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Permalink Reply by Mikex on July 19, 2021 at 10:52pm

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Permalink Reply by Stepeanut on July 19, 2021 at 11:17pm

I’m not a Maradona expert, but this looks good to me.

The dedication, written in Italian, says “Con tanto affetto a tutti Napoletani” — “With much affection to all Neapolitans” — so almost certainly signed during his years at Napoli.  The paper looks like it’s from a school maths book of the period; probably obtained on the fly by a football-mad school kid.

For comparison purposes, here is a Maradona signature with impeccable provenance, signed to Pope Francis.  I took this photo at the Vatican Museums, in October 2019:

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Permalink Reply by Mikex on July 20, 2021 at 2:58am

Many thanks

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