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Permalink Reply by Joe W. on June 23, 2018 at 6:18am

Looks like a secretarial, imo.

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Permalink Reply by Danny fisher on June 23, 2018 at 6:33am

Thanks Joe.. it's a strange one..this guy has a book of 24 photos. Most signed.. One signed Frankie...(Sinatra).. Dean Martin.. Jerry Lewis. Most signed to Mick..I couldn't find a Judy where she signed the "to' like that..

I'm in the UK so I'd be surprised if it was secretarial... I'm stumped..

.. He worked at a well known theatre..I can tell all are not fake.. They have long passages of writing.. what about this Frank? 

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Permalink Reply by Joe W. on June 23, 2018 at 6:41am

Actually, I like this Sinatra. It's different but it looks genuine.

Here is a signature study of Judy. The "To" doesn't bother me although I don't like the overall signature of Judy's. Don't believe it is a standard secretarial, maybe someone signed it "backstage" for her?

http://thecead.com/gnamesfolder/garlandjudy.pdf

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Permalink Reply by Danny fisher on June 23, 2018 at 6:40am

For example. I guess this would be hard to fake...

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Permalink Reply by Joe W. on June 23, 2018 at 6:42am

Phil looks great!

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Permalink Reply by Danny fisher on June 23, 2018 at 6:47am

It does look great..im worried about the Judy.. Frank looked ok.. The others do too.. I need the Judy to be ok for the purchase..I think you might be right about someone in the dressing room.. He was the stage manager though and would have had access to her..

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on June 24, 2018 at 1:58pm

I do not like that "Judy" at all. 

I have a sheet of her handwriting from C. 1955 but can't locate the scan at the moment. For now, here is typical "To" and her signature from C. 1954, the premier of The Man with the Golden Arm, or perhaps A Star is Born (2nd premiere). See her hand. I'd have to look and see what Scott Schecter wrote me about her hair and clothes. From the Grace Cunningham Collection of TV candids. Her hand was very very light with ballpoint (this I show is fountain under better circumstances) - and in the OP the "Judy" is the slowest/darkest...

Click for full image.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on June 24, 2018 at 5:17pm

And this is 1960 followed by 1965...

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Permalink Reply by Danny fisher on June 24, 2018 at 10:35pm

Thanks for taking the time to do that for me...I purchased the photo book but got the Judy taken out and the price dropped..I just couldn't find one of her signing"to" like that...

Do you think the others are ok? 

Mainly Frank and Dean need to be real to be worth it..

Regards...

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