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Permalink Reply by Paul Fox on September 17, 2012 at 5:07pm

can you post yours steve?

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on September 17, 2012 at 5:21pm

Sure. Brando signed this for a cab driver in 1965:

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Permalink Reply by Paul Fox on September 17, 2012 at 5:38pm

ok, now ive seen more exemplars id say the baseball is not authentic, the "do" is completely wrong and the "B" loops over at the bottom where as the baseball dont. the "do" is not even joined, if it was just based on the marlon, it could fool some people.

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Permalink Reply by Bradford on December 14, 2014 at 8:44pm

Phenomenal piece, Steve

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Permalink Reply by Mike Shepherd on September 17, 2012 at 6:28pm

My concern with the “B” was that it was not signed in one stroke but two.  Like I said, I have seen examples of him signing that way so it wasn’t a great concern.  The “B” on the baseball appears to be similar to Ted’s.  I also believe that the “do” stacks up in a similar way to Steve’s.  I’m not an expert but I am also not willing to give up on this yet.  The biggest question that I have is this.  Why would a forger sign Brando’s name on a 1979 World Series baseball?  Wouldn’t it make more sense to forge a Streetcar Named Desire or On the Waterfront or even a Godfather photo?  Adam, do you have any information about where this item came from?  Is there any way to still contact your friend and ask about it?

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Permalink Reply by Paul Fox on September 18, 2012 at 5:37am

look more closely at the "do" its not joined in one motion, its separate from the "Bran" , the "do" the has 2 ink pools one at the end of the loop on the "d" and one half way through the "o", the ball is not a fluid signature, i do agrree with you that brando has signed similar to the ball but all his signatures are of a constant fluid motion not with pauses in and from history it shows brando was not the type to take time with signing anything.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Shepherd on September 18, 2012 at 6:26am

Thanks Paul.  I see it now.  I wasn't concerned about the "do" being separated because there are many exemplars that show him doing that but the "o" is without a doubt suspicious.  I can think of no explanation for it.

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Permalink Reply by Bob Shinn on September 18, 2012 at 12:32pm

Adam...

Sorry to say that IMHO the signature is not real.

If you go to www.isitreal.com and go to the movie category

and look up Brando you will see a very good Signature Study on his signature which should help you out in the future,

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Permalink Reply by Steve Viola on September 18, 2012 at 1:57pm

Its the baseball itself that has me questioning it.  Long time collectors I know in NYC tell me of stories where it was very hard to get Brando, but occassionally he did sign things like receipts, pieces of paper, napkins, etc. for working people he was dealing with.   Hard to believe someone got him on a baseball.  I never got him, so I dont know his signature.  I'm just going by stories I've heard.

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Permalink Reply by Adam Vivier on September 18, 2012 at 2:50pm

I'm not sure, the ball looks like it was used. Not saying it's a game ball but looks like it was either used in a game or made to look that way. So far the conciseness is that it's not authentic. Does anyone know whether he attended the game?

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Permalink Reply by Adam Vivier on September 18, 2012 at 2:00pm

Guys, I want to thank you all for your input on this. I'm just thankful that the person didn't owe me a lot of money, and don't feel like I got the short straw. You guy have been very helpful.

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Permalink Reply by JXE on September 21, 2012 at 9:10am

Here are the Brando scans I have from various reputable sources in my file. I own the very first one:

 

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