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Have you ever seen Joe Dimaggio sign an autograph with a note like this ???

This was after marilyn & joe were divorced he was her guest at the friars club dinner in 1955 . 20190522_201656.jpg

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on June 1, 2019 at 11:16am

The Marilyn Monroe is definitely secretarial in my opinion.

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Permalink Reply by Trent west on June 1, 2019 at 11:20am

Was her secretary there signing for her that night ? I think not the Birdsong were there .

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on June 1, 2019 at 11:32am

Trent, it's very similar to other known secretarial Marilyns, and it's not her writing. Nothing else matters.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on June 1, 2019 at 11:41am

Trent, here is a link to Pauline's Blog online about the various Monroe secretarial style. Nothing at this page is actually by Monroe.

Monroe Secretarials by Pauline

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on June 1, 2019 at 11:47am

Yes, Eric. The secretary is style-B. Glad you remembered this.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on June 1, 2019 at 11:51am

I could not forget it! Those signed Monroe candids are just amazing! I remember when David first came here with his stupendous collection - so much of everything!

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on June 1, 2019 at 11:34am

I believe it was said that Beckett is now doing quick opinions. Why not ask for one? Or send the scan to an auction house and try to sell it and see the response...

Here is a link to the Beckett site - it is $10 for an opinion,

Beckett Authentication Services

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on June 1, 2019 at 11:44am

Trent,

Here's a photo from the Kuflik collection of Marilyn Monroe autographs. Notice the signature bottom-left. That's secretarially signed, and very similar to yours. Also notice how different the other Monroes in the image are:

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on June 1, 2019 at 11:46am

The signed photo in the top row 4 from right is also a similar secretarial.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on June 1, 2019 at 11:47am

+1 I linked to this but missed the secretarial - I did not scroll all the way down. Good eye Steve.

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on June 1, 2019 at 12:23pm

Here is that sec.

You can click the image to get a closer view.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on June 1, 2019 at 1:31pm

Good work Christopher. There are several examples of "Style B" secretarials such as this at the blog Pauline has which I linked that also shows a better scan of the Kuflik image - is that a preprint?