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Judy Garland

All opinions on this Judy Garland & Lorna Luft will be much appreciated.

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Permalink Reply by Joe W. on December 29, 2015 at 12:50pm

I personally do not like the Judy Garland at all. JMO.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on December 29, 2015 at 1:11pm

Hello,

Oh no, that is not Garland. No way. It is all wrong. All of it. This 4'11" 110 lb woman often signed like a scatterbrained underfed frantic butterfly - too much ink here without even discussing form, which is totally incorrect for the period this is attempting to represent (or any period). Every letter here betrays this signature, individually. I have owned many superb Garlands (technically "garlands" from C. 1944 on) which you can find on this site. Do not buy this is what I can say.

Below is a typical...actually a rather nice example of her signature from the period C. 1965 - and a fine example I daresay and on a portrait (for some reason if you click ion it it is sharper although not larger). Examine for obvious differences. The other signature on the left is vintage Mark Herron - her husband at the moment, I think the one right before Mickey Deans. I had the ticket for this as well - with a review written on the reverse in microscopic ballpoint. I think this matinee ticket was $1.25.

Eric

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Permalink Reply by Joe W. on December 29, 2015 at 1:13pm

Very nice looking Judy signature, Eric. Love her!

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on December 29, 2015 at 1:18pm

Thanks Joe. Above is another for your interest - 1960 if I recall correctly. It is IMO very strong, typical and clean/clear for a Garland.

Best wishes,

Eric

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Permalink Reply by Joe W. on December 29, 2015 at 1:39pm

Outstanding!

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Permalink Reply by J S Danielsson on December 29, 2015 at 3:52pm

Thank you Joe and Eric! You have confirmed my suspicions about this item.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on December 29, 2015 at 4:36pm

Hello,

You are welcome. :) The biggest thing I see is the opposing angles of the "J" and "g" and the underscore coming from the wrong side, but is all bad.

Eric

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Permalink Reply by Steve Balas on May 25, 2019 at 11:32am

I think this Judy Garland autograph is real.

Any thoughts.

It is for sale on ebay until tomorrow.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on May 25, 2019 at 11:43am

1965? No way.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Balas on May 25, 2019 at 11:50am

Don't know the date

This is for sale now and I do not want to mislead anyone.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on May 25, 2019 at 11:52am

You can tell a minimum date just from the interior photographs. The little photo on the page with her story is about 1961 and was used by her fan club with an autopen that sells too often on eBay. This signature appears much too legible and strongly applied to be Judy IMO, especially in the 60's.