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Authenticity is Everything
Shirley Temple anyone?
I have my suspicions about this because of the thickness of the nib. Also, feel sure I may have seen a very similar example somewhere although not with this inscription.
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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on
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I would avoid that straight away for the poor contrast and placement - would not get so far as to look at the signature. She is not even scarce.
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Permalink Reply by JK on
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"The thickness of the nib."
It looks to me like it was signed in felt-tip (Sharpie, for example).
In any case, fountain pen nibs came in all sizes (thicknesses).
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That is not fountain, it is Sharpie or the like.
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Sorry, I meant "nib" as in the tip of any pen, including felt-tip. I just wonder why she would use such a blunt instrument unless it was given by the signee,
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I got a photo signed TTM from her when a brief window opened late in her life. The writing was just as thick as this one, if not more so.
The one you posted looks very reasonable for a "fine point" Sharpie. I think the issue is that she wrote the same size whether she was using a thicker pen or not.
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Permalink Reply by meggs on
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Findbooks, I am confident this signature is authentic. As Eric says her authentic autograph is not rare, she was a great TTM signer for a number of years until right around 1998 or 1999.
I got her TTM multiple times, the last time being July 1998 and it took her about 5 months to respond unlike my previous requests where she responded fairly quickly. Her responses to me always included a first and last name personalization except the time I requested the one below for my wife's birthday.
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Little Shirley sure was an adorable and supremely talented little moppet. And I'm indebted to her for making my wife happy...and happy with me!
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Permalink Reply by Eddy on
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The OP inscription looks fine to me. I realize it might be a repro, but I also very much like the strong blue ink against the sepia tone image!
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I checked out the postcard before the signature a fair while ago and I was reasonably assured but now having looked again I am none the wiser - https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2332490.m5...
As Eric says, not a scarce item and it was an also-ran in a lot I procured at auction a while ago, no investment concerns!
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