Certified Valerie Bertinelli Hand-Signed 1988 NBC Contract Amendment
We are proud to present an exceptional, museum-grade piece of broadcasting history: an original, fully executed two-page NBC Entertainment Production Contract Amendment dated February 22, 1988. This historic legal instrument is personally hand-signed by the Golden Globe Award-winning actress and television icon, Valerie Bertinelli.
Renowned globally for her breakout role as Barbara Cooper on the hit sitcom One Day at a Time, this spectacular late-1980s document captures Bertinelli managing her private production company assets and network multi-media developments alongside NBC executives. Fully executed executive network covenants from this peak era are highly scarce, representing the highest tier of verification in celebrity collecting.
Archive Highlights
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Authentic Valerie Bertinelli Signature: The execution panel on Page 2 features a spectacular, crisp cursive signature "Valerie Bertinelli" hand-executed in dark ink across the primary "By:" authorization line. She signs in her official capacity, handwritten on the baseline as PRESIDENT.
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Historic "Valerie Bertinelli Project" Covenant: Formally modifies an official development commitment for a Movie-for-Television (MFT), tracked under the project workspace heading: RE: “VALERIE BERTINELLI PROJECT”.
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Bertinelli Productions Loan-Out Provenance: Structured as a binding agreement between NBC and her personal corporate loan-out entity, Bertinelli Productions, Inc. (Packager).
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Financial & Timeline Extensions: Typewriter-aligned text maps out critical modifications originally established in their 1986 basic agreement. This includes an extension for a massive $125,000.00 development funding payment to August 20, 1988, and a significant expansion of the project's official Development Period end-date to February 20, 1990.
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William Morris Agency & NBC Burbank Lineage: Officially addressed to her representative at the William Morris Agency on El Camino Drive in Beverly Hills. Prepared on premium NBC Entertainment letterhead from their historic Burbank facility, the agreement is countersigned on behalf of the network by its Director of Business Affairs.
Condition & Preservation
Spanning multiple decades of American primetime television heritage, this complete two-page network contract bundle is in magnificent vintage condition. The original heavy-bond document sheets remain exceptionally clean, bright, and structurally flawless, showcasing pristine boundaries and standard left-side binder punch holes. Bertinelli's fluid script signature and all accompanying typewriter fields are perfectly bold and preserved across the fields. The entire historical archive comes safely housed inside a clear, archival-grade protective sleeve.
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