alright.. I guess no one wants to have a go at the autographed photos I put up yesterday, so I'm just going to give you the answers
Pay attention. You are about to get an education#1 American Grafitti album.. this is a sad sad situation. This is an item that contains authentic autographs, that was later bastardized by the Valley Forger, in particular, when the forger added Harrison Ford's autograph. That is a fake signature, though almost all but the others are real. I actually had 3 opportunities to show this to some of these signatories in person, and they all said Paul Le Mat's signature is fake. It was funny too.. "Oh yes. that's my signature, but Paul doesn't sign this way" was the exact comment from all three people. Back to the HF signature.. if you see something signed like that, don't bother with it.. FAKE
PS: most HF sigs are fakes. He is what's called "non-co-operative". Authentic sigs are rare and secretarial are common. Forgeries by the Valley Forger are even more common.
#2 Streisand... non co-operative and this one is .... FAKE!
examine it along the Ford sig above.. do you see any similarity in the motion of the lines?? Also, particularly pay attention to the letter A in small case in the autographs to see Mr Forger's similarity
#3 Elvis.. Yes David.... another Valley Forger work.. watch for the small case trailing E's and ending swishes folks..
#4 Where ya gonna run to Jimmy Dean Jimmy Dean.. where ya gonna run to Jimmy Dean?
I tell ya what Jimmy, when you run to the garbage dump, can you bring this Valley Forger FAKE with you? Please do.. it's worth more as mulch than it is as an autograph. Look at the lower case A's and also notice, it's a right-handed person trying to emulate left-handed writing
#5 Ray Bolger/Jack Haley
probable fake, though may be an authentic piece used to spice up an assortment of fakes/real to help the deal sell. Came from the Valley Forger, so there is guilt by association, and therefore the verdict: unsaleable item
#6 Bela Lugosi.. it's a good fake, but it's still a FAKE.. Valley Forger at work
#7 Natalie Wood.. do yuo guys yet see the similarities in work done by the Valley Forger?? say you do, so I know this lesson was at least worth something to someone but it was free to you. I'm another story!
#8 Vivien Leigh.. I don't know how this FAKE even got by me the first time
#9 More Elvis.. if you think it doesn't look like it was done by the same hand as the one above, this lesson is wasted on you.. Go back to the TV and keep watching Survivor.
#10 Stooges......... *sigh*
the only good thing about that sig is it's the one I showed a friend who informed me I had been fooled. FAKE FAKE FAKE .... the NYUKS were on me
#11 Belushi & Aykroyd.. same hand folks.. look at the A's and swishes again, and again.. save yourself from FAKE autographs
#12 Marlene.. this is almost certainly real. However, it was seeded into a deal of fakes and is now ruined for all eternity due to it's taint.
This is where you separate the men from the boys people. I have considerable money in these FAKE autographs and more and regardless of that fact, I am not about to let other people be stung by them. I'll pay for the loss, but I will allow you all to learn from my loss.
If yuo examine that material and understand the characteristics of the signatures, the pens, the way the paper sheets are cut to fool you.. You can see alot of similarities in how some forgers work..
I have to get back to my work.. Who wants to continue the list by identifying the remaining pictures..
