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Permalink Reply by Eric Goodman on August 19, 2020 at 6:50pm

Gauging the age of ballpoint pen ink simply by looking at it, except in the most limited of circumstances, is impossible. 

It's similar to saying a vintage autograph signed on paper that looks "too white" is automatically suspect.  

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Permalink Reply by Joseph Tatrai on August 19, 2020 at 7:53pm

OK.  With that in mind, would you think that the signatures could actually be theirs?

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Permalink Reply by Eric Goodman on August 19, 2020 at 8:53pm

I'm not too familiar with these names but I see some positive characteristics.

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Permalink Reply by Joseph Tatrai on August 19, 2020 at 8:58pm

Thanks Eric.  Hopefully someone who are familiar might see this.

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Permalink Reply by Matt Wisdom on August 20, 2020 at 6:38pm

These look good to me. 

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Permalink Reply by Joseph Tatrai on August 20, 2020 at 6:42pm

Thanks Matt.  Myself I haven't a clue.  Mind if I ask how you arrived at that?

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Permalink Reply by Matt Wisdom on August 21, 2020 at 9:42am

Two of my IP's.  Different line-ups,  I'm aware.  Steve's has altered most over the years, but from all the ones I've seen from that period, looks good. 

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Permalink Reply by Matt Wisdom on August 21, 2020 at 9:50am

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Permalink Reply by Joseph Tatrai on August 21, 2020 at 10:46am

Thanks again Matt.  I have watched and studied advice on signatures with memebers from this site for at least 2-3 years now and one of the things I have heard is that sometimes even though the signature or signatures match examples they still can be "drawn" by somebody that has that ability to do.  I agree with you that your IP examples match but while yours has that IP look, not "drawn" the ones I had submitted here seem too perfect.  I guess I'm hoping that they are authentic because yes, I would really like to own an authentic set with the original line-up to do something with and this set of signatures just has that magic that draws me to them.  Unfortunately for me, when The Spencer Davis Group was out at the beginning I was just a 16 year old teen-ager and nowhere near England to be able to have our paths cross.  But I am not crying all that much, haha, cause in the past 10-20 years when most all of these music giants had a second wind and toured a lot, they did come to my home town and close by too at smaller venues, I was able to still get quite a few of the superstars.

Permalink Reply by Matt Wisdom on August 23, 2020 at 10:58am

Hi Joseph,  I see it sold at full price.  Did you get it? 

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Permalink Reply by Joseph Tatrai on August 23, 2020 at 11:20am

Hi Matt.  No, I didn't.  Probably missed a great deal.  I wasn't completely sure about it, especially the Steve Winwood signature.

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