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Permalink Reply by crazyrabbits23 on November 21, 2022 at 2:56pm

If anyone has an interest in Canadian politics, most correspondence signed by Canadian Prime Ministers from the early 70s and onwards are largely autopen/pre-print facsimiles:

- Pierre Trudeau: Autopenning largely started under his administration; he beefed up the correspondence department at Parliament Hill, and apparently sent out signatures on cards (believed to be secretarial) and autopen signatures on correspondence to Canadian residents writing to Ottawa, with the exception of notes of thanks to well-wishers regarding his first son's birth. Anything dated post-1984, including his "Memoirs" book and signed index cards, are believed to be legit.

- John Turner: All autopen correspondence, according to a source I found online that talked about a letter she had "signed" by him (having worked in the PM's office during his short-lived run as PM) His post-PM correspondence and subsequent signatures in "Politics of Purpose" and "Elusive Destiny" are real, as far as my research indicates.

- Brian Mulroney: Big autopenned presence in office; started the practice of sending out autopen signed index cards that were distributed from his office ("Compliments of the Prime Minister"), a practice that has persisted through subsequent administrations. His "Memoirs" book, written after he left office, is real, as he signed a large batch at multiple events.

- Stephen Harper: In-office, all autopen with extremely few exceptions. Has written two books since leaving office, A Great Game and Right Here, Right Now, but very few legitimate examples exist, largely because he ignored signing events and only held a couple of general launch events for each.

- Justin Trudeau: Everything post-Common Ground (the autobiography he wrote when he was merely leader of the Liberal Party, and for which he held several signing events for) is largely believed to be autopen, including correspondence, letters (save for personal replies to high-value residents) and pre-prints. 

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Permalink Reply by DannyGraceland on November 21, 2022 at 3:49pm

Duran Duran Future Past - Amazon.UK CD Art Card had a bad Nick Rhodes.

Newbury Comics art cards (cd and vinyl) were good

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Permalink Reply by Shawn Davis Mooney on November 21, 2022 at 5:54pm

I think if you follow the individual threads this information is usually there. This is forum is for signed items to purchase! It's starting to get bogged down with a bunch of other stuff. There is an entire website here that has many forums that are more appropriate. No need for the entire 1st page to be filled with threads not pertaining to the title of this forum.........

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Permalink Reply by Jason H on November 21, 2022 at 8:42pm

This one fits.. many people bought these items on this exact thread.. they should be aware if they were autopenned. There is A LOT of information that was lost forever with the KD profile deletion. Im betting some of these were mixed in with that

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Permalink Reply by SigninginOH on November 22, 2022 at 5:25am

Charlie Puth is definitely ghost signed. Two extremely different CP signatures 

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Permalink Reply by SigninginOH on November 22, 2022 at 5:27am

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Permalink Reply by Geoffrey Stafford on December 2, 2022 at 6:36pm

This is his in person auto I got at my radio station 2019

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Permalink Reply by Matt M. on December 2, 2022 at 2:22pm

Gregg Allman’s My Cross to Bear. I was looking around after seeing copies on the Live Talks sale earlier. I see the publisher-issued copies were autopen and there was discussion about it online. I suppose the ones at Live Talks were real but they have sold out

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Permalink Reply by Knob Dylan on October 9, 2023 at 3:10pm

Liam Gallagher - Knebworth 22 (Banquet Records Signed CD/LP). 50/50 genuine vs ghost signed. See thread from pgs 7+... 

https://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/liam-gallagher-sign...

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Permalink Reply by Scotty Dog Jim on October 9, 2023 at 4:27pm

A number of Elton John items sold via his own Rocketman store were recently shown to be autopen and refunds issued without question

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Permalink Reply by Knob Dylan on October 9, 2023 at 4:40pm

+1 Thank you SDJ. Autopen, see thread pgs 7+
https://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/elton-john-signed-p...

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Permalink Reply by Knob Dylan on October 9, 2023 at 6:47pm

Millie Bobby Brown - 'Nineteen Steps' Signed Book

Waterstones, Books A Million, etc, secretarial/ghost signed. Small amount of In Person store signings obviously OK. See thread pgs 3+. https://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/millie-bobby-brown-...

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