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I have been collecting Star Wars autographs since 1998. Not all of my signatures are on Star Wars memorabilia. For example, when I met Warwick Davis at a comic convention in New York City, I had him sign a Willow photograph. I also have publicity photos of Sir Alec Guinness and Christopher Lee from the 1970s, and a Natalie Portman signed The Diary of Anne Frank theater poster from her performance on Broadway back in 1998. My current wish list includes Peter Cushing, Terence Stamp and John Williams. I am interested in knowing about the collections and wish lists of other members.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Shepherd on July 19, 2014 at 2:31pm

Agreed.

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Permalink Reply by Pete Bendu on July 19, 2014 at 2:08pm

No chance that Alec signed that one.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Shepherd on July 19, 2014 at 2:33pm

I think you are right Pete. I have been looking at it for a while now and there are actually four things that I am concerned about.

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Permalink Reply by Pete Bendu on July 19, 2014 at 2:45pm

Alec really only had 2 ways of signing. The first was crisp clean signatures that he would sign sitting at his desk, every letter readable and simple to make out. The second was inperson on the street, in these cases the crisp letters turn into what looks like a saw blade.

The cards when you see a bunch of them together really start to show the pattern of every signature.....same A , same G, same distances and same baseline.

The photo shows the same A & G but the letter formation slips if he is standing.

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Permalink Reply by Pete Bendu on July 19, 2014 at 2:49pm

The lost images from post above.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Shepherd on July 19, 2014 at 2:53pm

Those exemplars look nothing like the one that Tony posted. Thanks Pete.

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Permalink Reply by Pete Bendu on July 19, 2014 at 2:59pm

and the saw tooth non neat and pretty samples

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Permalink Reply by Mike Shepherd on July 19, 2014 at 3:03pm

Great exemplars. Thanks again.

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Permalink Reply by Bradford on July 19, 2014 at 9:59pm

What's the deal with some Alec's underlined and others not. Is this a way to tell what era they were signed in?

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Permalink Reply by Pete Bendu on July 20, 2014 at 12:19am

He was less likely to underline and complete his 3 dots or "trifecta" as I usually call it, in person or on photos.

Signature cards you will see the date and the underline on occasion, and more often the tittle (dot) above the i and the dot below the connection between the c & G in his first & last name. The third dot completing the trifecta appears as a period after the last s in his last name.

Now that this is on a very public forum.....let's see how many Guinness forgeries pop up with the 3 dots.

They are there far more often then not on his ttm signatures which make up about 95% of the marketplace.

The placement of these dots just helps to authenticate a Guinness, but of course some pens didn't mark as well as others, and yet, you can still see the impression even if the ink didn't stick.

At least one forger circa 1999-2002 figured out the dots, and even went so far to sign in the pink gel pen that Alec used to favor, so don't try and be a hero. Unless you are 100% positive, ask before you buy.