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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 yesterday

This isn’t authentic 

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Permalink Reply by james allen yesterday

hi ballroom, could you tell me why please?

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 yesterday

It’s slowly drawn and misshapen with bad letter formations. I’m wondering if it’s a forgery of a facsimile signature.

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Permalink Reply by Mark Atkinson 23 hours ago

Facsimile 

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Permalink Reply by JDZelenka yesterday

Absolutely not authentic for the reasons stated by Ballroom - just a little hint. Lennon almost never fully formed and looped the o in either John or Lennon. The o in John should look more like an a (mostly in later ones and open at the top in earlier ones) and the one in Lennon should look more like an e (or just a squiggle!). 

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Permalink Reply by Jim Cushman 23 hours ago

Not even close...We never used to answer when people would say "What's wrong with the signature?"...just in case the forger was online and wanted to know how to correct his forgery! The letters are all wrong...

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin 20 hours ago

I think we should tell people why we know an autograph is likely fake. Nothing is more important than an educated collector.

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF 11 hours ago

no chance

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