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Bruce Lee signed photo

My first impression on this was absolutely not genuine. However, the lady offering it said that it was sent to her auntie in the early 1970's by the Bruce Lee fan club, after she'd written him a letter. She then inherited it from her auntie and has had it in her possession since.

She was so adamant about the story that I decided to compare it with known exemplars. It's clearly not a typical Bruce Lee autograph but does actually have some very similar traits to several authentic examples.

What do people think? Does anyone know if Bruce had a secretary sign autographs for him? I couldn't find evidence of this ever happening.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on August 14, 2020 at 5:20pm

This looks like an old copy photo with a forged signature IMO. See what others say. I think the last word of the inscription should be "brotherhood".

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Permalink Reply by Autographtastic on August 15, 2020 at 7:18am

Ys, it does say "brotherhood". There is actually a 'b' at the beginning but you can barely make it out due to the dark background.

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Permalink Reply by Peter Mayer on August 14, 2020 at 8:57pm

This is a very odd presentation. It seems the peace, love, brotherhood portion is drawn with a different pen than the rest of the writing, or possibly stamped. The spacing, width, and alignment in his first/last name and also the Dragon symbol appear off. I don’t think this is authentic and can’t imagine any of the major TPA passing this photo as genuine.

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Permalink Reply by KatoTheMaster on August 15, 2020 at 5:37am

No good at all, keep well away.

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Permalink Reply by Autographtastic on August 15, 2020 at 7:32am

Thanks for your input guys. I was expecting a negative response as that was my initial feeling. You're probably correct but I'll show you a comparison that made me think it had a shot. There are clearly differences but also similarities and his signature did vary a fair amount. The genuine example was also signed in a much thicker pen. Ironically, the genuine autograph looks the more slowly/hesitantly penned: