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Permalink Reply by Mark Saunders on January 3, 2023 at 5:25am

No

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on January 3, 2023 at 9:17am

Here’s one for comparison. What do you think?

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Permalink Reply by Tim simmons on January 3, 2023 at 2:41pm

I would have to say good , couldn't make an argument against it , except for the bottom of the J, but still.

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Permalink Reply by fab432 on January 3, 2023 at 3:18pm

Hmmm I think it is quite clear what we have here.  The forger saw the image that Ballroom posted and made a poor attempt at copying it.  The OP example is slowly drawn, clumsy and signed with a marker that is trying to hide the obvious flaws in the forgers attempt.  Just about everything is wrong with this even the drawings  are horribly wrong.  What are the odds that John signed two Double Fantasy covers with the salutation “To Someone & Friends”!!!  Not very likely.  I hope you didn’t buy this because it’s  most definitely not genuine.  

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Permalink Reply by fab432 on January 3, 2023 at 3:21pm

Look at the song titles in the OP.  It looks like a solvent was used to wipe up some errant writing which removed some print.  Ooops !!!

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Permalink Reply by james conger on January 4, 2023 at 6:09am

YES its probably the forger wiping away his previous attempts !

But clearly Just like 'Starting Over' again & again .

I Don't like the look of this too , there's a few out there but in this case id say Fake Fantasy  .

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on January 4, 2023 at 6:23am

What is this signed with? Grease pencil? 

Bear in mind that forgers love pencil and grease pencil. You can sign much more slowly without the obvious bleeding an ink pen would show. 

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Permalink Reply by Jim Cushman on January 6, 2023 at 9:17am

One of the left is legit...

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Permalink Reply by Tim simmons on January 13, 2023 at 4:21am

Solvent used to wipe away handwriting on a PAPER record album cover that's colored , LMAO , ? A solvent would not just smear the writing in blue , it would have smeared every color in the album cover , not to mention damage the hell out of it , come on now ...smh

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Permalink Reply by Tim simmons on January 13, 2023 at 4:32am

Also for the record , Lennon signed a lot of these same albums with the salutation- " To someone and friends " , also could you please point out the so called starts and stops you are referring to , because I can't find any. Had Beckett do a signature review and they could not render an opinion and gave me refund .

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Permalink Reply by Tim simmons on January 13, 2023 at 4:36am

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Permalink Reply by fab432 on January 13, 2023 at 4:45am

I think if you look at the post made by Ballroom and focus on the caricatures you will easily see the difference.  In the OP the Yoko caricature looks like it was made by a 3 year old and bears no resemblance to the same caricature on the left.  The John caricature in the OP lacks the flow and composition of the John caricature on the left.  I believe if you presented the Lp on the OP to any of the acknowledged appraisers they would give a thumbs down.  Perhaps asking for an opinion by Roger Epperson, Paul Wane at Tracks or Stephen Maycock at Bonhams would provide the information you are looking for.

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