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Permalink Reply by goodcat on April 25, 2018 at 1:33pm

I've been seeing some weird Bowie's lately.

I think people are just making designs up now out of boredom because they can't get his proper signature down correctly. 

And I certainly can't say I've seen one like this. Looks like a hybrid B. Something of this form should have a date included. 

I'm going to reserve further comments until Eric and or MarkG get here. 

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on April 25, 2018 at 2:30pm

As far as basic form it is not as "inventive" as some of the nonsense out there, there are some genuine that approach this "style" - but this is no good. There can be no date, there can be a skip or pen left esp by or to the paraph, but this is all too curvy and smooth - first third of the "B" says a lot. Some spatial relations and size relations also pose problems.

Then there is something like this - PSA, R.E.A.L. & RR cert as well - but what would you do with it? I could never suggest it to a customer. 

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Permalink Reply by goodcat on April 25, 2018 at 4:16pm

I absolutely agree, that looking for a nice "typical" Bowie (or anyone) is the best choice for the WOW factor. 

Also agree that the OP  "B" is not balanced well

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on April 25, 2018 at 7:33pm

This OP "signature" roughly translates, in "Bowiespeak", to "Boo". It is SO heavy on the right side not even a date would help (and what date?). Like some bad Shatner efforts ("Bill"), not understanding what is done and why provides the reveal without much effort from our vantage at all.

If you erased some, add a curl back here, straightened another bit out, and added a slight angle over there out you might fool some, some of the time. But... 

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