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Permalink Reply by Daniel S. on March 16, 2018 at 6:48pm

Add Mae West

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Permalink Reply by Daniel S. on March 17, 2018 at 2:20pm

Last chance to save me from the tpa's

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Permalink Reply by Rubijon on March 17, 2018 at 11:34pm

I have never seen a Betty Grable like this one, I 'PERSONALLY' don't like it.  Look at the 'G' in both, Grable & Gaynor - is there any difference?  

PERSONALLY I would not be happy with any of them.

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Permalink Reply by pjc on March 18, 2018 at 7:29am

I don't know if this would help.

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Permalink Reply by Rubijon on March 18, 2018 at 2:42pm

That looks better, to clarify my main concern was that both looked to be signed by the same hand.  Both have a similar G formatting on there original autographs but both of these first pics posted for Grable and Gaynor look too exact.

They may well both be ok but I would be sceptical.

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Permalink Reply by Daniel S. on March 19, 2018 at 5:51am

Thanks pjc. I appreciate the additional reference. I understand the concern here but I am struggling to dismiss the entire group.

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Permalink Reply by Benjamin on April 10, 2018 at 12:59am

Sorry for bumping this, but I’m also looking to purchase a Betty Grable piece.

Can someone correct me if I’m wrong (and I would love to be wrong as it would make me more comfortable buying a cheaper piece), I had this discussion with a dealer I met at The Hollywood Show in Los Angeles, and these were some of the pointers he gave me on Betty Grable signatures:

-In authentic Betty Grable signatures, she almost always connects the “B” and “e” in Betty. Secretarial photos that were mailed out to fans almost always had a disconnected “B” and “e.”

-In authentic Grable signatures, the “e” at the end of Grable looks more like the number 3 with an obvious flourish, in secretarial signatures the “e” in Grable will be similar but have much less of a flourish (and sometimes look like a lowercase y).

-Also, the “b” in Grable is usually much more obviously a lowercase b in secretarial signatures, while in authentic signatures it looks more like a lowercase d.

Example of an authentic signature:

Possibly secretarial:

I would love a second opinion, as I am also looking to purchase a Grable piece.

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