John F. Kennedy - Charles Hamilton mistake

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Permalink Reply by john reznikoff on July 10, 2011 at 4:14pm

Very interesting Andreas! Id love to see more posts like this.

Permalink Reply by Mr Zipper on July 12, 2011 at 5:39am

Yes... very interesting. Is it possible he discovered it was a forgery after publishing "The Robot..." ?

Permalink Reply by Andreas Wiemer on July 12, 2011 at 6:13am

"The Robot that helped ..." was published 1965 and "Great forgers and famous fakes" was published 1980. But in the Robot book he shows the salutation "Sincerely," and "John F. Kennedy" typed. "Sincerely," and "John F. Kennedy" is erased in "Great forgers ...". Thats strange! I don't think that Sutton wrote the salutation with a typewriter, unfotunately I do not have other Arthur Sutton Kennedy forgeries.

Permalink Reply by john reznikoff on July 12, 2011 at 11:10am

I have some sutton examples but am not back for awhile. I wil try to dig them out when I can.. I believe sutton even did an "ask not.... " quote.

Permalink Reply by Andreas Wiemer on July 13, 2011 at 1:52am

Thanks John!

Permalink Reply by Herman Darvick on November 13, 2011 at 3:28pm

It's obvious that the signature identified as an Arthur Sutton forgery is the exact same one shown by Hamilton in his "Robot" book at the conclusion of a typed letter. I agree with Andreas that this Kennedy signature is authentic.