Stevie Ray Vaughan - Guitar Strap with Hat Doodle... thoughts?

I've had this one for a long time - what is the feeling on it? Was that doodle a thing he used to do? I have nnot seen another with that. Many thanks

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Permalink Reply by Tacoma Blues on April 7, 2021 at 1:51pm

Not sure of the source, but the signature does look atypical to me. The signature is supposed to be representative of his signature style from around 1987-1990. I have never seen a legit SRV signature with a doodle like that or anything similar. I would run this past Epperson for QO, but my best guess is that this is likely a forgery unless you saw it signed.

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Permalink Reply by NJStrummer on April 7, 2021 at 4:10pm

Tacoma -

Thanks - I did send it off to Roger for a quick opinion, I know he's also a major fan of SRV, I'll update with his thoughts. I was suspicious of the doodle, thinking it was placed as a distraction/diversion from the sig, but at the time I took the chance.

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Permalink Reply by Nick Theodoratos on April 7, 2021 at 5:34pm

This doesn't look good to me

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Permalink Reply by NJStrummer on April 9, 2021 at 10:03am

I heard back from Epperson on a quick opinion - he's "on the fence"... leaning towards not authentic... at least he did not come out and absolutely NG. Is it worth sending off to another authenticator?