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Hitchcock Signed Self Caricature Sketch

I'm curious what members thoughts might be on this signed Hitchcock sketch. It has a JSA letter accompanying it (the darker scan is from the JSA website). It's approx. 6" x 6". If real, does it look to be an earlier sketch? Does the fact that it's not personalized make a difference? Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Mikex on February 21, 2021 at 3:21am

The second Ruth is, indeed, a fake.

Quick opinions are a money making exercise.

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Permalink Reply by Eddy on February 21, 2021 at 8:18am

I'm agreeing with you Michael. I feel like I wasted money on having them done on this one by both PSA and Beckett. As I mentioned above, PSA gave it a likely authentic...Beckett the opposite as likely not authentic.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Shepherd on February 20, 2021 at 6:01pm

I disagree with you about Beckett, Michael. They are legitimate.

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Permalink Reply by David Lewis on February 20, 2021 at 2:16pm

Etienne, To my eyes the Cory item and the Ruth item were slowly drawn and copied autographs of the Donomic and Ruth item that has only bold lines. In my humble opinion.

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Permalink Reply by Eddy on February 20, 2021 at 5:25pm

David, I agree with you on the one Cory submitted to Beckett for review (the "Ruth") as looking like a copy of the other. I had seen that "Ruth" awhile back on eBay from a seller in Germany. It sold for $475 at that time. As Cory mentions, it's on eBay now from a different source.... for $2K. Yikes!

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on February 21, 2021 at 10:25am

This is what crooks do... they use high resolution images from Google search, Heritage Auction and RR to manufacture their lightboard trace jobs. You always have to be wary of trace jobs with items on a thin, lightly colored medium.

Most trace jobs are obvious... but there are some forgers who can trace relatively quickly and smoothly while building in some variation in the signature so it doesn't look like an exact copy.