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Bowie Autographs - I finally acquired two legitimate ones

Hi there,

I just wanted to share the two Bowie autographs that I recently obtained. :) Earlier this year I bought my first autograph on eBay. It turned out to be a fake (I know you all are *shocked*). I didn't realize that it was fake until I was randomly looking through eBay and noticed the seller that I purchased it from seemed to have quite the supply of "authentic" Bowie autographs of somewhat nebulous origins. I finally investigated a bit (as I should have done in the first place) and figured it out.

After that I realized I probably needed to educate myself a bit more and I found this site. I have to thank you all on here, (especially Eric Longo and Milan) and Andy of the David Bowie Autograph site, for all the help and guidance in tracking these down. They're my first and I'm quite excited!

Thank you all for being such an awesome resource.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on February 5, 2019 at 4:52am

That 1977 is SUPERB! Congratulations!

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on February 5, 2019 at 5:12am

PS - a scan of that size can be swiped, printed and sold - I'd reduce it!

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Permalink Reply by Morgane Gabriel on February 5, 2019 at 9:41am

I didn't even think about that, thank you! I swapped it out.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on February 8, 2019 at 10:00am

Hi Morgane,

Someone just posted this on eBay (for $5)...but dated 1980! Look familiar? Oops... ;)

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Permalink Reply by Morgane Gabriel on February 8, 2019 at 10:10am

LOL Wow, they don't waste any time. It does look quite "drawn." I'm glad to know I'm getting better at recognizing that any way. ;)

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on February 8, 2019 at 10:37am

Hi again Morgane,

this is a "B" style rather specific to 1977. The 1980 date and numerals...I was expecting to see a simple print made from yours for sale - this is a copy. I have had this happen to me as well. As soon as I offered the autograph below with the flat the copy beneath showed up on eBay (shown in negative with my additions):

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Permalink Reply by Morgane Gabriel on February 8, 2019 at 6:55pm

I LOVE this one with the flat! Just an aside. Lol

It's really interesting to see how certain signature types are so aligned with specific years (not just decades). I mean, when I think about it, the evolution is expected and logical, but I guess I wouldn't have thought it would be as specific as a year or so.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on February 9, 2019 at 9:45am

Well, 76-77 and 80-81 are very unusual years Morgane.

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Permalink Reply by Morgane Gabriel on February 5, 2019 at 9:41am

Thank you! I'm super excited. :)

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on February 5, 2019 at 9:58am

Hi again, I am glad you are - 1977 is so very rare :) It is wonderful to have the older example. The CD I remember helping Milan with - also lovely.