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Permalink Reply by TheThinWhiteDuke on March 28, 2019 at 10:31pm

The Thanks looks a bit to clean for me but wait what Eric says 

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Permalink Reply by VonHammer on March 29, 2019 at 12:00am

The B looks way off. That triangular part at the start is most peculiar. I agree with THETHINWHITE DUKE; the "thanks" is too neat and doesnt even look like Bowie's writing. It's all very clean and there's no typical slant. The way the line comes off the "O" is just wrong. I'd avoid this one if i were you. Here's a "with thanks" from 1980 to compare it with..

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Permalink Reply by Tacoma Blues on March 29, 2019 at 12:06am

Thank you very much, Gents. Your feedback is greatly appreciated. Will steer clear of this one.

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Permalink Reply by SaraPolanska on March 29, 2019 at 1:28am

In my eyes this is not genuine. Dedication looks off. Bo is pretty different from his style and number 8 looks like is signed by right handed but wait for Eric and Mark. 

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on March 29, 2019 at 10:52am

I knew what this would be before I opened it. I saw it at $175, $150 and now $125. That signature, handwriting and date is very interesting. The above shown in red was from RR and is owned by someone in here - unusual for its placement and size only. in 1979 he was still solidifying his signature - 1980 produces some oddities. The handwriting also needs looking at - it is not that unusual in form for the time. I think the red Scary Monsters above is at Andy's site as genuine. The following 1980's are also at Andy's site as genuine - have a look at the sigs and numerals:

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on March 29, 2019 at 11:18am

And the OP:

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Permalink Reply by SaraPolanska on March 29, 2019 at 11:22am

On all samples I saw on Andy's page I see some rules about size of individual letters. "W" in with is always smaller than rest of word. The biggest problem i have with dedication. And I still do not like "B" :-) It is interesting, hope we will find out more.

I can be very wrong.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on March 29, 2019 at 11:43am

It is interesting. There is a lot of variation at this time - Elephant Man and Scary Monsters out at the same time and him singing a lot.

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Permalink Reply by SaraPolanska on March 29, 2019 at 11:58am

Hmmm, I can admit date looks "good".

- "w" is highter that rest of letter

- "thanks" in this form of handwriting I never saw before. "a" looks like wrote by woman. I have big problem with this word...

- the back of the B is more sharpy than on samples. I do not know if I see some hesitations in the lower part of B or it is just bad photo.

It reminds me this one about what I think it is fake and I guess it someone said here too.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on March 29, 2019 at 12:01pm

PS - Good general observation. It is usually the first stroke of the "w" that is smaller - the second vertical can actually go quite high. Obviously, I passed on this one.

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Permalink Reply by VonHammer on March 29, 2019 at 12:06pm

Thanks for providing those examples Eric. It makes sense that he was experimenting with his signature at this time as there is SO much variation. The "8" and the "0" are spot on and the "I" dot is consistent too. The "with" could pass but it's still the "thanks" that lends doubt to me. In all the other "thanks" i've seen, and indeed with DBs handwriting in general, all the letters are linked, as in the pen doesnt leave the page (as seen in the "with"). The letters are mostly separated in the "thanks". Here are all the "thanks" examples from 1980 on Andy's site..

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Permalink Reply by alan david munns on March 29, 2019 at 12:21pm

This is mine from tracks just placed a different photo on top of the original  and added a bit on 

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