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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on September 27, 2025 at 8:29am

No from me. Six letters look off to me. Let's see what Mark and the others say.

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on September 27, 2025 at 8:33am

Not authentic IMO. Compare it to this one:

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on September 27, 2025 at 8:40am

Thank you! I think I am learning :-)

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Permalink Reply by Autographtastic on September 27, 2025 at 9:20am

Thanks👍

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Permalink Reply by Autographtastic on September 27, 2025 at 9:20am

Thanks guys. There were a couple of things that worried me, but it's a pretty good attempt if indeed a forgery. It looks like a possible effort to artificially age the paper as well. 

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on September 27, 2025 at 10:05am

I see the "J" without the switch back pointing to the "imi", the imi" itself (lacking an "m" etc), that "He" connection (perhaps the angle of the "e") and the high riding "d" not beneath the baseline as potentially problematic. Especially all together. I wonder what Mark and the others would say or see. I expect the inscription was copied from what Mark showed.

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on September 27, 2025 at 10:43am

I think the whole thing was copied minus the dedication. It looks like they accidentally missed a bit of the “Jimi” portion of the signature, and the switchback as you mentioned.

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