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Permalink Reply by David Lewis on February 2, 2021 at 12:52pm

None of my in person has any inscription. On the net you will find this inscription has been certified real by 2 major authentication companies.

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Permalink Reply by KaiMi on February 2, 2021 at 1:03pm

Thanks a lot, David Lewis!

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Permalink Reply by Jason Strecker on February 2, 2021 at 1:41pm

That is his secretarial version. It's been that way for since at least the mid 1990s. I think there's a new secretary signing now. I always thought it was his son, Barry, since the autographs I got from him on a photo with his secretarial dad autograph looked like his he was trying to do a different style. But I would think Barry would be a bit too busy to do this for many years. It also can't be Dick's wife since he had different wives at different period.

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Permalink Reply by KaiMi on February 2, 2021 at 2:05pm

Thank you so much, Jason, for taking the time to share your knowledge with me!

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Permalink Reply by Todd Johnson on February 3, 2021 at 4:48pm

Sorry I don't have closer up views of his autograph at the moment, but I threw this image of the 4 together back in 2011/2012 soon after getting him IP over two evenings (and his brother back at the venue of "The Sunshine Boys", pic with Jerry says 9/9/2011.)  The D's are totally different in your orig post, for starters.  I don't know his ttm habits but trust those here that do.

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Permalink Reply by KaiMi on February 4, 2021 at 12:42am

Thanks a lot, Todd, for taking the time and your efforts! The differences between my piece and your in-persons are obvious, even given the time gap between 1997 and 2011. He must have written so many autographs in his life that his writing can't have changed that much in older years.

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