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Bono / U2 Help please!

Hello!

Can someone please tell me what they think about this Bono autograph?

Thanks for helping!

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Permalink Reply by Cogo on November 3, 2012 at 9:16am

Ok, that have I never heard of before. Please explain what it is that makes you think that!

Permalink Reply by Rich on November 3, 2012 at 9:28am

The way the ink looks is a bit unusual, but it just might be the way the scan looks - I could be completely wrong.

There was a thread on here no all that long ago about how some collectors, to avoid having to buy a bunch of photos for celebrities' autographs that they may or may not get, will bring a stack of photographic paper without any images on them. After getting the autograph, the collector then gets an image off the internet and prints it on the previously blank paper - technically, the image is printed over the signature!

I'm not saying that this is the case here. It could simply be the type of pen used.

Permalink Reply by Mark Baker on November 6, 2012 at 10:08am

This is in responce to emsomaso.

The Rattle and Hum autographs look decent IMO. Here's my issue. Edge, Adam, and Larry's Look authentic. (I'm not an expert with Larry's as I own none but have seen a bunch).

My issue is: why is Bono's in a different colour? This looks to be promo material where they might all be using the same colour pen. Why is Bono's in blue?

If it isn't promo material, then it looks like this was most likely signed many years after R&H was released.

I'd give this one an authentic I think....

Check this site for some great examples of signatures.

http://www.u2eastlink.com/collector/firmas/indexe.php

Permalink Reply by Rich on November 6, 2012 at 10:24am

Mark, thanks for your quick input.

Emsomaso - go with Mark's opinion over mine for sure. I thought Clayton looked funny for some reason, and the especially full Larry Mullen is not especially common in any era (even when he signs his first and last name, as he typically does these days, lettering this legible is decidedly harder to find).

Permalink Reply by Jason Smith on November 2, 2012 at 6:32pm

Please send a picture of the entire item. I would like to know the size of the item (8 x10)?

Permalink Reply by Ren Jones on November 2, 2012 at 6:52pm

It's fine. He did that exact same signature over here about 2 years ago. Probably signed at the same time.

Permalink Reply by Mark Baker on November 4, 2012 at 6:35pm

Absolutely real. The end scribble is usually because he's in a rush or signing multiple items. I have a similar autograph where it is rushed. I also have other ones where you can actually make out each B, O, N, O.

Permalink Reply by Rich on November 4, 2012 at 6:40pm

Thanks Mark! Looks like you have a safe, solid purchase to me, emsomaso. He can be an odd signer. Several years ago, my sister got a slightly abridged autograph roughly akin to the one you're looking at. Then just a few minutes later he signed a full "BONO" with an additional inscription for me.

Permalink Reply by Mark Baker on November 6, 2012 at 10:53am

Here is an example of a Larry Mullen full signature...

http://www.u2eastlink.com/collector/firmas/larry/06-2l.php

Permalink Reply by Rich on November 6, 2012 at 10:55am

Yep. But if I'm not mistaken, "Larry" with a legible A-R-R is somewhat harder to come by.