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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on September 11, 2016 at 4:14pm

It's helpful to see the whole picture to give the signature more context.

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Permalink Reply by Greg on September 11, 2016 at 5:40pm

Sorry about that! Here you go...

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on September 12, 2016 at 4:02am

Likely authentic IMO, but who filled in the skips in the signature? You'll never know if it was Armstrong or the recipient.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on September 12, 2016 at 6:00am

Hi Pete,

that's is what I was thinking too re missing strokes. I was wondering how often you've seen this with Armstrong?

Eric

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on September 12, 2016 at 6:41am

It's not uncommon to see skips in the paraph. Especially with in-person signatures.

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Permalink Reply by Greg on September 12, 2016 at 7:36am

I see what you are referring to now...would this detract from the value at all?

What would be a ballpark figure for an item such as this?

Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on September 12, 2016 at 11:03am

It will detract from value if the signature is "touched up." 

Given it is a postcard, non-spacesuit pose and it has a touch-up of unknown origin, I don't think it's worth more than $700. It may go higher than that, but you would have a hard time moving this down the road.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on September 12, 2016 at 3:38pm

Hi Steve (so sorry I wrote "Pete"),

I meant with Armstrong specifically.

Eric

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on September 12, 2016 at 3:41pm

No problem and understood. Not uncommon to see skips in Armstrong's paraph.

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Permalink Reply by Greg on September 13, 2016 at 7:58am

How would one tell if this were autopen or not? Could this skipping effect be a result of autopen?

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on September 13, 2016 at 8:00am

It does not match any published autopen patterns. Plus, the varying pressure is completely uncharacteristic of an autopen. It is certainly not an autopen.

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