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Permalink Reply by Woody2Shoes on February 18, 2020 at 2:49pm

Latter year Clemente signatures are very difficult authentications as no two seem to be alike. This one does look very close to what I've seen of his 1970-72 signatures.

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Permalink Reply by Jim Case on February 18, 2020 at 2:52pm

Thanks for the info,I obtained this in the early to mid 70’s.

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Permalink Reply by Woody2Shoes on February 19, 2020 at 3:41pm

I've seen some with unquestionable provenance that aren't only similar to this, but transcend it from a standpoint of penmanship. IMO, all of his signatures, '55 and up are beautiful tracks, but in the last few years, he really seemed to put effort into creating an even more beautiful and florid signature with the emphasis on legibility as well!

Yours is real nice and they don't grow on trees. Clemente is also a particularly devilish forgery for the kitchen table crew so you don't see as many Clemente fakes as others far easier for them to draw.

I'd hold on to this. I think that at some point you'll be very glad that you did.

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Permalink Reply by Jim Case on February 19, 2020 at 3:51pm

Thanks for the input. I can see how it’s a tough one to discern.  Thank you for taking the time to look. JC

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