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Judy Garland signature real or phony?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Eric Keith Longo Sep 24, 2019. 8 Replies 0 Likes
I would like to solicit opinions as to whether the signature in the attached photo is actually that of Judy Garland. It does seem possible to me. For one thing, the signature is on a menu from the…Continue
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"Sounds like you have a number of connections to this piece which would be helpful in researching it. I have done a lot of amateur sleuthing myself online, and so I think I have a good grasp of where the date falls in her career, especially…"
"The signature fits in quite nicely for the year 1957 (not too long after and her baseline starts to go), and with the current popularity of this the S.S.US and the Conservancy with its attempt to save it makes it a very interesting item with…"
"The corroborating date is nice, but those circumstances can easily be looked up, menu's purchased and provenance created. It's secondary at best. What really matters is her hand..and that is hers."
"Pete, I am glad that you also believe it to be genuine. I am no expert, but the circumstance of the date of the menu and the trip that Garland took at exactly that time seems to be pretty strong corroborative evidence as well. I do feel…"
"So real I wish I had it."
"Thank you for your valued opinion, Keith. Since the item has already been purchased by me, I was beginning to have paranoid thoughts as to how someone might reproduce a menu from 1957. I've also been warned many times that if it…"
Judy Garland signature real or phony?
I would like to solicit opinions as to whether the signature in the attached photo is actually that of Judy Garland. It does seem possible to me. For one thing, the signature is on a menu from the ocean liner USS United States, and the menu is dated 10/7/57 (on a separate page). Miss Garland is known to have been on board this ocean liner on the date of this particular menu. There is at least one photo publicly available of Miss Garland sitting at her table in the dining room of the USS…See More
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