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Bon Jovi - 1985 autographs - are these authentic?

Hi there - Need help with the following signed Vinyl LP.

I have no idea how BJ autographs looked like in 1985. Could These be authentic?

Cheers & thanks in advance - Martin

Alec added a date - 85´

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Permalink Reply by Rick Meyer on July 21, 2013 at 9:02am

They don't look anything like mine. These are all worse. Hard to see that every members autographs have gotten better over time. I've never seen a JBJ look anything close to that from any era.

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Permalink Reply by Martin on July 21, 2013 at 9:31am

this one is a 1984 Tico Torres on Franke & the Knockouts abum.

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Permalink Reply by Martin on July 21, 2013 at 10:00am

Here I found a printed Farm Aid 1985 bandana - JBJ Looks similar to the one on the LP jacket - especially the top of the "J"ovi "<" - if you know what I mean.....

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Permalink Reply by Rick Meyer on July 21, 2013 at 10:06am

That one looks better. I've seen early sigs similiar to that. I don't like the double tracking with the pen on the first sig where there are additional scribbles to make it all look connected.

I'm interested in seeing what others think.

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Permalink Reply by Martin on July 21, 2013 at 10:13am

Thanks for your input, Rick! Yes, I would be glad for Input from others, too. But double tracking could also be a result of - signatures obtained in a rush/hurry...

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Permalink Reply by Rick Meyer on July 21, 2013 at 10:15am

Yeah could be. Just never seen one where he has done it so much like that sig has. I think it would be difficult to authenticate even if it were authentic.

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Permalink Reply by Bjarne Soderholm on July 21, 2013 at 12:01pm

Hello Martin.

The album that you have posted are not genuine. This looks nothing like genuine Bon Jovi autographs. The biggest give away is that the Richie Sambora autograph is signed RITCHIE SAMBORA! So I should stay far far away from this one. Hope this will help. And you can look on my site how a genuine Bon Jovi should look like. I have been able to get the bands autographs a few times between 1988 and 2002. Happy hunting!

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Permalink Reply by Martin on July 21, 2013 at 12:23pm

thanks for your opinion, Bjarne

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Permalink Reply by Richard Booth on July 21, 2013 at 2:15pm

Sorry, these are not authentic Bon Jovi autographs from any era!

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Permalink Reply by Brian Burger on July 21, 2013 at 7:49pm

I usually don't give my opinion on signed stuff on this site because there are so many variables on autographs but I have a signed cassette(remember those) cover from 1986 that I obtained in person in 1986 at an in store signing of the same album and the autographs look nothing like these and me personally I would not touch this at all. I know the bands signatures have all changed over the last 26 years but all autographs of a person have some type of similarity and I don't see any comparing mine to this one.