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Permalink Reply by Pete Bendu on July 11, 2014 at 10:08am

I look at every Ford signature with what I call a "3 Strike" Rule.  Harrison has always been a willing signer if you can get infront of him, but in crowds his graph can certaily go crazy. I always try and give the signature the benefit of the doubt that it could be a rushed, crowd pushing situation signing. 

This one happens to have a few too many strikes The usual Ford signature flows from start to finish with one motion the first line of the H doesn't line up with the second line. The cross bar in the H is too rounded, followed by the crossbar in the A , which should be a smaller version of the H crossbar, this one loops.  The F tends to be a continuation of where he stops Harrison and is usually much straighter, the area where ORD starts tend to be much higher crossing the F and starts on an downward slant.  Lastly the Harrison and the Ford tend to line up as if he is signing on an invisible straight line. Sure he can stack his name with the Harrison above the Ford but this isn't very common.  I have never seen him sign so crooked like the signature is going down a step.

I guess I could have just said no, but hopefully the details will help everyone spot the problem pieces. 

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Permalink Reply by KatoTheMaster on July 11, 2014 at 10:15am

Thanks for your time Pete, I don't really know fords autograph this item was online as a vintage signature, thanks again

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