Authenticity is Everything

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Anyone collect Gretzky?

Just looking for opinions on if either of these is real or if one/both are forgeries.

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on October 3, 2011 at 4:05am

I believe they are both authentic.

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Permalink Reply by Peter Lougheed on October 3, 2011 at 5:12am

The autographs are authentic. Some of the plates had facsimile signatures, but yours is one of the few that were hand-signed.

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Permalink Reply by Dane on October 3, 2011 at 12:37pm

Thanks to both of you. I know the signatures aren't facsimiles. I was wondering moreso if either was (in your collective opinions) forged.

The reason I'm asking is I've found Gartlan plates where the back says "personally signed & approved by" which weren't signed by the player. It got me worried that maybe the signatures were post-production.

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Permalink Reply by Dan Savard on July 24, 2012 at 9:58am

These are both real , very familiar with this piece . Been collecting vintage hockey autographs for over 25 years and have an extensive collection of Howe / Gretzky items.