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Sean Connery

Just curious if PSA got this one wrong as that's how it's being presently sold at auction. Looks secretarial to me. Thoughts?

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Permalink Reply by Pete Bendu on October 16, 2016 at 1:58pm

The crushed together nature and formation of the Se, kind of screams secretarial.... Sean forms his Se combo a bit differently nd tends to leave some space between first and last name. Maybe the photo dictated the space he had to sign in?

Not one I would be jumping to purchase.

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Permalink Reply by Greg on October 16, 2016 at 9:05pm

Thanks Pete, my thoughts as well. However it was the 'Best Wishes' which is what I was wondering about. Apparently he did sign for his favorite charities back in the UK, and one would think that if he did sit down to make these out properly, it might have this greeting, as well as the neater signature. However, this one looks like the countless ones being sold on the 'Bondcollectables' website, which others on here have found issue with.

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Permalink Reply by Greg on August 3, 2020 at 3:56pm

Okay, so after four years of looking at Connery’s sit down signature, I’m still stumped. Pete, you considered the originally posted ‘Best Wishes’ example a secretarial, yet here’s an example from his book that looks identical, especially, the ‘Best Wishes’ part. And from the myriads of examples of certed ones I’ve seen, he actually does seem to crush his ‘Se’ together, especially as seen in this book plate example. I’ve also included another ‘Best Wishes’ photo as an example. Lastly I’ve included a signed receipt from ‘84 for comparison. To me all of these look to be within the limits of the same person signing them. Which leaves the questions....are the sit downs an autopen, does his secretary deserve a medal for creating the most exacting Connery knock off, are these all signed by Sir Sean, or were the bookplates with ‘Best Wishes’ version secretarial, as Pete seems to believe these photos may be, leaving the non ‘Best Wishes’ version of the bookplate (which I’ve also included here), being the only real example...or not? To me they all have similarities, and these questions have been bothering me for years! I wish someone had a definitive answer... Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Joe W. on August 4, 2020 at 4:28am

I would say the "Best Wishes" does not necessarily mean it's a secretarial signature. I've seen too many signed that way that I believe were signed by Sean himself.

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Permalink Reply by Greg on August 4, 2020 at 2:04pm

Exactly! Which is why I'm SO stumped! lol

Okay, so if one assumes that the bookplate is actually genuine, then looking at its' 'Best Wishes' compared to the one in the signed photo above it, as well as the one from the original post, then one can clearly see these are all identical. Next, comparing the 'Sean Connery' from the receipt with the one from the signed photos above and in the original post, one can also tell that these were also done in the same hand. The two 'Connery' names from the bookplates are a match, as they are from all of the bookplates I've ever seen, but don't seem to be written the same way the other 'Connery' names are from these examples, or from any other non-bookplates I've seen. YET, they are connected to the same hand that wrote the 'Best Wishes' as I've just described!!

I know Pete is clearly the expert, and perhaps he's changed his mind over the years on the subject, but I'm really not sure what to believe anymore....I'm really surprised that there isn't a dedicated Sean Connery thread on here as there are for many of the other big name actors (ahem, Steve??!?) ;)

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Permalink Reply by Greg on August 4, 2020 at 2:30pm

I’ve a attached a scan of the signed photo from the original post (so you don’t have to click on it to view it), as well as definitive Connery signature from a contract signed in 1979. Again, both names match quite well with the others, EXCEPT for the bookplates, in which the ‘Connery’ portion looks completely different to me, in particular the ‘nner’ letters.

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Permalink Reply by Joe W. on August 4, 2020 at 4:23pm

I believe Pete did not declare it a secretarial, only implied. He just said he wasn't fond of it. Pete is definitely one of the best on Connery.

Have you had any TPA services look at it? Maybe ACOA?

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Permalink Reply by Greg on August 6, 2020 at 8:45pm

To be clear, I own none of these examples, which is why I’m not really interested in just a simple pass or fail. I was actually hoping to create a signature study for Sir Sean on this site, much in the way Steve Zarelli did with Charlton Heston, another autograph I’ve been highly following over the years. I just feel there are so many unanswered questions when it comes to what I would call the more ‘standard’ Connery graph, not even touching what I call his later, more ‘angry’ in person diagonal-type of graph, which you’d pretty much have to trust the in person grapher in order to believe the authenticity, IMO lol

Here’s a good example, seemingly getting a pass from Beckett: