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David Prowse and Carrie Fisher Signatures

I saw this up for auction today. How do these look?

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Permalink Reply by Mike Shepherd on January 21, 2020 at 9:30am

Both autographs look pretty typical to me. I am confused by the Steiner COA. Have the autographs been authenticated by a TPA as well?

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Permalink Reply by Pat on January 21, 2020 at 9:32am

Thanks! I’ve heard of issues with Steiner in the past and wanted a second opinion. While I won’t be bidding on this one, I just wanted to educate myself a bit more. I know Carrie is being forged more and more.

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Permalink Reply by Woody2Shoes on January 21, 2020 at 9:41am

Both signatures look very consistent with other of the same photos accompanied by the Steiner COA. Of note, some have a disconnected first and second name, Carrie Fisher, and others don't; CarrieFisher.

I think you're OK here. And with all the blatantly fake Fishers on ebay, a rarity.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on January 21, 2020 at 10:41am

Steiner did have a batch of Star Wars stock at one point. I thought it was also PSA authenticated, but I may be mistaken on that point.

These look ok to me.

Sadly, Steiner's "stock" has plummeted exponentially due to a flood of fakes appearing with their holograms on eBay. It appears that a batch of their stickers were either stolen or they have been counterfeited. Chris Williams has done a number of threads on this topic. What this means is that Steiner stickers alone cannot be trusted... you need to analyze the autograph on its own merits.

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Permalink Reply by Woody2Shoes on January 21, 2020 at 11:08am

The shape of the 3 shepherd-hooks, the end of the F, beginning of the i in Fisher, and the end of the signature are bothersome and do stand out as atypical to me. But aside from that, the consistency of the whole with other sigs on this picture accompanied by the Steiner cert put me at the 70/30 odds ratio for authentic. Now, if going by the merits of the Fisher signature alone, say on a blank page, without a Steiner cert., I'd be at 50/50 due to those 3 hooks mentioned.

My feeling is that JSA and PSA will OK it, but the Fisher alone is by no means unquestionably 100%, IMO.