Paul & Lindo McCartney

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on April 5, 2022 at 8:13pm

Not authentic IMO.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on April 5, 2022 at 8:54pm

Ballroom,

I spent at least 10 minutes on this and was about to post that I thought it was LLO—likely lousy real—until I saw your opinion that you didn't like it. If you and I disagree on one of your specialties I always check my work. You're usually right.

OK, OK...almost always right.

I'm still pretty sure it's real, even tho it has some characteristics that are warning signs.

The "love" looks solid to me.

I don't study Linda much but I spent time on her autograph in this set and I think it's in range.

Paul took a ton of work. It's as atypical as a Republican that loves Biden. But I tore it apart piece by piece and I think it checks out.

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on April 5, 2022 at 9:01pm

Thanks for the kind words, Steve. I believe it’s a forgery style that we’ve seen before, and from the same source as FB’s previous post. The forger has included Linda’s signature on other items. Here’s another example for comparison:

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on April 5, 2022 at 9:07pm

That "u" and that "l" - same forger I think.

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on April 5, 2022 at 9:20pm

Yes, and if you look closely, it appears that the forger may have accidentally included three “C”s? It looks very odd.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on April 5, 2022 at 9:50pm

I don't see similar characteristics to the one you posted in the one in the OP, Ballroom. Perhaps this is one that looks so off that someone sold it to the dealer as fake. Do you have more examples of forgeries by the seller that you can post to compare it to?

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on April 5, 2022 at 10:01pm

I dont have my exemplars at the moment, but i’ll post more when I get a chance. FB just posted a George Harrison that I believe is from the same forger as this Macca. Most of the exemplars I have are from Chaucer Auctions.