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Permalink Reply by Joe W. on June 29, 2019 at 6:27pm

This isn't my strong suit although I do not believe these are authentic.

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Permalink Reply by NormanH on June 30, 2019 at 12:50am

Thanks for your reply. Why do you think it’s not authentic ? 

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Permalink Reply by Joe W. on June 30, 2019 at 4:02am

The main concern I have about the signatures is they lack a natural flow, imo. Tate's handwriting is very smooth and even in the examples I have seen.

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Permalink Reply by a pug called eva on June 30, 2019 at 1:03am

As luck would have it, I recently acquired in-person examples from January 1969. The OP examples certainly look very restrained by comparison but obviously they are not in-person and not in thick felt-tip pen. I wouldn't totally rule them out. The Tate, in particular, (and that's the one that really counts) doesn't look totally off but we would really need to see other examples from that time that are not in-person.

I've copied in the OP first to make the comparison easier:

OP April 1969

Tate Jan 1969

Polanski Jan 1969

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Permalink Reply by NormanH on June 30, 2019 at 1:18am

Thanks! On Pinterest i found another handwriting from Sharon (but I don’t know if that is even real..) but the sentences are exactly the same. Coincidence?

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Permalink Reply by NormanH on June 30, 2019 at 1:23am

Here are examples of her name from last year's auction.

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Permalink Reply by NormanH on June 30, 2019 at 1:23am

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Permalink Reply by NormanH on June 30, 2019 at 1:24am

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Permalink Reply by NormanH on June 30, 2019 at 1:41am

Here is the, the seller send it to me. COA 

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Permalink Reply by a pug called eva on June 30, 2019 at 2:32am

Based on all those exemplars I and the similarity of the inscription I would say that the OP is probably a fake - the Tate just looks too deliberate and not "feathery enough" to me. 

Interested to hear other views...

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Permalink Reply by Jason Strecker on June 30, 2019 at 5:57am

Wow, it looks like someone copied almost the entire letter that Norman posted on the hotel stationary.

It reminds me of someone selling a forged Ronald Reagan autopen note some years back where the forger added a note on the end of the Reagan autopen making the entire portion seem authentic.

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Permalink Reply by bndroid on July 14, 2019 at 11:58pm

This autograph does not appear to be authentic.

Although she signed her name in a few different variations, the attached sample lacks the flow and slant belonging to Sharon's handwriting.

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