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John Lennon Signature Study 1970-1980

There was a recent discussion of a Lennon signature claimed to be from his appearance at radio station WFIL's Helping Hands Marathon in May, 1975. This prompted a suggestion that we should have a signature study of Lennon's sometimes difficult to authenticate post-Beatles signature. Some examples from this period are highly abbreviated.

I'd like to start by focusing on that May 1975 signing appearance with exemplars that are believed to be from that 3-day period. What would be particularly helpful would be examples from catalogs that go back a ways.

Here are a couple of WFIL signatures from Meet the Beatles For Real, one of which includes a doodle.

Here's a group of check signatures from 1970, sorted by date - April 8, June 3 (2), July 7, October 14, November 12 (3).

A few more from 1970:

Here are all of the examples I've seen that are known to be from 1973:

The abbreviated 1980 signature on copies of the Double Fantasy LP:

Tags: 1970s, Beatles, John, Lennon, WFIL

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on August 12, 2017 at 4:50pm

Keep adding examples from 1970-80 to discuss.

Permalink Reply by Ben M on August 12, 2017 at 5:06pm
August 4, 1980
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Permalink Reply by a pug called eva on August 13, 2017 at 2:19am

Here are two famous December 1980 examples, including the highly unusual "twin peaks" Chapman example:

Chapman:

What is claimed by some to be John's last autograph

Permalink Reply by Paul on August 13, 2017 at 6:22pm
1978
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Permalink Reply by Paul on August 13, 2017 at 6:25pm
Permalink Reply by Paul on August 13, 2017 at 6:33pm
Some 72/ 80
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Permalink Reply by Paul on August 13, 2017 at 6:33pm
72
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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on August 13, 2017 at 7:03pm

Thank you, Paul!

Permalink Reply by Paul on August 14, 2017 at 12:37am
74
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Permalink Reply by Paul on August 14, 2017 at 12:48am
74
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Permalink Reply by Paul on August 14, 2017 at 12:49am
Need some solid 74s
Permalink Reply by a pug called eva on August 14, 2017 at 1:52am

Agreed. The first 74 you posted looks dodgy to me. Somehow too smooth and even for my tastes. The other 74 is something I wouldn't mind having!

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