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1950's Elvis Presley autograph authentic??

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on April 29, 2017 at 11:38pm

The Elvis signature in the OP and the one currently for sale originally sold on eBay for $450 and $315 respectively, both from the same seller. They appear to me to be in the same hand. The seller of these Elvis items also sold a Jimi Hendrix signature that doesn't look good to me for $1,100.

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on April 30, 2017 at 10:03am

Here's the one I'm referring to that's currently for sale in another thread. It's from the same eBay seller as the example in the OP.

http://live.autographmagazine.com/group/free-autograph-buy-sell-tra...

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Permalink Reply by Don Webster on April 30, 2017 at 11:03am

Those $$$ totals for Elvis signatures don't give either of them a vote of confidence.

I'm not saying somebody didn't get a bargain...but somebody didn't get a bargain...

Nice work Ballroom...

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on April 30, 2017 at 11:49am

Thanks, Don. Good work to you and Steve C. for calling it correctly, in my opinion, and to others who made good points too.

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Permalink Reply by JAKE JONES on April 30, 2017 at 12:02pm

You are correct Ballroom, they are both from the same seller, before purchasing i got opinions on both item from Roger Epperson and he deemed them authentic. Bargain on them...i think so.

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Permalink Reply by JAKE JONES on April 30, 2017 at 12:21pm

I removed the sale of the Elvis autograph because of the doubt of its authenticity even with Mr. Epperson approval.

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Permalink Reply by JAKE JONES on April 30, 2017 at 12:35pm

The Elvis autograph 'To Alice from Elvis Presley' was deemed authentic by Roger Epperson on July 15, 2016, still have his e-mail.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on April 30, 2017 at 2:37pm

Looking at the Hendrix signatures Ballroom just posted, if these aren't real then I think they may be machine signed. If so, that's why they look so good—they have genuine characteristics.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on April 30, 2017 at 3:12pm

When I said "these" I'm talking about the Elvis ones.

The Hendrix ones are an example of likely machine-signing in my opinion.

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on April 30, 2017 at 1:55pm

Here are a couple of Hendrix "autographs" from this seller. Apparently there is a third example, but I don't have an image of it. I believe the first one sold for either $950 or $800.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on April 30, 2017 at 2:40pm

Ballroom, look at the similar characteristics in those Hendrix autographs. The EN, the IMI of Jimi. I think these may be machine signed. They can be scary hard to detect.

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on April 30, 2017 at 2:48pm

It appears to me as though it's just a skilled forger mimicking the same genuine characteristics across multiple signatures. Same with the Elvis signatures, in my opinion.