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Permalink Reply by Todd Johnson on February 11, 2018 at 7:00pm

I did pop over to the Heston study for the first time and def makes sense that a secretary wouldn't sign his book as I would agree the same.  Believe this was a book find by Tx seller that now travels around buying books from stores, not just signed ones.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on February 11, 2018 at 10:07pm

I'm off here, late hours, but I recall it being said books were generally handsigned. 

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on February 12, 2018 at 6:15am

In my opinion, this Heston is authentic.

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Permalink Reply by Todd Johnson on February 12, 2018 at 9:36pm

Thanks guys, I was pretty sure enough to purchase before posting here but always nice to hear some more expert opinions.  Met personally in Tx a handful of times, but wanted a cut for framing a project.  A few 3x5 I bought just after his passing, well one ended up secretarial before I knew better, the other is framed and boxed away but might also be the same.  Nice to have a site like this these days!

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on February 13, 2018 at 7:08am

What has become apparent is that Charlton Heston signed photos are MUCH less common than anyone would have imagined. In my estimation, 90%+ of Heston signed photos are secretary or fake.

Unfortunately, these are not being removed from the market and they completely devalue the real ones.

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Permalink Reply by Tim H on March 13, 2018 at 6:27am

Here is a genuine Charlton Heston signature to use for comparison.  This one was signed in person for me at a reception in Chester, SC, on July 10, 1983.  Heston was filming the CBS miniseries "Chiefs" at the time.  The words below the signature were not written by Heston.Scan.tiff

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on March 13, 2018 at 9:31am

Thanks for sharing, Tim.

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Permalink Reply by goodcat on March 13, 2018 at 12:04pm

beautiful sig

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