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Permalink Reply by Doug James on December 28, 2024 at 2:33pm

AL Member Steve Zarelli is the subject matter expert on this one I’d say. 

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Permalink Reply by Steve on December 28, 2024 at 2:45pm

looks very shaky and traced.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on December 28, 2024 at 2:54pm

Agreed, odd forms and lacking  conviction.

Zarelli pre-cert RR:

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Permalink Reply by Cogo on December 29, 2024 at 9:16am

Thanks guys for helping, much appreciated!

I agree, but is somewhat surprised since this is offered by an older man who claims he got this together with his father when they met Gagarin here in Sweden. He doesn’t strike me as the typical forger and to glue a forgery in to an old autograph book isn’t the usual thing to do either. 

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on December 29, 2024 at 11:59am

" He doesn’t strike me as the typical forger and to glue a forgery in to an old autograph book isn’t the usual thing to do either. "

Neither of these things come into play.

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Permalink Reply by Cogo on December 30, 2024 at 5:16am

Agree, I’ve been in this game long enough to know that as you know my friend. Just pointing out that I was a bit surprised by that. 

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on December 30, 2024 at 6:16am

Yes :-)

Best wishes for the New Year!

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Permalink Reply by Cogo on December 30, 2024 at 6:33am

Wish you the same my friend!! 

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Permalink Reply by JK on December 29, 2024 at 9:55am

I do not know Gagarin's signature at all but I didn't like it when I first saw this posted. 

It's slowly drawn, has no fluidity, and I'm not sure he would have written the "Cs" in that style.  Gagarin did not live into old age so that can't be an excuse.

I wouldn't allow any kind of backstory to sway you into overlooking obvious issues. 

As for gluing it into an autograph book decades ago, that was some mighty special glue they had back then that shows no signs of aging or discoloring. 😉

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Permalink Reply by Cogo on December 30, 2024 at 5:17am

Fair points! :-)

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