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Permalink Reply by Richard Booth on December 14, 2017 at 12:22am

To me, this does not appear authentic. Here is my signature for comparison.

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Permalink Reply by Joe W. on December 14, 2017 at 8:00am

Does not look like his typical signature.

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Permalink Reply by Bart Black on December 15, 2017 at 4:30pm

Nope, I would say you guys are correct based on your signature.  Thanks for the knowledge! Greatly appreciated...

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Permalink Reply by Bart Black on December 17, 2017 at 11:33am

UPDATE...

I was thoroughly convinced this was not authentic based on the signature provided by Richard and looking at some others.  I had never used Roger Epperson's Quick Opinion service before finding this forum.  For the opinion of a music autograph expert at $15, it seems like a bargain.  So, I had him check it out.  Got the results back this morning and Roger said it was a good autograph.  I was pleasantly surprised!!!  

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Permalink Reply by Joe W. on December 17, 2017 at 11:37am

Interesting. Learn something new everyday.

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Permalink Reply by Bart Black on December 17, 2017 at 11:45am

Yea, I know...  I looked up a bunch of Fats signatures and never found another one that has the F in Fats formed the way this one is. 

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on December 17, 2017 at 12:47pm

Here's a similar one with JSA authentication:

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Permalink Reply by Bart Black on December 17, 2017 at 12:57pm

Oh my...  That is really close!  Is that a piece you own?

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on December 17, 2017 at 1:03pm

No, I found it on HollywoodMemorabilia.com.

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