We're an eBay affiliate and may be compensated on purchases made through clicks. 

Hey everyone,

Im not that familiar with presidents autographs, I have had this in my collection for prolly almost 20 years now. The Ford looks good, but im not familiar enough with Regan, looks shaky, what do you think ? enough with Regan, looks shaky, what do you think ?

Tags: ford, gerald, president, reagan, ronald

Views: 367

Reply to This

Replies to This Discussion

In my opinion, the Reagan is a forgery. The Ford looks good at first glance but a few things bother me: (1) When Ford signed his name on a sheet of paper, a letter, even a photograph, he almost always slanted it up to the right, as much as a 30 degree angle, even on handwritten letters. (2) The final upstroke loop in the "G" as it went to the "e" hardly ever touched the first stroke of the "G" as it does in this one. (3) You could usually draw an imaginary base line under the entire signature, even slanted ones. In this one, the "Gerald" is on one level, the "R" is on a lower level, as is the "Ford." (4) Each letter in "Gerald" seems to have a different slant, especially the "Gera." It may be authentic or a carefully penned forgery.

I agree. I held off commenting because I haven't really studied Reagan in detail, and he is very hard to authenticate because of all the autopen variations.  but what really stands out about the signature above is the height of the l and d.  they were virtually always the same height.  there are other issues but I see that as the biggest tell tale.  I am including one of my Reagan signatures, signed on a napkin, from a Republican fund raiser in 1984.

The Ford, at quick glance, looks ok, but Herman makes some good points.  But the Reagan is definitely off, in my opinion.

http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Set/7962/apguide.htm a good site for autopen reference. Ford looks good.

RSS

Photos

  • Add Photos
  • View All

Videos

  • Add Videos
  • View All

© 2024   Created by Steve Cyrkin, Admin.   Powered by

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Privacy Policy  |  Terms of Service