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Permalink Reply by Jim Cushman on May 8, 2018 at 12:35pm

"NO" to both...

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Permalink Reply by george enrique on May 8, 2018 at 12:57pm

Oh Dear

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Permalink Reply by spaceman on May 8, 2018 at 1:14pm

A big NO to both.

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Permalink Reply by Brian Keeling on May 8, 2018 at 3:41pm

No man...

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Permalink Reply by Gchu69 on May 8, 2018 at 3:44pm

Thank you for the responses. She had an unbelievable amount of stuff, including a pretty decent record collection, so just wanted to be absolute sure. 

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Permalink Reply by Jim McFiver on May 9, 2018 at 1:10am

These are not genuine. They appear to be fan-signed as opposed to 'for-sale-forgeries.' As the ink on the signatures faded, it seems someone then tried to enhance the original ink by drawing over top of them, perhaps hoping to impress or convince an unsuspecting amateur collector they were real.

Why did we mark our records with these fan signatures? Back in the day, as kids, many of us (me, included) were fascinated by Beatle signatures, which were ubiquitous - in magazine photos, gum cards, posters and the like. This fascination became useful, too, as a way to distinguish ownership of records, especially when taken to school or basement parties.

I remember, for example, a few tense moments at parties, especially with 45s, when, at the end of the night, multiple ownership was claimed for popular records. Without a name, number or sticker (or Beatles faux signature) on the labels - providing proof of ownership - anyone could claim them (and often did!).

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