Authenticity is Everything
John Steinbeck: Real or forgeries?
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Permalink Reply by Findbooks on
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The last two clearly written by the same hand but not Steinbeck's, I fear. Fake.
I would not touch either of the first two, either.
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Permalink Reply by Gratefulphish on
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I think that the first one may also be by the same hand as the third and fourth. Whoever "Bruce" is, he seems to have a printing press of Steinbeck books, and Steinbeck must have been his BFF or neighbor.
Since the second one is clearly not by the same hand, it would appear that "Bruce" may just be signing more than his own name. When have you seen four inscriptions, with a full first, and rather long last name, which would have had to have been spelled out. In the last two, it just has "Bruce" and John's names, with nothing else, another oddity. Personally, reviewing the evidence, I would steer clear of anything with "Bruce's" name on it.
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Thanks for the two cents, Grateful
Funny enough, the seller does claim Bruce was Steinbeck's neighbor and he got to interview him for a high school project in the 50's
This is a link to one of the many (around 10-15) signed (?) books of Steinbeck inscribed to Bruce he put for for sale:
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It seems that lucky "Bruce" got multiple copies of the same book signed.
but the second one has the bizarre just two names, without the "for" from your example above.
Looking at some other apparently legitimate booksellers, the Steinbeck signatures are consistent with one another, and not consistent with anything that also has "Bruce's" name on it.
Yet another reason to run away.
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