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Gene Wilder Opinion

14 years ago I wrote to Gene Wilder and sent a photo that came back signed to me, along with this letter from his assistant. Did Gene personally sign through the mail, or might this be secretarial? Thanks in advance.

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Permalink Reply by Dan Morris on December 18, 2019 at 9:32pm

This looks okay to me. The G is signed a little different to others with the slant but I still think it's good.

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Permalink Reply by BC on December 18, 2019 at 11:05pm

Signature looks ok, but I'm questioning if he personalized himself it or not.

Here is my stuff I got from him in 2014

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Permalink Reply by Pat on December 19, 2019 at 4:20am

Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on December 19, 2019 at 3:43pm

Here is mine. Older I think.

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Permalink Reply by Steve on December 19, 2019 at 4:47pm

Looks ok to me as well.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Brown on December 20, 2019 at 10:10pm

That is definitely Gene Wilders autograph..I’m iffy on the dedication. At first glance it seems to be in another person handwriting. Note the thickness difference in the two signatures.. also the unusual slanting of the dedication versus the signature. Wilder would’ve had to have signed at two different angles for it to be all in his hand.. just my .02...

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Permalink Reply by BC on December 21, 2019 at 1:05am

It looks like it was written at that angle to put it in the best spot possible in the lightened area, which he absolutely would have done. It is the handwriting that I'm not sure on.

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Permalink Reply by Pat on December 21, 2019 at 12:57pm

Thanks for all of the input! Very much appreciated!

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Permalink Reply by Jason Strecker on December 21, 2019 at 1:24pm

I've only ever read of two authentic replies during the early 2000s and one is yours and my friend Todd who had written multiple page letter to him feeling it would attract his attention and it did.

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Permalink Reply by Pat on December 21, 2019 at 1:35pm

Wow! Thank you!

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Permalink Reply by BC on December 21, 2019 at 3:56pm

Sounds like the Todd in NE Ohio that I know. Same person?

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Permalink Reply by Jason Strecker on December 22, 2019 at 2:57pm

It is Todd who runs toddsautographarena.com

He's been faithfully attending the Hollywood Collector Show for probably 20+ years and has always been a big help to me early in collecting with knowledge on authentics and fakes.

Anyway...he wrote Gene a long letter, multiple pages, in the early 2000s and got a hand signed version of his pre print autograph. IIRC it read "Todd, this is my real autograph Gene Wilder"