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Mario Lemieux autograph..real?

Over the years, Mario Lemieux of the Pittsburgh Penguins have chenged his autograph. Please have a look at this one...it is so much different from the ones you see Mario sign today..does anyone have experience with this particular signature? Thanks

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Permalink Reply by Peter Lougheed on April 6, 2012 at 11:21pm

I have more than 20 authentic Lemieux autographs and none look close to this.

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Permalink Reply by Peter Lougheed on April 7, 2012 at 6:24pm

Here are a few examples of authentic Lemieux autographs I have in my collection.

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Permalink Reply by Peter Lougheed on March 11, 2013 at 11:10am

Here's a certified Lemieux autograph from 1992. Very similar to his current signature.

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Permalink Reply by Bill on March 11, 2013 at 11:37am

Indeed it does. It looks like he had to sign 2000 of them... Once he became in such high demand after the Cup championship seasons that he's signing thousands of insert cards or specialty collectors pieces or any other mass-churned signatures, this is how they all seem to look...

Is this how he's Always signed or is this signature the result of having to quickly sign millions of autographs at conventions or for direct-sell memorabilia after becoming a Huge star?

Found a picture of a 1987 autograph that's close-ish, but still looks hurried.. ?

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Permalink Reply by Bill on March 11, 2013 at 11:40am

Found this blurb on the PSA site:

Mario Lemieux's autograph has certainly evolved through time. As a rookie and for the first few years of his career, Lemieux's signature was legible, featuring a large "M" followed by a lower case "a" and a series of bumps and lines. It was during this time that Lemieux was an accommodating signer via the mail and in person.

As his popularity grew through the years, Lemieux instructed someone else to sign his mail due to the overwhelming volume of requests. In addition, his in-person signing habits drastically changed with more and more collectors left out in the cold when pursuing his signature. His last name, similar to his first, featured a large "L" followed by a lower case "e" and a series of bumps and lines. His current autograph, the same one he has featured since the late 1980s, resembles a "ML" followed by his jersey number (66).