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Permalink Reply by Chris David on July 26, 2013 at 12:03pm

Looks like a preprinted fan  mail request photo. His in person signature are never nearly that neat. He is a great signer and authentic examples are available on ebay

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Permalink Reply by Charles O'Brailey on July 26, 2013 at 6:04pm

That is his real autograph, but 100% autopen.  I got one exactly the same via a mail request a few years back.  Still a nice photo.

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Permalink Reply by Nicholas Collins on July 27, 2013 at 2:16am

Agreed that it's an autopen, if you look extremely closely you can see that at the start of a new line, the ink pools every so slightly at the ends (where it initially presses down, and where it lifts off)

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