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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on January 10, 2013 at 6:52am

Unfortunately, it doesn't look real to me, but wait for more opinions.

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Permalink Reply by Bob Shinn on January 10, 2013 at 2:40pm

Not even close to being an authentic Marlon Brando inscription/signature....

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Permalink Reply by Perecastor on January 10, 2013 at 3:17pm

"...I am an autograph collector myself and can say it LOOKS authentic...and the kind of "one off" note is very much typical of Mr. Brando." John Hickey, Heritage Auctions (email reply received 01/10/13) re "Brando" signed and inscribed autobiography.

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Permalink Reply by Rick Sparks on February 24, 2013 at 6:56pm

In the spring of 1966, I was sitting in the Independence House Restaurant in Libertyville, Illinois. The restaurant had been in existence for many years prior to that and was a local favorite eatery. I was with two friends, sitting in a booth talking. Suddenly, my friend John says “Hey Marlon Brando is walking in the door”. I turned around to look and was stunned to see Brando walking towards us.

We couldn’t help but say something to him, so we said hi and he actually sat down, straight across from me in our booth! He had gone to high school in Libertyville and was in town visiting. Actually, he was expelled from Libertyville High School. Oddly, the next year (1967), I too was expelled from Libertyville High School. He talked with us for about ten minutes. We asked for autographs and I grabbed a couple of Independence House business cards. He signed both.

Marlon Brando, to us, was a hero rebel. He was one of the inspirations that lead me to over 40 years of riding motorcycles. Although, I don’t consider myself a “Wild One”. I've enjoyed his movies even more over the years as a result of our brief interaction. He was as cool as he is on screen, yet not full of himself. Great guy, great experience!!

I recently had the signature/s authenticated. I know what it looks like! I think I added a photo.of the cards.

Rick Sparks

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on February 24, 2013 at 7:11pm

Rick,

A great story and clearly genuine Brando autographs! Did you have them authenticated to sell them?

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Permalink Reply by Mike Shepherd on February 24, 2013 at 7:32pm

Great story.  I watched On the Waterfront on TCM again last night and in my opinion Marlon Brando had the greatest screen presence in the history of motion pictures.  Congratulations on your autographs.

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Permalink Reply by Rick Sparks on February 25, 2013 at 8:17am

Yes, folks, they are authenticated  As you can see the autographs are very prominent and pristine. Read his autobio on Wikepedia. The guy was above all in acting.

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