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Autograph's Johnny Cash Signature Study — Be Part of It!

Has there ever been a nicer, more humble, more fan friendly superstar than Johnny Cash?

Johnny was the Babe Ruth of Country Music—the top-ranking Country artist of all time and the most loved. And Johnny loved his fans as much as they love him. So while like the Babe, Cash signed untold numbers of autographs, the supply could never meet demand...and probably never will.

Fans who couldn't meet Cash in person often requested autographs through the mail. The common belief is that he personally autographed those requests. But between his demanding touring schedule and later, his failing health and vision, it seems impossible that he could have signed even half of the mail he received.

A growing number of collectors and dealers now believe that many if not most Johnny Cash through the mail autographs were secretarial. We want to see if we can identify any secretarial styles, and at the same time build a reference collection of no-question genuine Cash exemplars to help identifying forgeries.

Are There Johnny Cash Secretarials?
If So, How Do We Identify Them?
Help Find Out!

You can be an important part of the study in three ways:

Upload into this discussion images of Johnny Cash autographs that you personally received through the mail, and tell us when you received them. (The year is fine, but if you know the date, even better.)
Upload images of Johnny's autographs that YOU saw signed by Johnny yourself. Include the date or at least year, too. If you didn't see it signed yourself (like pre-signed ones sold or given away at shows), please don't upload it.
As more and more images are uploaded, see if you can identify characteristics that are commonly found on Johnny's through the mail autographs that are rarely if ever seen on ones signed in person.

With your help, we can identify Cash secretarials if they're out there. Over time this should increase the value of genuine Johnny Cash autographs, and help protect future fans and collectors against autographs that aren't authentic.

Once we finish this phase of the study, we'll go on to identifying genuine Johnny Cash autographs from forgeries.

Let's go!

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Permalink Reply by David K on August 12, 2011 at 11:39pm

Sorry...I can't spell his name right lol.. Tony from Sabbath, and Ian gillian and Jason are a band...on tour? I dont know....ANyway-Im heading off line...thanks for the stories..COOL stuff lol

Permalink Reply by Robert Sledz on August 13, 2011 at 6:07pm

Opinions? If it sells your in luck ! ;-)

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Permalink Reply by marc e on December 16, 2016 at 9:42am

if any one wants jonny cash signed guitars thats real i have .for a lot less .

feel free to message me look at me album .i even have some with lyrics in storage

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Permalink Reply by Bob Oliver on August 14, 2011 at 10:29am

Since everyone likes this one and I know it is the real McCoy, I would like to add it in the study!

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Permalink Reply by Robert Sledz on August 14, 2011 at 10:54am

its ok..

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Permalink Reply by James R. Altmann on September 12, 2011 at 3:38am

this is not authentic and was signed by one of Mr. Cash's secretaries.

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Permalink Reply by David K on August 17, 2011 at 10:52am

Hi..I pulled this signed JOHNNY CASH CD out--is it REAL? I did NOT obtain this myself.....and I have no information on whe nan d where signed. juts posting for opnion... ALSO--check out the GO GO's signed album I posted just now in another discussion--is this real?

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Permalink Reply by Scott Finning on August 26, 2011 at 8:55pm

Ok this is being posted at the request Mr. Cyrkin.
I was in Houton some time ago and at a flea market. I bought a large bage of 3 ring binders in the hope of using them for my sportscards. When I got home I went through them and found one of them to have some stuff in it. Turned out to be a scrapbook that detailed the life of a man named T. Parker Black.
The book had stuff like a birth certificate, a bunch of letters and documents showing that Mr. Black was incarcerated in a number of different prisons around the country. The book shows that he was in Leavenworth prison in 1970 when Jonnny Cash performed there.
In thebook was some newspaper clippings about the performance and were dated the day after the show. Also with the clippings was a autograph that looks like Mr. Cash's. It was dated the a
same day of the show.
Are auto's from Mr. Cash's prison shows rare? Does the one I have look authentic?
Thanks,
Scott

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