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Permalink Reply by alan david munns on November 11, 2017 at 10:35am

Mines for sale 

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Permalink Reply by Corey Moylan on November 11, 2017 at 1:52pm

It is also a forgery. Just providing additional info

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Permalink Reply by alan david munns on November 11, 2017 at 12:30pm

Point taken  but Nicolas might not have looked there and it was put up for comparisons think he's got his eyes on this particular l.p. anyway 

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Permalink Reply by Corey Moylan on November 11, 2017 at 2:59pm

Those are nice vintage examples - before the mid 90's when he became a germaphobe. My buddy has gotten him about every other year for the last 25 years and he's always had the black Sharpie. Hes never seen him switch even for pitch black items that need silver but have seen a couple authentic items in other colors over the years but only a couple. They would be exceptionally rare.

Of the 260 Jethro Tull signed items on eBay there are 6 real ones in something other then black Sharpie. They are exceptionally rare. Anything signed on blue or silver should be scrutinized heavily. And well over half the stuff listed in total is fake.

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Permalink Reply by Devon Laney on November 11, 2017 at 10:45pm

I’ve gotten Ian about 6 times over the last 8 years and on 2 separate occasions I asked him to use my blue and silver sharpies (to match Martin Barre’s signatures) and he obliged easily. Granted, I was one-on-one with him in both of those situations, which certainly helped. In the other 4 encounters there was a group of people and he did not switch from his black sharpie - and I didn’t ask. All that to say, this signature should not be judged on ink color alone. It looks okay to me, but I’d ask Roger Epperson for a quick opinion to have more certainty.

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Permalink Reply by Corey Moylan on November 12, 2017 at 12:25pm

That's always good advice and I would never judge on pen alone. My conversation was with a long time IP collector who has got him many times as well. He usually wears gloves signing now. Anyway, he doesn't like the one mentioned either, regardless of pen color.

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Permalink Reply by Matt Wisdom on November 12, 2017 at 3:24pm

I agree with most of what you have said in this thread, Seamus.  I have met Ian several times over the last 25+ years also.  He dislikes paint pens mostly.  He does carry his own sharpie, he likes that.  :-)))

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Permalink Reply by J. Mikael on November 11, 2017 at 2:37pm

Ian Anderson does like using his own Sharpie, but I've seen him use other people's silver pens when necessary many times over the years. So that's neither here nor there.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on November 11, 2017 at 3:03pm

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on November 11, 2017 at 4:37pm

I just did it to poke a bit of fun on a Saturday. I think Seamus would agree that no single rule...(generally - Geo. Washington in silver paint pen - now that's a problem! )

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