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Permalink Reply by KaiMi on November 30, 2023 at 9:11am

Nearly every "Jean Harlow" autograph was signed by her mother Jean, especially pictures. She herself is mostly on album pages and has a quite sloppy handwriting.

This carefully written one looks like her mother, IMO. Her round and girlish writing.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on November 30, 2023 at 9:39am

Indeed, "Momma Harlow" signed much. Here are three examples. PSA appears to have one alongside a genuine on ger facts page.

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Permalink Reply by eddy on November 30, 2023 at 9:47am

I also spotted this coming up on the block.  I don't like it either. 

I feel KaiMi is right on it....carefully rendered by someone else.  Not sure it's 'Momma Jean' or not because it doesn't quite look like here work either, imho.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on November 30, 2023 at 9:59am

It appears too compressed vertically and stretched horizontally for a "Momma".

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Permalink Reply by Garrett Meadows on November 30, 2023 at 5:38pm

I saw this on IAA website priced ridiculously low----and it did not indicate that Jean's mother or anyone else signed it other than Jean. I've seen purported genuine Harlow autographs and had misigivings from the get go.

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Permalink Reply by eddy on November 30, 2023 at 5:48pm

I think it's wise to have misgivings.  I saw it a month or so ago and it left me cold.   

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