Maya Angelou x 2 - real or fakes?

First one on plain card, 2nd on an adhesive bookplate.

Quite a lot of variety in the slabbed/certificated examples on ebay.

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Permalink Reply by Findbooks on November 4, 2023 at 8:04am

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on November 4, 2023 at 8:40am

I met her twice but she always cited arthritis and never signed for anyone. Once it was my job to arrange and handle a meet and greet for her - she called me "bright eyes" but never signed.

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Permalink Reply by Findbooks on November 4, 2023 at 8:55am

147 results on ebay for "maya angelou signed" - mostly books, I guess.

26 results for "autograph".

Neither figure is excessive for such a prominent figure

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Permalink Reply by Findbooks on November 5, 2023 at 6:29am

I believe both these are real after extensive comparisons. Lucky me.

Sorry to hear of your experiences, Eric. Not as gracious as I would have expected - perhaps old age?

I'm getting a bit cranky myself and will not replenish the cat's bowl today until that last biscuit has gone.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on November 5, 2023 at 11:13am

Thanks Findbooks. It was right after her poem for Clinton. She had a huge entourage. Biggest I have seen. But when I was seating her before the people entered she could have signed it if she wanted to (and was able to).