"Right, they look freshly printed. These could have been done by laser ink transfer paper. "
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Beatles promo card - signed or printed?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin Jan 21, 2024. 15 Replies 0 Likes
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"Is it my eyes or is the length of the vertical in the "g" in "Ringo shorter here (Terrier's) than in the OP? Initial measurements against themselves suggest it might well be."
"Also noted the last example from Terrier has one ink color - the others have 2."
"Aah I see what you mean. I’m quite surprised how well the signatures are reproduced on the other two items."
"They weren’t printed by the Fan Club. I was thinking that Octopus’ card might be the original. There’s a small spot to the left of Paul’s ‘T’ that’s reproduced on the other two, and you can see similar spots…"
"Very interesting. So were these printed by the Fan Club for official fan give aways? And the printing on that crumpled paper must be more recent than the fan club cards?"
"They’re different cards."
"These signatures were also printed onto a very beat up scrap of paper."
"The front of the promo card in the OP has a cup ring stain that runs through John’s neck plus a few other noticeable stains. None of these marks are on the card posted by Ballroom. Does this mean the card posted by Ballroom…"
"I’m not entirely sure. Yours has some condition issues that aren’t present on the one I posted, but you can faintly see the same crease or stain under “records.”"
"Thank you for sharing yours. So assume that these are preprints? "
"Thanks. Here’s the image that I have."
"I’ve seen this set before. May we see the front of the card?"
"Hi everyone, I would really appreciate some expert opinions on this Beatles promo card. I have owned it for many years and always assumed that the signatures were printed but some collectors have suggested that they may be real? Any advice would be…"
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