Kurt Cobain signature authentication. Is this the real deal?

Hello. This is my first time posting here and I am thankful that there is a community site dedicated to this sort of thing.

I have what may be a authentic Kurt Cobain signature and have been researching it for myself to try and see if it's the real deal. I don't have any background history about the signature and Kurt's signature does change from signing to signing such as the added d in Kurdt, also sometimes it's in cursive and then sometimes it's just plain Kurt in printed text.

Anyway, I'll get to the interesting part;

The unauthenticated Kurt Cobain autograph is this;

Here are some samples of authenticated Kurt Cobain signatures I have found on the net with the first in my opinion of which most closely matches the aforementioned signature and peace sign;

And then again the unauthenticated signature;

What are the thoughts and opinions of the community on this signature?

I really appreciate the assistance and I'm thankful that such an awesome sight exists for people like us who do this for the love of the artist and their music.

Also, everyone please support the ongoing investigation into Kurt's death.

http://justiceforkurt.com/

And the new movie based on the case files collected by PI Tom Grant;

https://www.facebook.com/soakedinbleach2014

Thank you so much.

Tags: Cobain, Kurdt, Kurt, Nirvana

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Permalink Reply by J.Seah on August 26, 2014 at 11:52am

Here is a similar non authentic Kurt Cobain autograph that is presently being offer on an auction.

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Permalink Reply by Jack Trust on August 26, 2014 at 1:05pm

Haha. You got me. Can't blame me for thinking it might be real. Yet, I should have known it was too good to be true.

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Permalink Reply by Bjarne Soderholm on August 26, 2014 at 4:44pm

Sometimes you find a good deal at Goodwill, but this is not one of them. And someone is going to spend some hard earned money on a fake Kurt Cobain. I don't know if we can contact Goodwill or not? And if we can, will they take action?

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Permalink Reply by Jack Trust on August 26, 2014 at 5:10pm

That's a good question which I thought of myself. It's goodwill in Menasha, WI 800-482-0030. They do say "This item has not been authenticated." so not sure if they would take action or not, yet may be worth giving them a call.

There is also a supposed letter written by Beethoven on there from Denver, CO which is so obviously fake it's laughable, and the real letter actually can be found on etsy as a sold item. That item has twelve bidders as well, so it may be a futile effort anyway as long as you have people who don't do their research before buying something.

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Permalink Reply by J.Seah on August 27, 2014 at 9:36am

Good Will has clearly stated that "This item has not been authenticated." They will sell the item as it is. I have email them on some fake Rolex watches that were in their auctions and they pull it. Re-listed them again as replica.