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Richard Burton SP JSA - Or is it? Not to me. Authentic Exemplars from 1949-1980.

Hello All,

Here is a 5x7 b/w Richard Burton SP on eBay from VINTASIGS1 for $145 (OBO) with JSA, followed by 3 authentic exemplars (click to enlarge). I would not go anywhere near this. There are some rather odd JSA items up for sale...

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on December 10, 2023 at 11:41am

Additional exemplars C. 1976-77

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on December 10, 2023 at 1:31pm

The OP photograph would be about 1980/82. Burton died in 1984 in his sleep at his home in Celigny after writing a rather disturbing diary entry his wife Sally did not find for several weeks. He had just completed filming 1984. The steady degeneration of his signature in the exemplars provided obviously excludes the OP as having any chance to be authentic, apart from the breaks, pen lifts and formation problems. By 198o the alcohol crystals in his spine required surgery and vertebra fusion. He could not lift his right arm w/o someone holding it after that, at least not without shaking all over the place. Now could he sign this OP photo?

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on December 10, 2023 at 2:38pm

Here is another one I used to own, a very scarce mid 1960's SP:

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Permalink Reply by MikeEarmantraut on December 11, 2023 at 10:58am

What happend to it?

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on December 11, 2023 at 11:10am

Which Mike?

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on December 11, 2023 at 11:12am

The 1960's original signed Spy still? I sold it. I decided to retain the 1949 vintage photo shown below. I do not collect doubles for years.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on December 11, 2023 at 2:33am

The sources for the exemplars shown here are PSA Facts, History Direct, and Rare and Remarkable auction archives. I find them all perfectly authentic. The second color candid and the Spy photo were once mine.