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Beatles promo card - signed or printed?

Started this discussion. Last reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin Jan 21. 15 Replies

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Steve Cyrkin, Admin replied to Octopus’s Garden's discussion Beatles promo card - signed or printed?
"Right, they look freshly printed. These could have been done by laser ink transfer paper. "
Jan 21
Eric Keith Longo replied to Octopus’s Garden's discussion Beatles promo card - signed or printed?
"Is it my eyes or is the length of the vertical in the "g" in "Ringo shorter here (Terrier's) than in the OP? Initial measurements against themselves suggest it might well be."
Jan 21
Eric Keith Longo replied to Octopus’s Garden's discussion Beatles promo card - signed or printed?
"Also noted the last example from Terrier has one ink color - the others have 2."
Jan 21
fab432 replied to Octopus’s Garden's discussion Beatles promo card - signed or printed?
"Aah I see what you mean.  I’m quite surprised how well the signatures are reproduced on the other two items."
Jan 21
BallroomDays67 replied to Octopus’s Garden's discussion Beatles promo card - signed or printed?
"They weren’t printed by the Fan Club. I was thinking that Octopus’ card might be the original. There’s a small spot to the left of Paul’s ‘T’ that’s reproduced on the other two, and you can see similar spots…"
Jan 21
fab432 replied to Octopus’s Garden's discussion Beatles promo card - signed or printed?
"Very interesting.  So were these printed by the Fan Club for official fan give aways?  And the printing on that crumpled paper must be more recent than the fan club cards?"
Jan 21
BallroomDays67 replied to Octopus’s Garden's discussion Beatles promo card - signed or printed?
"They’re different cards."
Jan 21
BallroomDays67 replied to Octopus’s Garden's discussion Beatles promo card - signed or printed?
"These signatures were also printed onto a very beat up scrap of paper."
Jan 21
fab432 replied to Octopus’s Garden's discussion Beatles promo card - signed or printed?
"The front of the promo card  in the OP has a cup ring stain that runs through John’s neck plus a few other noticeable stains.  None of these marks are on the card posted by Ballroom.  Does this mean the card posted by Ballroom…"
Jan 21
BallroomDays67 replied to Octopus’s Garden's discussion Beatles promo card - signed or printed?
"I’m not entirely sure. Yours has some condition issues that aren’t present on the one I posted, but you can faintly see the same crease or stain under “records.”"
Jan 20
Octopus’s Garden replied to Octopus’s Garden's discussion Beatles promo card - signed or printed?
"Thank you for sharing yours. So assume that these are preprints? "
Jan 20
BallroomDays67 replied to Octopus’s Garden's discussion Beatles promo card - signed or printed?
"Thanks. Here’s the image that I have."
Jan 20
Octopus’s Garden replied to Octopus’s Garden's discussion Beatles promo card - signed or printed?
Jan 20
BallroomDays67 replied to Octopus’s Garden's discussion Beatles promo card - signed or printed?
"I’ve seen this set before. May we see the front of the card?"
Jan 20
Octopus’s Garden replied to Octopus’s Garden's discussion Beatles promo card - signed or printed?
"Hi everyone, I would really appreciate some expert opinions on this Beatles promo card. I have owned it for many years and always assumed that the signatures were printed but some collectors have suggested that they may be real? Any advice would be…"
Jan 20
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