Dale Earnhardt Sr. tire on Pawn stars and Drew Max

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Permalink Reply by W.W. Dunbar on February 22, 2012 at 7:45pm

During the mid 1990's I was able to get Dale's autograph via correspondence.  He was an easy signature at that time.  A lot of people were sick and tired of him winning, and I remember the showers of boos he would receive during pre-race ceremonies at Talladega. 

The 2000 race at Talladega was quite different though.  A huge pack of cars 3 and 4 wide for most of the race.  Dale passed some 18 cars in the final 3 laps to take the checkered flag.  The crowd went into a frenzy, and everyone in the grandstands (myself included) felt that they had witnessed greatness.

I was able to get 4 signatures from Dale (1 Traxx card, 1 1987 Daytona 500 Ticket Stub, and 2 index cards).  I gave 1 signature to my brother, 1 to my nephew, and 1 to my old college roomate.  

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Permalink Reply by Eli Johnston on February 22, 2012 at 7:49pm

Good eye Brandon!  I disagree with some who think that you can't authenticate by a scan or video.  As long as the autograph is not printed (which can be assumed with a tire) an expert can tell.

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Permalink Reply by W.W. Dunbar on February 22, 2012 at 7:56pm

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Permalink Reply by Paunch Show Greg on February 23, 2012 at 7:27pm

Hi all, new user.  I came here because I saw that Pawn Stars episode, and as a Dale Earnhardt fan, I've seen his signature a million times.  Mainly from facsimile of course, but to me, both by the look, and how the guy got it (apparently sending it to DEI), I felt it was real.  I don't know how accredited that expert is, but I think he got this one wrong.

While I am here, would anybody be able to tell me if this signature is real?  It's from an 8x10 I got a few years before Dale died.  My father owned a sports card store, and he had been buying a number of celebrity photo's from a mainstream site which I think sold out of a popular memorabilia magazine.  He used to get stuff from a few sources, but always tells me he really never knew what was real, for certain.  The sticker on the photo says Racing Reflections....

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Permalink Reply by Brandon Mysinger on February 23, 2012 at 7:34pm

Welcome to the site! Please join the NASCAR section and join in the weekly give-a-way

Now, I'm sorry to say that the photo you posted is a common forgery. It is a style I have seen many times before and they have been removed from eBay many times as well. The hologram is on every racing reflections photo. RR is still around even though they don't put out as many photos as they once did.

Sorry for the bad news. Still, thanks for coming to the site! Have fun here!

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Permalink Reply by Paunch Show Greg on February 23, 2012 at 8:49pm

what tips it off?  I always thought it looked too neat, and too squashed together.  I have a card he signed by me sending it to I guess DEI years ago, and it was pretty swirlly and messy.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin on February 23, 2012 at 11:46pm

Brandon,

Did you do a Dale Earnhardt signature study for Autograph Magazine? If you did, let's publish it in full for everyone to use. If not, let's do one ASAP! LMK...thanks.

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Permalink Reply by Brandon Mysinger on February 24, 2012 at 2:11am

Steve, there was one submitted close to the time that the website went live, I will work on one this week when I return home. The signature above is not only formed wrong, it is also slowly written almost as if it was traced. The letters and loops are also majorly atypical. There is a lot of pressure going on in that signature also.

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