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Dan Blocker: do you think it is a real autograph?

Hello,

someone offers me this autograph of Dan Blocker. But I am not shure, if it is a real autograph of the Bonanza cast member. What do you think? The autograph is attached as a file.

Thanks for your help.

Petmor

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Permalink Reply by Joe W. on February 3, 2018 at 7:09am

It's very faint and hard to see but, from what I see, I do not see any similarity to Dan Blocker's signature on this picture.

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Permalink Reply by Petmor on February 3, 2018 at 7:41am

Thank you, Joe!

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Permalink Reply by mncnc on February 3, 2018 at 7:33pm

How about this one?

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Permalink Reply by Joe W. on February 3, 2018 at 7:38pm

Honestly, that looks like a preprint.

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Permalink Reply by mncnc on February 3, 2018 at 8:08pm

When you say preprint, do you mean that it's printed on the paper or made by a stamp? I zoomed in on the paper and thought it looked like it was on top.

Sorry for the questions, I'm trying to learn as much as I can.

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Permalink Reply by Woody2Shoes on February 3, 2018 at 11:28pm

The first one in this thread with the faint ink is not Blocker. This last one you posted is proper for Dan Blocker, that is his handwriting. I have friend who's a TV western fan and he has authenticated pictures of almost all of the 50s and 60s TV western stars and co-stars signed and on his wall.

I don't think it's pre-printed, or maybe a big stamp, but examination in person is often the best option to tell for sure.

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Permalink Reply by mncnc on February 4, 2018 at 12:06am

I'm trying to figure out how to vet an "autograph" a little myself, that's why I'm curious to know what a pre-print is and if I can spot them.

I've posted about this before, but we inherited 100 binders at least of signed material, and I've picked five at random to go though. I found this site, and people have been very kind to me with help.

I am actually friends with Dan's son, though I hate to ask him about his father, but last resort I'll ask if he knows the photo or the signature.

I can't imagine what he would say if he knew I spent most of a night looking at zooms of his father and the signature:-)

I am though more interested in how do you spot a pre-print.

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Permalink Reply by Petmor on February 4, 2018 at 1:01am

Thank you for your replay!

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Permalink Reply by mncnc on February 4, 2018 at 1:08am

So that's how you spot a preprint!

Sorry if I'm boring you, I'm just trying to add context for people who might not have seen it.

I'm not all that concerned about this particular autograph, but I would like to learn from it.

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Permalink Reply by Joe W. on February 4, 2018 at 4:39am

Sorry, I should have given a better explanation. mncnc, your Blocker is correct for his style of handwriting although it appears to be a through the mail copy of his signature. Could be a stamped signature or a preprint. Here is a another example of the same photo with the exact same signature, only in black and white.

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Permalink Reply by mncnc on February 4, 2018 at 11:27am

Thank you very much.

How do you find these images, do you just know where to look? I've been using tineye, I found several black and white but none with any signatures. Or stamps:-)