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Would like a opinion on Edgar Allan Poe
Hello, If anyone could give opinions on this Edgar Allan Poe signature
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Permalink Reply by Jason H on
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I cant give an opinion on authenticity, but the few examples of letters I seen online, his handwriting seems to be more vertical. Yours slants more to the right. I would say look into that a little more. There is an example of his signature that seemes to be extremely similar, same angles, but your Poe is a bit more stretched. I would want to date the paper if its possible. Hard to tell from a picture but could that be 180 year old paper its written on? Im far from an expert for old signatures but these are the 1st things I'd want to research.
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Just to add, I do like to comment on these types of autographs because I am intrigued to learn more about historical figures and their signing habits. I hope someone would point out if I am ever wrong on these. All I can go by is the information available on the internet.
That said, im curious about the shakiness within his signature. Is this common with his signature. I can not verify it with any examples I can find quickly online. Also, it seems to be more prevalent within his signature apposed to his handwriting. But its hard to zoom in to see closely with your 1st picture.. just pointing out what I see.. if it helps in any way
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Permalink Reply by JMS1223 on
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My feeling is it’s a forgery. Looks “drawn” and slowly composed. Just doesn’t look right to me either.
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Permalink Reply by JK on
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That was my initial feeling as well.
At least they used the correct pen - a dip pen. But having used one before and having looked at many examples of its style of writing, this letter, although a decent effort, looks too contrived.
But I could be wrong. ;-)
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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on
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Agreed, Slow, shaky and the spacing of words looks way off - not naturally flowing in my view. Hesitant. The paper shows no sign of age at 180 years?
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Here is one from RR, Click for full image. Quite a difference:
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I do appreciate everyone's time. It's a forgery unfortunatly. I asked what they wanted for it, and we discussed price, but it quickly went downhill when I talked about sending into PSA. They also banned me from bidding on the auction after the PSA talk. I was very polite, but things turned when discussing an authentication service.
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Thats another good tactic.. always bring PSA into the equation even if you don't plan on using them. It could make the seller sweat if they know its fake.. im going to use this approach in the future
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I used this tactic on my first autograph purchase. I told the seller that PSA would want his business address etc. I had a nice full return when floor sales boy sonny went home to manager daddy and found what I said when he asked me to leave was quite true - he would be calling me about half-past 8 telling to return to his store the next day with the items for a full refund. This was way before I knew anything about autographs. My first autograph, purchased for me by me father, was of course a Spear Secretarial Gleason. I wish I still had it instead of chucking it.
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I do it every time. I like the older autographs 1700-1800's so I have some trusted sellers like Historydirect and grayautographs ect, but anything outside those trusted has to get sent in to PSA ect
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HD has sold secretarials and such unknowingly. They will pull stuff down if fake. Care is needed, which I am sure you excercise.
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Yeah there is a lot of scammers out there. I wouldn't be suprised if 80% of all the signatures on ebay are fake. HD I pick my spots and they usually come down 20-30 percent outside of ebay depending on what it is. My favorite is Heritage, because the long guarantees and it's almost always PSA ect. In addition as long as the pirce is good on Heritage
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