Hi Randy, Would you mind if I used your signed Davy photo for a Davy Jones tribute page/album? Thanks.

Julie Snyder

Randy,

Sorry to give you some not so good news. Why don't you upload a couple? I'm not an expert.

For authentication read these two pieces:

Save Autograph Buying 101: http://live.autographmagazine.com/profiles/blogs/safe-autograph-buying-101

How to Buy Rock...Without Getting Rolled: http://autographmagazine.com/2009/02/how-to-buy-rock-autographs-safely/

Hi Randy,
All his signatures are questioned, because he signed so little--some say no at all, but I don't believe that. What you probably have is a secretarial by Vernon Troope, his valet and constant companion. I don't have one handy, but it's fairly big and flowing and easy to read. Ray went blind when he was little so his signature wouldn't likely have the polish of an adult's--and none that I've seen and felt could be real did.

I have some brail Playboys Vernon signed. We got together for lunch a number of years ago and he told me the story: Ray Charles was a voracious reader and left brail magazines in every hotel he stayed in. The housekeeping staff would always send them to his next stop, thinking he forgot them. The next hotel would take them up to his room...and on and on. Well they were getting sick of this, so Vernon had the brilliant idea of signing each magazine Ray Charles. Sure enough...no magazine was ever forwarded again.

Upload the signatures and I'll let you know.

Randy--welcome to Live! What were you looking for about Ray Charles autograph? Very few potentially real ones, and those that may be are quite controversial.