Neil Armstrong - real or fake?

Hi everyone!

I'm trying to learn more about Neil Armstrongs autograph and would appreciate your help on this one?

Do you think it's good or bad?

Thanks for helping!

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on February 26, 2016 at 11:10pm

Hi Jan,

There is a discussion on Armstrong here by Steve Zarelli if you have not seen it:

http://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/neil-armstrong-autog...

You can post your autograph there if you want, too.

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Permalink Reply by Cogo on February 27, 2016 at 1:22am

Thanks for the tip Steve, will do that!

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on February 27, 2016 at 4:11am

In my opinion, this is authentic. This is what is known as a Belgian Stamp Block. Armstrong signed a quantity of these commercially in the early 70s for a German stamp dealer. They typically retail for $900 - $1200.

Be aware that UNsigned versions of these stamp blocks exist. Many collectors wrongly assume a signed Belgian Stamp Block is automatically authentic. This is not true -- forgeries exist on these blocks.

Steve Zarelli
Zarelli Space Authentication
www.SpaceLOA.com