"May I ask your opinion about the Garbo signatures below?"
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What is your opinion on this Greta Garbo signed photo?Greta Garbo signed photos from the 1950s or 1960s must be almost non-existing apart from this excellent piece.Does anyone know the year of the…Continue
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"I rather thought so. I read MGM paired him with Garbo to increase his star-power. "
"I never cared for Garbo and have often wondered what her allure was. She come across as a thoroughly unhappy and unpleasant individual on the screen: chronically sulky, annoyingly brooding, and seemingly angry about something all the time. "
"Wasn't Clark Gable in that movie?"
"No change here."
"So, after some twists and turns on this thread....
What's the consensus? Garbo's hand on the OP photo?"
"It's always a bummer to find a great image with an extremely poor contrast signature.
I got stung on a candid shot of JFK and Sargent Shriver walking together after a political function. Both Shriver and JFK had signed the photo. I paid…"
"I happened to find another check that also has an issue with the ”G”:"
"I did come across this 1963 check from a source I would not recommend but it is interesting to look at in the context of this thread:"
""about two" sounds about right. History For Sale and Leading Lights Autographs had (have) both had one. Another AL member and I have both longed for them for years!"
"Thank you for showing that. The articles did not stipulate but mentioned "about two" so considering the year I might guess so."
"Were the 1927 ones from the exhibitor convention that MGM hosted that year? A very different animal. I don't think she, nor any of the MGM stars of that time, had a choice. 😉 "
"Indeed. From what I was just reading uninscribed signed Garbo photographs are extremely rare and the couple that exist date to around 1927. I do not know if all agree those are authentic but they have surfaced at auction in the past."
"That is very interesting regarding the inscriptions. I of course defer to you and your friend with those observations.
I was having a look in my preferred fashion at the composite. I believe Poirot might say "...it is the little sore thumb I…"
"👍 Yep, that does seem to be the case that we're seeing some of the same things.
Interestingly, I shared the link to the RR piece with a fellow Garbo enthusiast last night. Right away they came back with the observation I shared up…"
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- At 1:30pm on June 15, 2018,
Sheila Soman said…
Give me a little more time to study it. If it’s not real, then some of the indications are good, for example, the period at end and the formation of the letters. The open ‘o’ in garbo shows that she was a little outgoing at the time. The thing that makes me hesitant is the formation of the ‘g’s, they changed over time in her signature. You can compare her early ‘g’ from documents whiche she signed when she was young to later checks signed when she was older.
- At 12:52pm on June 15, 2018,
Yes, please feel free to send me a Garbo photo anytime.
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