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James Stewart Bunch of Photos - Authentic?

I have an opportunity to buy a large collection of photos signed by James Stewart. They were supposedly signed for an air force buddy, but the photos look awfully new. I'd really appreciate any opinions.

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Permalink Reply by JMS1223 on January 26, 2023 at 2:25pm

I definitely don’t like the first two but the 3rd and 4th might have possibilities. I personally would pass on all four since I don’t feel 100% confident about them.

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Permalink Reply by Eddy on January 26, 2023 at 5:44pm

Those photos look very grainy...like they are reproductions of reproductions. If they look new, it's probably because they might indeed be. I don't care for the looks of any of the ink.

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Permalink Reply by Will McIntosh on January 26, 2023 at 6:02pm

Thanks so much for the input, JMS and Etienne, I really appreciate it. I'm going to pass on them. I see now that there is someone on ebay selling the exact same selection of photos as the ones I was offered (seller name ckoo2), for incredibly low prices.

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Permalink Reply by Eddy on January 26, 2023 at 6:48pm

Will - I just looked at the photos on eBay that you mentioned. They are so bad. That's the kind of thing that bums me out sometimes about autographs. To realize that there are probably unsuspecting people forking over their hard earned money for that kind of garbage.

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Permalink Reply by JK on January 27, 2023 at 2:38am

All fake, in my opinion.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on January 27, 2023 at 6:08am

These are all fake in my opinion.

I believe #1 and #4 are the same forgery style I've highlighted in this blog post: https://zarellispaceauthentication.com/blog/2012/07/james-stewart-s...

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Permalink Reply by Will McIntosh on January 27, 2023 at 7:11am

Steve, thanks for the link. These are most definitely the same. They're all cardboard stock photos, plus some Harvey sketches. The seller claimed his uncle was an army buddy of Stewart's.