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I have received an offer to buy this autograph. A Quick-Opinion is supposed to be available. What do you think of this John autograph and from which time it comes ? (early 64?)

What would you pay at most for it?

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I looked and found the following autograph, it has been checked and is authentic. Do you see any differences to the OP?

Yes, the "J", the "Jo" connection and the 1st and 4th "n" do not echo each other as the OP.

It has a couple of Lennon's typicall "top-of-the-loop" ink blobs ("h" and "e") and is potentially OK but personally I wouldn't go for anything that gets such a mixed reception from other collectors. It looks like the paper has been aged deliberately and the look of the piece as a whole is not wildly attractive. Even with cast-iron authentication I wouldn't pay more than $500 for it.

I am not a collector or expert on JL signature. But I think it's highly probable to be genuine. The angle, swiftness and the NNON look OK to me. 

Any paperwork with this at all? 

Mark 

Tough one...

To me it looks quite similar to the Lennon in this Joe Long set (with the exception of the "E" not being capitalized).  Note that the aforementioned ink blots are present in the "h" and both "e's" on this Long forgery.

Good spot re the ink blots. I think the OP looks less "drawn" than the Long but maybe the "same hand" look of the other three in the Long causes some bias.

Strangely, I only have one ink blot on my '64 Lennon:

I agree this is a tough one.   Interesting to see how divided the comments are by this learned group of collectors.  That in itself might be enough to keep most buyers away unless there was a written COA from Tracks or perhaps Frank or Roger.  My initial thought was not genuine however after a closer examination I think it is ok.  There is a good flow to the signature, no hesitation and overall composition is good.  I was a bit concerned with the letter spacing in John but it seems to check out against my exemplars.  I also don’t think the paper has been artificially aged.  Having said all that I think the uncertainty would affect the purchase price now and perhaps the sale price in the future.

Same hand?

Hi Suzannah, so just to clarify which leading Beatles expert/company  has oked the Lennon you have posted?

Tracks doesn’t provide “Quick Opinions.” It was also claimed in this discussion that Jason from Tracks had provided a quick opinion. However, I asked him about it and he said he had never even seen the item in question before.

https://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/beatles-autograph-o...

Here is one of my Lennon's  signed in 1964. Similar pen pressure dots on the E and H. 

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