Comprehensive Andy Griffith Show–related group comprising original signed documents, checks, contracts, union records, and photographs representing several principal cast members from the beloved television series.
The collection includes a personally signed bank check by Andy Griffith, measuring 3.5 x 8.5, dated December 12, 1972, made payable to Eli Parker & Company, a desirable example of a fully executed financial document bearing his signature. Also present is a signed Actors Television Motion Picture Contract by Aneta Corsaut, two pages, documenting her later television work and signed in blue ink.
Photographic material includes multiple 8 x 10 images: a fully inscribed black-and-white photograph signed by Hal Smith as Otis Campbell; a dual-signed black-and-white photograph signed by Smith and Don Knotts; a dual-signed black-and-white photograph featuring Knotts and Betty Lynn; and a separate signed black-and-white glamour portrait of Lynn.
A particularly strong archival grouping relates to Frances Bavier, consisting of AFTRA membership and union documents measuring approximately 6.5 x 9, including her signed Designation and Application for Membership dated December 23, 1954, accompanied by related qualification and dues forms. The group also includes an unsigned 8 x 10 color photograph depicting Frances Bavier with young Ron Howard.
With One of a Kind Collectibles LOA