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Charlie Chaplin authentic?

opinions this chaplin signature?

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on April 25, 2022 at 1:18pm

That is a later very degraded b/w dot matrix photo - not a fan in terms of quality. Others can speak to the signature. It may be authentic, but is it of qualty? Contrast is fine but the photo...If it was him as The Tramp that would be a bit different.

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Permalink Reply by Susanne DeKerk on April 25, 2022 at 4:07pm

Thanks for your opinion Eric.

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Permalink Reply by Eddy on April 25, 2022 at 4:17pm

The image quality looks to be very poor. It's a good character to capture him as though....not the The Tramp but rather Monsieur Verdoux (another iconic role of his).

Is this a photo with a large border? Does it look to be at least 50 years old in person?

It may indeed be authentic. It's a later in life signature if so. What I don't care for is the rigid straight baseline of his signature in your example. Here's a calling card signed by him in later years (early 1970's) for comparison.

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Permalink Reply by Eddy on April 25, 2022 at 4:21pm

...and here's another....

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Permalink Reply by Eddy on April 25, 2022 at 4:37pm

Here's the Chaplin I have (from 1966):

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Permalink Reply by Susanne DeKerk on April 26, 2022 at 2:33pm

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on April 26, 2022 at 2:38pm

Modern garbage forged signature. I always spend as much time on the back as the front. Often the Reverse is more helpful than one might think. In this case it is instant death.