THE known secretarial style Joan Crawford featured on the PSA/DNA "Autograph Facts" page

I was helping a fellow collector today who is looking at acquiring a Joan Crawford piece.  I went to the PSA/DNA exemplar page on their own site to find some additional examples to the ones I had and ran across the attached. 

By now, these professional TPAs should know better! (imho)

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on May 5, 2025 at 4:59pm

This style was well covered at TheCead. RR knows this and PSA does not? This totally unacceptable. I made the composite years ago.  "Our Label Means Authentic" - sure it does. In this light, those papers, stickers and fees are a total waste of time. This is Crawford 101.

Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on May 5, 2025 at 6:29pm

Someone once handed me a binder, one of of several, with a total of about 500 Crawford letters and I often wonder what correlation there was to secretaries and hand signed with regard to content and recipient. It was mostly secretarial. It was the basis of some book or other.

Permalink Reply by eddy on May 5, 2025 at 7:04pm

I think I mentioned recently that I've been doing a study on the handwriting of the actor James Dean.  I've been able to identify two Dean pieces currently on PSA's AutographFacts exemplar page that are outright forgeries.  One was sold at one point through Piece Of The Past, Inc. and the other sold through the equally infamous Heroes And Legends.  

There's also on PSA's AutographFacts page what I believe to be a secretarial Dean.  It was sent out by the studio after his death when his popularity really took off with the two posthumously released films.  

Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on May 5, 2025 at 8:54pm

Oh yes, I remember. You are to be commended.  I am not on whatever platform your vintage or classic group is on, but I am sure you have done excellent work. I have given up on writing PSA.  It took an incredible amount of detailed literally pointed out analysis to change the PSA Facts Page.  I see now they have the same secretarial Gleason signatures or forgeries of the same at their "Honeymooner's" page.  I feel like Gordon Ramsey with this Crawford. I can't say what I would. Not here. 

Let's just say "It's pathetic." I, you, should know MORE than PSA? Is that what people are thinking when they pay fees - are they getting their money's worth? To paraphrase Jonny Lydon "is it worth it?" Folks can do this research themselves. 

I do wish you'd produce a James Dean signature study here. I really do. I'd love to read it!

Permalink Reply by eddy on May 6, 2025 at 6:24am

I'm still studying Dean on and off.  It's sad the amount of bad material sold at times by otherwise reputable venues over the years.  It's compounded by the TPAs passing some of it.   

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