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Permalink Reply by Richard Booth on January 9, 2023 at 1:02pm

I think they are both good.

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Permalink Reply by Steve on January 9, 2023 at 4:28pm

First one looks good, definitely older.  The second one looks odd.

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Permalink Reply by Cj99 on January 9, 2023 at 7:17pm

Thank you for the reply, that was my original thoughts

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Permalink Reply by AustinCollector on January 9, 2023 at 5:42pm

I'm confident the first one would pass professional authentication -- it's a garden variety early-era signature, and a beautiful piece. 

The second example is atypical in a variety of ways, and is a variation I've never seen before. Even with his illness, atypical authentic Ali signatures had some specific characteristics. I don't see any of those characteristics here. It's too out of the ordinary for me to deem genuine. 

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Permalink Reply by Cj99 on January 9, 2023 at 7:19pm

Thank you for the reply, the second one I was told was from 1999 outside a hotel but just thought something looked off hadn’t seen any other that look liked that.

The first one I was told was from 71 I believe 

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