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Amelia Earhart/Franklin D Roosevelt
I've recently won off of eBay a page from an autograph collectors album, circa early 1930's, with 12 signatures on it, most notably that of of Amelia Earhart. The other names are Grace Abbott, Lewis Edward Lawes, Bruce Fairchild Barton, Bess Streeter Aldrich, Edgar Albert Guest, Zane Grey, John Robert Grey, Martin Elmer Johnson, and Charles Wakefield Cadman. What they are known for is written beneath each by the original owner. I am not at all familiar with these other names, or as to what their value may be, so if you wish to chime in on those, feel free! My only interest is that of Amelia Earhart and obviously it's authenticity. I have compared it to many other known examples, and to me it looks good. That and the fact that it is with other signatures from the period (which I have also checked out) would lead me to believe that it is indeed authentic.
My other question concerns its condition. Is the fact that it is a cut signature glued to an album page with these other signatures detract from its value at all? My intention, if real, would be to keep the page intact, and just mat out the other names and pair it with a nice photo. Any ballpark as to what its value may be?
Any comments would be greatly appreciated, as this is the most expensive and most historically significant autograph I have purchased to date.
Thanks very much!
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Permalink Reply by Greg on
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Here's the attachments
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And the other...sorry but this site is being very buggy for me, but the site administrators are fully aware and are doing what they can!
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Permalink Reply by Scott Paul on
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The dot perhaps was a pen skip. It looks like it is on card stock maybe a governor's mansion card or calling card? While it does have a look of a preprint I would not think it would have that dot since it does stick out there. Usually pre-prints are perfect looking.
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You make a good point about ruling out a preprint!
However I'm still back to whether it's a secretarial or not? I've found a couple of cards signed while he was governor and both bear a close resemblance to the one I have. So the question is, were these cards typically secretarially signed or not? - Attachments: No photo uploads here
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And the other one...
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Update: Just in case anyone else comes across this posting in the future, through the wonderful assistance of site manager Steve Cyrkin who had the FDR looked at by a couple of presidential experts, it and all the other signatures on the page were verified to be authentic!
Thanks again to all who replied!
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