Elvis signed albums?Real or fake?

I have these 3 Elvis albums that I have collected throughout the past couple years.The 45's came from a longtime neighbor/friend of the family that was a huge Elvis fan .When she passed away I was given all of her records and most of her other collectables.The full size Lets be friends I actually found yesterday while flipping through the Elvis section at my local used record store.The Kid Gallahad and Lets be friends are in red ballpoint and look to be slightly faded but legible.The Lonely man jacket is signed 'best wishes Elvis Presley' in blue ball point.Please if anybody that is familiar with early to late styles of his sig can give their opinion it would be greatly appreciated.thank you ahead of time!

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Permalink Reply by roger epperson on June 5, 2013 at 6:07am

Sorry but I don't believe that any of these is authentic

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Permalink Reply by Benjamin Thomas on June 5, 2013 at 8:11am

Thanks Roger.I have been going over these 3 ALL night trying to figure it out.Was really hoping to hear different but at least I only paid $1 for the one I found yesterday and got the other 2 for free so I'm only out a buck.I saw some similarities to certain known exemplars especially the bottom of the 'L' where it goes to a point into the v but the 'E' kinda made me think he mighta been at a weird angle when signing .The ink pen really does look aged so I had some hopes.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on June 5, 2013 at 9:34am

Sorry, Benjamin, but these are all pretty rough. I wouldn't be surprised if they weren't malicious forgeries, but were done by the Elvis fan who owned the piece (or perhaps gave it as a gift).

Wish you had better luck--there's a never ending demand for Elvis autographs.

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Permalink Reply by Benjamin Thomas on June 5, 2013 at 11:24am

Yeah Steve I was really banking on at least 1 of them being a maybe!LOL Like I was sayin I only have a buck into them so I figure I will just keep digging.I do have quite a few signed albums that I have found digging but nothing as cool as an Elvis!Mostly Big Band and Jazz but a handful of classic rock and hair metal and a few country.Most are personalized so pretty hard to get rid of so I just end up hanging onto them.Thanks again for your input!One day I will find a diamond in the rough!

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Permalink Reply by Carl Ryan on June 5, 2013 at 12:41pm

Hi Benjamin,

If you ever (or have ever) run into items signed by blues/jazz guitar players and are interested in selling, shoot me a line. I have a great number in my collection, but im always looking to expand.

Take care

Carl

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Permalink Reply by Benjamin Thomas on June 10, 2013 at 5:51pm

Hi Carl,

I am interested in selling pretty much everything i have collected at this point.LOL I need to stop buying so much crap since I don't have room in my small apt.I am not sure how to go about listing all of my signed albums on here.I have a few crates full of different ones I have bought at the record stores around here.I also have some mixed in with my other records and also quite a few that I have bought off Ebay or from craigslist etc.So far the few items I have put up that I had questions about got shot down so I definitely have hesitations about selling if they are the lest bit iffy but I do need to downsize this stuff. .Most of them are personalized or are people I have never heard of.I can maybe put together a list for you to check out or maybe email pics of them.Let me know and i can try and get a list together. Thanks, Ben