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Paul McCartney signed guitar - real deal?

Hi what is your opinion on this Paul McCartney signed guitar.

Guitar will be auctioned in next few weeks by quite reputable auction company. (I tried to google them and found only possitive responses and feedbacks, no articles about fake items.)

They claim to be autographed in 2009.

Right handed fender has almost nothing in common with Paul, but I love the fact it is on guitar and not on pickguard.

All opnions will be valued.

Thanks

Tags: Mccartney, Paul, beatles, guitar

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Permalink Reply by Lewis Reynolds on October 23, 2013 at 3:50am

seems to look ok

Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on October 23, 2013 at 5:11am

this is strange.  The Paul looks good, the McCartney is horrible.  could Paul have just signed his first name, and someone added the last name?  the pressure on the M seems off from the rest.

Permalink Reply by Lewis Reynolds on October 23, 2013 at 5:13am

very possible....bearing in mind he only seems to sign Paul now most of the times.

Permalink Reply by dexter krieger on October 23, 2013 at 11:23pm

I was thinking the exact same thing terrier8HOF pointed out. The pen pressure and the angle on how the signature was signed are different, like there was a stopping hesitation right after Paul and a change of the pen angle for McCartney. If it were legit, you would think the ink pressure and thickness would be consistent from start to finish. The Paul looks close, but the McCartney, uh, not so much.

Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on October 24, 2013 at 10:46am

It appears to me that he adjusted once he hit the bend in the body of the guitar. It seems pretty convenient that he would have signed his first name in a position that allowed the last name to be added so that the full name is centered with the pickguard. To me, the last name looks consistent with other examples I've seen, including the open "A" and lifting of the pen after the "T."

Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on October 23, 2013 at 10:20am

This looks authentic to me.

Permalink Reply by Adam on October 23, 2013 at 4:18pm

I agree that he signed only "Paul" and McCartney was added later.

Permalink Reply by Tim Male on October 24, 2013 at 4:39am

For what it's worth I don't like any of it. I agree that the 'Paul' and 'McCartney' appear signed by different people. The 'McCartney' is dreadful and the 'Paul' is easily forged. It's also a bit clean and unrushed which is rare for these first name sigs.  

Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on October 24, 2013 at 1:00pm

I don't know. I would think that if he wanted to sign his whole name, he would have angled it downward, as he normally does?  This one really bothers me.

Permalink Reply by Ricardo on October 24, 2013 at 1:24pm
Far too clean, 'textbook' signature, especially the Paul- and a complete signature like this in 2009...seems very unlikely he would sign it this way for a fan , unless it was intended for auction for charity, or for a friend perhaps; whether it looks real or not, I am not convinced it is
Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on October 24, 2013 at 1:48pm

Here's another signed guitar for comparison from a few years earlier, authenticated by Frank and Perry.

Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on October 24, 2013 at 1:56pm

Ballroom, I honestly don't see the comparison between this and the one up top.  maybe I am missing something, but they look very different to me.  

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