Lennon "In His Own Write" real or fake?

Hey,

how does this Lennon look like? Supposingly signed at the WFIL.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on March 25, 2024 at 8:02am

These are notorious. I don't like it. Among other things the start of the "J" , that left right arc, seems unusual.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on March 25, 2024 at 5:15pm

Anyone else?

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Permalink Reply by Scott Paul on March 25, 2024 at 5:33pm

I do not know music autographs very well, but a general observation is that the book appears pretty scuffed up, yet the ink seems fairly untouched. I suppose it could have been signed later. Personally, I would have had him in sign on the title page rather than cover. Again, this out of my bailiwick.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on March 25, 2024 at 5:36pm

Thanks Scott. It is said to have been signed in 1975.

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Permalink Reply by Eddy on March 25, 2024 at 8:15pm

This is a copy of the U.S. version published by Simon & Schuster in 1964. It sold in '64 for the $2.50 price you see on the bottom left of the cover. So yes, it would have allegedly been signed a bit over a decade after it was printed.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on March 25, 2024 at 9:18pm

Doesn't look real to me.

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Permalink Reply by fab432 on March 26, 2024 at 12:51am

I would pass as it does not look genuine to me.

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Permalink Reply by Eddy on March 26, 2024 at 8:17am

I'd certainly defer to those who have more experience with his signature. However (from the scans at least), that ink on that unique surface sure could pass for being 50 years old.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on March 26, 2024 at 8:19am

That can be accomplished with a UV lamp.

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Permalink Reply by michelle on March 26, 2024 at 8:54am

how?

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on March 26, 2024 at 9:07am

Exposure for a certain time at a certain distance. This is how accelerated tests are done with inks and paints etc. Also ageing for recreations of past materials.