Dai W
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Signed cheques

Started this discussion. Last reply by Findbooks Sep 8. 19 Replies

Hi all, just wondering, I have seen many signed cheques over the years, yet the often sell for less than a simple signed card or page? What are our thoughts regarding signed cheques?Continue

 

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Findbooks replied to Dai W's discussion Signed cheques
"I remember - approx 2005-2015 - a bunch of Frank Zappa cheques on the market which were clearly secretarial. A lot of forgers were using it as a template, alas.  I guess a few people got stung."
Sep 8
eddy replied to Dai W's discussion Signed cheques
"Again, just do your shopping wisely:"
Sep 7
michelle replied to Dai W's discussion Signed cheques
"yes i was astounded at how cheap some of them sell for"
Sep 7
Eric Keith Longo replied to Dai W's discussion Signed cheques
"Are they at least vintage examples?"
Sep 7
eddy replied to Dai W's discussion Signed cheques
"Interestingly, some dealers who bought Garbo checks on the relative cheap are still trying to get near those initial, new-to-the market prices.   "
Sep 7
Garrett Meadows replied to Dai W's discussion Signed cheques
"I always thought Garbo, Brigette Bardot, and Olivia deHaviland had the most beautiful signatures."
Sep 7
Eric Keith Longo replied to Dai W's discussion Signed cheques
"It is a very pretty signature at any rate."
Sep 7
eddy replied to Dai W's discussion Signed cheques
"One of the most coveted vintage Hollywood signatures used to be Greta Garbo.  About 10 years ago, her estate began selling off old cancelled check from her personal account (she had died in 1984). Up to that time, a Garbo signature was of an…"
Sep 7
JK replied to Dai W's discussion Signed cheques
"Yes, cancelled checks used to be returned to the account holder. I'm sure estates are/were one way some checks enter the collectors market, and in some cases the people themselves sold or gave them away. .I also believe that in many cases the…"
Sep 7
eddy replied to Dai W's discussion Signed cheques
"We're about to launch a study of checks authentically signed/proxy signed on the Classic Hollywood FB page I started last year.  It's a good topic."
Sep 7
Garrett Meadows replied to Dai W's discussion Signed cheques
"interesting this topic should come up because I saw some signed-checks recently on an auction site. If memory serves me correctly, weren't cancelled checks returned to the individual who wrote them?  If that's true, how do signed…"
Sep 7
Eric Keith Longo replied to Dai W's discussion Signed cheques
"Has anyone ever seen a Gleason check?"
Sep 6
eddy replied to Dai W's discussion Signed cheques
"A few other names I would be at least careful with checks would include:  Bob Hope, Paul Newman, James Cagney, Charlie Chaplin, Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, William Holden, Rock Hudson, etc. etc."
Sep 6
Dai W replied to Dai W's discussion Signed cheques
"Great to hear these views, been a nice thread to read, thank you."
Sep 6
JK replied to Dai W's discussion Signed cheques
"I still think that signed checks are more likely to be authentic vs other items (cards, photos, etc.). I am sure that there are some celebrities who had managers or accountants sign their checks (I think Elvis Presley is another example), but for…"
Sep 6
JMS1223 replied to Dai W's discussion Signed cheques
"That’s good to know about secretarial signed checks. If anyone knows of more names to watch out for in potential secretarial signatures on signed checks, let us know. I usually thought signed checks were more likely to be authentic verses…"
Sep 6

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