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Permalink Reply by Bill Panagopulos on July 9, 2012 at 5:27pm

Took a quick look and, beside being far to "pretty" to be Hitler's handwriting, the "Adolf" seems to be way off. Could even be a Konrad Kujau fake.

I'd run away...Hitler's holograph material is ultra-rare...and faked a lot!

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on July 9, 2012 at 5:33pm

Are there secretarial Hitler ALsS, Bill?

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Permalink Reply by Kevin on July 9, 2012 at 7:31pm

I had recalled reading about Kujau's fakes before with his Hitler diary. I was just wondering if any of those could be deemed authentic? I've seen numerous Hitler's at auction and his auto's look spot on with some at this site.

Harry, I've heard of Hitler using an autopen late in life and also a steel stamp. 

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Permalink Reply by Kevin on July 9, 2012 at 7:36pm

Also i was wondering cause i also noticed they had some art supposedly done by hitler 

http://www.snyderstreasures.com/pages/hartworks.htm

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Permalink Reply by Bill Panagopulos on July 10, 2012 at 9:31am

The late Jim Lowe and I concluded that Hitler had some type of autopen or similar such device as we saw signatures that were identical but were undoubtedly NOT printed. Of course, there were lithographed and otherwise printed signatures, most commonly seen on promotions, birthday acknowledgments, etc. He generally hand-signed all of his letters.

As for Charles Snyder, suffice it so say I would tread very, very lightly with some of the material he offers. My opinion, a lot of it I wouldn't turn over with a stick. 

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on July 10, 2012 at 9:56am

Bill,

This is the first I heard of Jim Lowe's passing, and I see it was last August. What a remarkable guy Jim was... one of the most knowledgeable historic autograph dealers I've ever met. His articles for Autograph were among my favorites, and always perfectly illustrated.

What I remember the most is how hard he worked to make historical autographs approachable and interesting to the average collector. Autographs weren't mostly about money for him. They were about what and who they represented, and the stories they told.

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