
***** FULL U.S. REGISTEREDCOPYRIGHTS RELEASE FOR UNLIMITED REPRODUCTION PRINTING.*****
Description : A Major Discoveryfor James Dean fans and Collector's from the personal collectionof Gus V. Vignolle, well known journalist, photographer and publisher of "MotoRacing", one of the mostinfluential car racing newspapers of the 1950's. This is ONE in alimited series of negatives that have beenmissing fo over 50 years until re-discovered by Vignolle's daughter, Zaz Clark.These INTIMATE photos are ofJames Dean in and around his Porsche Super Speedster 23F (Licence Plate #2U73378)that he bought atcompetition Motors in Hollywood.
They were taken during his infamous car race in Palm Springs, California in March of 1955 which was his first officialrace, andwhich he won not long before his accident inSeptemberof that year in his new Porsche Spyder 550 whileon his way to a race in Salinas, California. These photographs only appeared once in the January 13th 1956 (Vol 1, No.7)exclusive, fully illustrated Memorial issue of MotoRacing. This is a Black and White internegative made by Vignolle from hisoriginal color negative on Kodak Safety Film. Because the series of color negatives have been lostTHIS IS THE ONLYNEGATIVE IN EXISTENCE OF THIS PHOTO.
This i the one and only original black and white negative photographed and developed by Vignolle on Kodak safety film,talent at the race,It shows a serious Dean listening to famous track announcer Jim Pollack as he tells the crowd that dean is more than an actor, but is proving himself to be a true race driver. dean took him to heart when he won this race, his first race by 300 yards.This negative has Special Value since itisthe only one of its kind and comes with FULL REGISTERED COPYRIGHT RELEASE from his daughter Janice Vignolle Clark.The U.S Certificate of registration shows the Email,Address, Telephone number of Zaz Clark (Janice Vignolle Clark), werehiddenfor this viewing for safetypurposes, all her informations are/will be available to the new owner.Includes a positive 5 X 4 proof photo and a 11 X 17 rolled up large photocopy of the 1956 MotoRacing issue.
Subject :James DeanDescription : Original & Vintage black and white internegativeField : Movie & Car RacingManufacturer : Gus V. VignolleType :Porsche Spyder 550Size : 2 3/8 X 2 3/8Tone : Black & WhitePhotographer :Gus V. Vignolle, (1913 - 1982).Provenance : Zaz Clark (aka) Janice Vignolle Clark, (Daughter).Registration : The United States Copyright Office : registration Number VAu 997-000, date of registration October 22, 2008.
***** HIGHLY RECOMMENDED (1/1) UNIQUE 1955 ORIGINAL & VINTAGE JAMES DEAN MEMORABILIA *****

James Byron Dean(1931– September 30, 1955) was an American actor.He is remembered as aCultural Iconof teenage disillusionment and social estrangement, as expressed in the title of his most celebrated film,Rebel Without a Cause (1955), in which he starred as troubled teenager Jim Stark. The other two roles that defined his stardom werelonerCal Trask in East of Eden(1955) and surly ranch hand Jett Rink inGiant(1956).

Afterhis death in a car crashon September 30, 1955,Dean became the first actor to receive a posthumousAcademy Awardsnomination forBest Actorfor his role in East of Eden.Upon receiving a second nomination for his role in Giantthe following year, Dean became the only actor to have had two posthumous acting nominations.

In 1999, theAmerican Film Instituteranked him the 18th best male movie star of Golden Age Hollywood inAFI's 100 Years....100 Stars List.

WE SELL ONLY ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHSOur photographs are truly valuable and a great investment. The clarity offered in original photographs can betailored to any special design, one-of-a-kind wall murale ? Some were used to create 10 X 15 feet exclusiveWall design at home or office. **FULLCOPYRIGHTS RELEASE FOR UNLIMITED REPRODUCTION PRINTING , justimagine all the merchandising that could be made out of this very unique negative.**
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