Gordon Lightfoot real or fake

Anybody have an opinion on this Gordon Lightfoot signature

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on August 29, 2020 at 8:24am

from what I can see, I can't see anything

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on August 29, 2020 at 8:43am

Hi Bill,

Here's a link on how to post here. It'll help you with images: https://live.autographmagazine.com/Introduction-to-Using-Autograph-...

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Permalink Reply by Bill on August 29, 2020 at 9:31am

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on August 29, 2020 at 11:08am

Thanks for adding the photos. Looks real to me!

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on August 29, 2020 at 2:38pm

Doubtful. Virtually all GL signed albums I have seen are signed at a 45 degree angle. Here are a few:

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on August 29, 2020 at 5:33pm

I'll stick with my opinion. It has too many genuine characteristics not to be real IMO. His autograph isn't an easy seller at $75. If someone's going to study and practice enough to get so close the to real thing, it's much more likely they'll study a popular autograph that sells for at least a few hundred dollars.

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on August 29, 2020 at 6:30pm

you are stuck with it! I have GL autographs spanning 5 decades, and have never seen one like this. His signed albums are going for more than double that (authentic ones). It could be a slowly written, uncharacteristically straight (not angled) authentic example, but it would have no place in my collection.