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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on December 6, 2015 at 3:21pm

I do not believe this is a secretarial signature.

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Permalink Reply by Joe W. on December 6, 2015 at 4:08pm

Not sure what era this was signed. I do know that Reagan's Mother signed for him during his Hollywood Days. I do know he rarely signed anything through the mail and was a tough signer.

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Permalink Reply by Dane on December 6, 2015 at 10:12pm

Do you have a resource of his mother's signature as an example? It was during his Hollywood days, sobit's certainly possible.

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Permalink Reply by Joe W. on December 7, 2015 at 2:19am

Unfortunately, I do not. I read a signature study about 10 years ago or longer and it showed his Mother's signature of him. It looks quite similar to his. But, I do remember that, she signed for most of his TTM requests in the early years of his career. According to the study anyway. Can't remember if it was in the Manuscript Society or the UACC magazine they produced at that time, but one of those I believe.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on December 7, 2015 at 9:26am

RR Auction has a Reagan signature study by Bill White: http://www.rrauction.com/reagan.cfm

I believe the UACC also published this at one time, but I can't seem to track it down now.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Viola on December 8, 2015 at 7:29am

Great R&R study.  The year he died (cant remember if before or after) I ordered a signed copy of his book from his official library.  It came signed on an attached bookplate.  Always wonder about Presidential autographs TTM, but figuring this was real since it was from the official library.  Anyone have thoughts on it?

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Permalink Reply by Dane on December 8, 2015 at 12:44pm

Thanks Steve. I had looked at the page originally, which is what made me think secretarial... but the time frame seems a bit off from that, since I think the photo pre-dates his time as governor.

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