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Donald Trump signature - What am I looking at?
This is being offered for sale on another online autograph forum but I'm stumped as to what it is. I don't mean to be obtuse and not trying to be political. I'm just curious as I honestly don't know what process was used on it.
It's described by the seller as "Donald Trump Signed 8 x 10 Of Assassination Attempt Certified by PSA". Someone pointed out that it's a "blank" and others seemed to know what that meant. I don't. There's a lot of interest over there on this and some seem to think it's historic.
The PSA descriptive sticker on the encapsulation indicates it's a "Blank Sheet". Has the image been been digitally added to a blank piece of paper that was signed? The discussion around over there it is going in all kinds of directions but I don't see any clarification as to what it is I'm looking at.
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Permalink Reply by JK on
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A blank sheet was signed and a photo printed over it. It's been happening for a little while now. Atleast PSA attributed it properly. Some other similar concoctions have been slabbed as signed photos.
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Permalink Reply by JMS1223 on
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“The PSA descriptive sticker on the encapsulation indicates it's a "Blank Sheet". Has the image been been digitally added to a blank piece of paper that was signed?”
That’s exactly what it is. It was originally a large signed page or white piece of paper. Someone took that and put it in a printer and color printed the historic photo over it. In this case it came out nicely. A lot of times when people attempt this, the dark areas of the photo cover the signature and/or placement is terrible.
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Permalink Reply by eddy on
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Thanks for these responses. That's sorta what I was thinking, but I was incredulous that that could be the reality.
It's a hefty ask price at $20,000 OBO. Some commentors are really juiced over it and it's importance.
Here's what appears on the PSA site's verification number. A blank as well with no image items as is usually found on those verification pages.
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$20,000 seems absurdly high. What the fabricator did was very well done - the cropping of the photo is excellent in conjuction with the signature. But it is still a fabrication.
It's like those Richard Nixon resignation letters where someone cuts a signed page out of a book and then prints the text of his resignation letter above the signature and adds a bogus letterhead. If done well, it's a nice novelty, but it is not an authentic signed letter.
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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on
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+ 1 there is a term for this practice which is on the tip of my tongue.
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"Boarding?"
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I'm really out of the loop when it comes to stuff like this. I don't recall encountering it before. But I'm kind of a hopeless Luddite.
I don't like it. I'm astounded at the people who commented saying it was "historic".
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$20,000 would be "historic" but not in a good way...
The Nixon "resignation letters" might be the classic example of this sort of thing.
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This was sold right after the event imaged occurred last Summer. I remember seeing it when the auction ran and wondered to myself, how an image of the event had been signed so quickly by him and put up for auction immediately within such a short period of time.
I didn't look closely at the time and didn't realize that this is apparently the same creative process?
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Just saw this on RRAuction. I like how they attributed it.
https://www.rrauction.com/auctions/lot-detail/349958307170033-john-...
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