Certificate of Authenticity Summary
- Items date from 1989 until Dead’s death in 1991 (shotgun suicide).
- Letters were already in the Kråkstad house when Mayhem arrived; the previous owner left them there.
- Purchased by Stian (brief Mayhem bassist in 1991); seller presents this as a reliable, involved source.
- Dead was actively corresponding with penpals worldwide (e.g., Greece, Italy) in 1989–1990.
- Letters include original hand-drawn artwork in colored pens (red, yellow, black); described as previously unpublished.
- One 1991 letter (bought ~1 month before Dead’s death) was later published with the Live in Leipzig re-release + a handmade tape by Dead; that item was sold to someone named Ubaldo in Mexico.
