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Permalink Reply by Bryan Heinze on July 25, 2014 at 7:30pm

I am certainly not an authority on Marilyn signatures, but this one looks different to me from some of the authentic ones I've seen before.

Permalink Reply by Bryan Heinze on July 25, 2014 at 7:34pm

Did the estate sale have any historical info on this picture? I've got a Marilyn signed pic myself which I've been trying to find out the history on :)

Permalink Reply by Randy on July 25, 2014 at 8:13pm

It is not authentic. Likely a secretarial inscribed and autographed item.

Permalink Reply by Pauline Berry on July 25, 2014 at 9:42pm

Its a very lovely secretarial signing. Its authentic in its own way, as being sent probably from 20th Fox to a fan in response to a request. Certainly signed in her lifetime. Anything after August 1962 is a forgery, not a secretarial. They had teams of ladies signing on her behalf at Fox. This is a hand I have rarely seen before though. But as you can see, a well practiced hand, so whoever did, did it regularly, signing for Marilyn with quite a flourish. Professional. 

Permalink Reply by Max Rickardsson on July 26, 2014 at 3:36am

Not a good deal if you indeed are the buyer

I feel sorry  since it seems to have been sold for pretty good amount of Money .

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=380951755573...

Permalink Reply by Pauline Berry on July 26, 2014 at 3:42am

Obviously the buyer is under the impression its Marilyn's own hand but the way the advert is worded doesn't actually say it is her hand, but not does it make a point of saying it is a secretarial, which it clearly is. 

Can anyone do anything about this on Ebay? People are thick, you can put secretarial all over a sale on there and they will still read somehow that its the real thing. Wishful thinking can take over. 

A secretarial is worth between $200-$1000 at most I would say, depending on the photo? hard to place a value, there are some at auction houses not quite admitting they are secretarials for $2 and $3k