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John F. Kennedy signed portrait print
I hope some people can help me with authenticating a recently purchased Yousuf Karsh JFK signed portrait print that measures 17x22. Apparently Yousuf Karsh was an accomplished artist who did portraits of famous people from around the world. I would have up to 14 days to return this item if need be. JFK wrote, "For Earl P. Hemler with Best Wishes - John F. Kennedy."
Now the question is was this actually signed and inscribed in the hand of JFK, or was it signed by a secretary, possibly Priscella Wear? I I have actually seen several examples of this handwriting recently. I will show my piece and then some other examples. There is actually a JFK signed book, "The Strategy of Peace", currently for sale on eBay for $7000 from bookbid of Beverly Hills, CA in this same handwriting. The link is:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/JOHN-F-KENNEDY-The-Strategy-of-Peace-INSCRI...
So I'm hoping my piece and the others I present don't match any of the secretarials from Charles Hamilton's book on JFK signatures or any other leading materials on the subject.
And here are a couple of pics of my piece along with the handwriting from the book.
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Permalink Reply by James on
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Here is another example that sold at Christie's. This sold for $5,000 at Christie's. It says, "For Alex..." "Alex" was a wealthy donor, I believe. And a U.S. Senator at the time said that he personally saw JFK sign this after their breakfast meeting.
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Another example. I believe "Olsson" was a Secret Service agent. Priscella Wear, JFK secretary, sent out a cover letter with this one.
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And here, I believe Donald Carmichael was a U.S. Capitol police officer who sometimes chauffeured JFK around.
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And finally, here is another example deemed authentic at another auction house.
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Permalink Reply by James Stone on
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Yep, all the stuff you posted is obviously Jill Cowen. Once JFK became president he usually did a much shorter version of his signature. It kind of looked like LIN JIN Y and it usually ran together.
When he did the longer version, as in the authentic example below you can see how it differers from Cowen's version. Right fron the start His J doesn't look like a J, it looks like a L. There is a lot more speed to the signature. The Y looks different. ETC.
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Thanks for checking things out, James. For some reason the link won't work for me on my iPad. I'll try again later. Just to let you know, I sent you a friend request. I figured since we both like Kennedy stuff, we ought to be friends.
Anyway, if you want, you can check out the JFK I do have. There's a discussion about it in Groups: Presidential Collecting. I think it's titled, "JFK signature". He signed it on a brochure about his appearance at a high school in Kansas about two weeks before his election using his campaign style signature that he used in 1960. I know the history of it, and I live near the high school where he appeared 54 years ago; so I feel pretty strongly about it. It's pretty similar to some others that have been authenticated by PSA/DNA. At least I think I've got one good one.
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No problem. Could you link me to your JFK signed program? I can't seem to find it. Is it on this site?
I am interested because I also have a 1960 campaign program.
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i apologize, James. I hadn't been back to this discussion since Friday, and I just now saw your reply. And I don't get the notices in my email anymore. But here is the link about my JFK:
http://live.autographmagazine.com/group/signedpresidentialbooks/for...
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Just noticed this post on JFK signature on the Yousuf Karsh portrait of JFK and Jackie. Know the original story behind this very well as Earl P Hawks was my grandfather.
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