Beatles John Lennon from 75. Is it real?

Saw this Lennon the other day. The gentleman claims it was signed in mid 70's. I will admit that I cant give a Lennon a thumbs up or down as fast as I can a Ringo. What do you guys think?

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Permalink Reply by Richard Hirsh on February 29, 2012 at 9:07am

I would pass on this. First, the J in john does not look right, there is no n on the John and the e in Lenon is as big as the L when the norm is to be more in line with the nnon. I do not think this is worth the risk.

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Permalink Reply by Josh Board on February 29, 2012 at 10:31am

It looks okay, not great. To me, here's the attitude EVERYBODY should have.

It's just not worth the risk. It just isn't. If you are purchasing an autograph, it should be an air tight story, you know the person, or an auction house that will refund the money years later (which means you'll also be paying more).

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Permalink Reply by MeanMisterMustard on February 29, 2012 at 11:40am

I try myself to compare all Beatles autographs i look at to help find differences between known real ones and the fake ones. This one just has some good and some not so good characteristics. I compared it to some examples from the WFIL signing, but cant come to a definitive answer. The "J" looks a bit funny, but the "lennon" looks great to me.

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on February 29, 2012 at 4:28pm

sorry, but I disagree. the slant of the letters in Lennon appears way off. and entire signature looks like it was slowly written.

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on February 29, 2012 at 4:26pm

I don't think its real

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Permalink Reply by Tom Dougherty on April 28, 2014 at 3:02pm

Yes, that's the way John autographed in 1975. I know because I had him sign a book in 1975 at WFIL studios in Philadelphia and that looks very much like it.

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Permalink Reply by Richard Booth on April 29, 2014 at 1:49am

I am not comfortable with this...

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Permalink Reply by Tom Dougherty on April 29, 2014 at 3:47am

I understand that. You don't know me. But I did meet him and he did sign the book. When I get the cert I will upload a copy for you. I'm uploading a copy of the autograph later today. There's also another site with another JL autograph the same time period and I believe the same place and being met with the same skepticism. That also is very close to this one and mine. He was signing a lot of things for people at WFIL studios the couple of days he spent there. I guess that's his rushed signature...