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Steve asked me to start a new thread since some were having a lot of issues with regards to whether or not the through the mail autographs of Jerry Lee Lewis are real or not. I will post some examples of what we have been getting recently and some know in person examples. These TTM signatures are not cheap. You have to pay $50 for them to his box office box. The question is are they real or not. Roger has said that he has never seen Mr. Lewis sign this way and it looks to perfect - like a woman's signature.
Please post your thoughts here and examples.
thanks
Mark
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Too small to judge IMO
Can you post a larger image of this signature? I'm doing a comparison. Thanks.
Here is the Jerry Lee Lewis I got through the mail on September 13, 2000. I paid $39 for it through a web site order form.
I think it compares favorably to the examples that have been deemed likely authentic. While I do not claim to be an expert in the matter, it seems apparent that the recent TTM responses are done in a different hand.
Recent TTM responses:
* Letters too well formed and defined
* More ornate construction
* Loops on top of Ls smaller and tighter than authentic
* More upright... authentic has significantly more right slant
I could be wrong, but I think even the recent check endorsements depicted on page 1 may be a proxy signature.
BTW, when I ordered my Lewis SP in 2000, I sent the check away and didn't get a response for what seemed like a long time. There was a phone number on the order form and I called it. A man picked up and I asked if they received my order. He fumbled around a bit and said they had it, and it would go out soon. I received the signed photo within a week.
After I hung up the phone, it struck me that I was probably speaking to Jerry Lee.
I think we have concluded that the TTMs offered 10 or so years ago thru his website for a fee were the real deal. The TTMs now look different, come back in a week or so and are apparently signed by his assistant. Unfortunate.
I am confused by this whole situation. I need to put the various signatures over the years next to each other for comparison. I agree the recent examples have some very odd changes. It would be nice to see when the ttm examples started getting questionable. I still want to know if my 2011 ttm is good and I see Mark Shull wants to know about his 2012.
Well one way to tell perhaps is when the signature started to have a line drawn underneath it. The IPs I got and the ones offered on his website 10 yrs ago never had that. Maybe thats the indicator?
When I indicated too "ornate" above, that flourish was part of my thinking.
It appears that with the ones that are deemed authentic, the top of the L in Lewis bends so far to the right that it is approximately even with the end of "ewis."
The apparent secretarials... the top of the L is not even close to the end.
An untested theory and may not apply as much to vintage signatures, but at least accurate for the sampling of older age signatures shown in this thread.
Mr. Zipper.. What was the phone number you dialed??
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