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Does anyone find this Blacula authentic?

I think this is a slick forgery - you? Seller has questionable and secretarial material. This appears well crafted but also atypical in many ways. I am finding some problem with everything I see here.

Opinions most welcome.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on April 21, 2024 at 7:58am

What does it mean, that quote?

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Permalink Reply by Scott Paul on April 21, 2024 at 8:06am

Oh, I assumed it was paraphrasing the Hymn "His Eye is on the Sparrow."

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on April 21, 2024 at 8:14am

It might be. there was also a 1975 song by Ethel Waters that Marshall might have been thinking of.

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Permalink Reply by Scott Paul on April 21, 2024 at 8:21am

Yes, that is the Hymn that Ethel Waters sang for years. It was the title of her book too. Tennessee Ernie Ford used to sing it too. I suspect Marshall encountered it as a boy in church.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on April 21, 2024 at 8:26am

Indeed - the song might have refreshed his memory. All these "little" things are so very interesting.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on April 21, 2024 at 7:36am

Also, the sure quality of the "W" in the OP, and the height of it's second vertical in relation to other things...

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on April 22, 2024 at 8:12am

Comparison:

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Permalink Reply by Scott Paul on April 22, 2024 at 2:25pm

There is certainly similarities I think the "t" in best is probably the one I notice here but did not before the comparison. There are just so many things about this particular one that are atypical or gives me pause. I am the first to admit I am no William Marshall expert, but if I saw this for auction I would pass. Having said that I would pass on the Star Trek card too although he did seem to sign those differently. I thought I had one but apparently, I didn't because I do not find it on my list. I am surprised because I remember seeing those a few years ago when the price was reasonable. What is your take on this? If he used a secretary (and I do not think he did) I would lean that way.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on April 22, 2024 at 2:38pm

PREPRINT!

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Permalink Reply by Scott Paul on April 22, 2024 at 2:52pm

Wow that is unexpected. Have you found another? A lot of times pre-prints go into the margins. I think I posted a Richard Benjamin that is a real oddity in preprints.