Cary Grant

I would love some thoughts on this Cary Grant. I've gone over a lot of known exemplars, and I see a number of things I like, and some things that bother me. Opinions would be appreciated.

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Permalink Reply by Joe W. on June 6, 2022 at 9:38am

I am not completely sold on this one. It's has some atypical characteristics and not as rushed as I would like to see.

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Permalink Reply by Eddy on June 6, 2022 at 11:23am

I agree with Joe. Not sold on it...but, as alitoseeker says, it's not necessarily a rule out either. Do you have any idea of when this perhaps may have been signed (say based on other signatures from an album this came from)?

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Permalink Reply by alitoseeker on June 6, 2022 at 1:14pm

My best guess would be from the mid-60's to 70's.

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Permalink Reply by Eddy on June 6, 2022 at 4:01pm

That time frame may be a clue. As I understand, Dyan Cannon sometimes signed for him briefly in that mid.60's period. I'd expect it more on a photo...but possibly.

That is a very slow and soft hand and the letters are spaced farther apart than what would seem typical.

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Permalink Reply by alitoseeker on June 6, 2022 at 10:53pm

That's interesting about Cannon signing for him, and may make some sense as most of the similar exemplars I found were, in fact, on photographs.

I found this piece while I was looking around the net tonight. It matches up pretty well. It has the larger "C" in Cary that carries over into the "a", but there are a number of strong similarities, particularly in the inscription, with the "J" in John and Jeanne and the "N" in both being very similar. Whether or not it was Grant, it would seem to me these pieces were possibly signed by the same person.