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Hi:
At Steve Cyrkin's invitation, I'd like to call your attention to a signature study I've posted on my blog, Charlton Heston signature study by Steve Zarelli.
I believe I have identified the "tell" in Charlton Heston secretarial signatures, and if I am correct, the news is not good for most collectors. It appears that most Heston signed photos are secretarially signed.
Here is a synopsis:
The Theory
Photographs and other memorabilia sent to Mr. Heston's office were signed by a secretary. However, Mr. Heston did authentically sign books through-the-mail.
Real vs. Secretary
In authentic signatures, the R in "Charlton" is distinctly a lowercase "r" and less than half the height of the L. The first four letters are clearly "Char."
In secretarial signatures, the R looks much more like a lowercase "l" and is about the same height as the L. So, the first four letters appear to be "Chall."
I have attached two images to give you a small sampling.
For more details and images, please visit my blog at the link below.
I'd love to hear your feedback and thoughts on this. I fully anticipate some resistance to the theory, because denial is always the first step. In fact, I would love to be proved wrong, because that would mean I wasn't sitting on a bunch of secretary signed photos!
By way of introduction, I have been collecting since the early 90s and I am the UACC Ethics Director.
I look forward to the discussion.
Regards,
Steve Zarelli
Tags: Charlton, Forgery, Heston, Secretary, authenticating, autograph, secretarial
I agree, the top on looks too much like the other presumed secretarials. The bottom one I couldn't tell one way or another.
Rolf, could you send me a link to the article on your site on Heston please?
Jan Schray is what I have received so far who many know of an original in-person specialist of somewhere around 45 years. All I have so far. Steve, you are in california ... know her whereabouts?
However, we got 'em listening as the dialogue is helping... unfortunately, I hate being the go between but since I have one that I'll try and post but duty calls in the next few days...
DB,
I've never heard of Jan Schray, nor did an in-person collector I know who's been out there a long time. But that doesn't mean he/she doesn't exist.
Maybe Mike Aring knows.
U mean there is actually someone in this biz you are not familiar with!
UACC RD0104, In-Person Autographs, Jan Schray 6721 Troost Avenue #5 North Hollywood, CA 91606 USA.
Times Article on one of the original pioneers;
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE0D7123EF934A257...
DB,
It's true--I'm embarrassed to say, since she's a UACC-RD, but I don't recall ever hearing her name. I didn't get into autographs until I bought the magazine in 2004, and the in-person collector I went to didn't recall ever hearing about her. But she's obviously for real.
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