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Permalink Reply by diane russo on March 23, 2015 at 7:43am

There are several things that tell me this is Marilyn's The brake in the Mar-ilyn. The tip in the "r" in Marilyn.  Its looks like it was signed quickly.  Here are two examples of a quick Marilyn signature.  The only unfortunate thing it is not signed to someone. Marilyn usually would take her time and ask the person she was signing for their name. But if there were alot of ppl wanting a autograph Marilyn rarely refused. 

The first signature was signed at the NJ Beauty pageant, as i knew the woman Margaret and got several photos that she took of Monroe also. 

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Permalink Reply by Marcus on March 23, 2015 at 9:41am

looks good to me

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Permalink Reply by a pug called eva on March 24, 2015 at 12:02pm

I am less than convinced by this one - i.e the postcard in the original posting, not Diane's, which both look fine.

To me the MM contains a lot of features you would expect but it looks too bold, even and neat. The typical "figure 8" in Marilyn is much bigger and rounder than I have ever seen before and "e" at the end of Monroe is also strangely large. The fact that there is no dedication (as Diane points out) and the fact that it appears to be a cheap postcard rather than a good quality photo are also not encouraging - Marilyn normally dedicated things and normally only signed better quality photos.      

I have never seen a secretarial quite like this so I assume it is a deliberate fake if it is not real.

I am pretty familiar with MM's signature from all periods but I am no well-renowned expert so please get other opinions before doing anything hasty.

By the way, rrauctions published a signature study for MM

http://www.rrauction.com/marilyn.cfm .

This included the following useful list:

A few observations:

1. Notice the rapidity of all of the signatures, not only the album pages, but also the contracts of the same era. There is an overall "stringy" quality to her handwriting, with prominent, overly large capital letters and a hint of illegibility.
2. In every case (except the airline postcard) "Marilyn" is broken into two parts: "Mar" and "ilyn." The "ily" in "ilyn" is quickly and poorly formed, and generally appears like a figure "8" or an elongated script "S." These characteristics also appear on the later contracts.
3. Every example has a dot over the "i" in "Marilyn."
4. "Monroe" is the more legible half of her name, and the final "e" is usually very obvious.
5. "M-a" in "Marilyn" and "M-o" in "Monroe" are always connected, with a sharp angle where each "M" joins its following letter.
6. Finally, note the similarities of the formation of "To" in each inscription. Beware uninscribed Marilyn signatures, particularly on photographs. Apparently she rarely signed photos for people other than friends, associates, and co-workers.

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Permalink Reply by Pauline Berry on January 7, 2017 at 2:07am

A carefully studied forgery. I have seen this hand before. It's a reasonably good forgery but do not touch. A stiffness overall and a horrible final "e".

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