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Michael Collins (Apollo 11) - possibile Autopen

Started this discussion. Last reply by Eric Keith Longo Sep 7, 2023. 4 Replies

Hi there!I recently bought this Michael Collins piece at a flea market in Germany. The owner was working as a photographer in Cape Canaverall and traded it with the NASA press guys for some photo…Continue

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Eric Keith Longo replied to murnau1888's discussion Michael Collins (Apollo 11) - possibile Autopen
"Yes. It is an Autopen, # 2 pattern, as noted previously. What is useful is knowing how to ID these things w/o a matching pattern. Earlier Autopens simply cannot handle or reproduce certain curves. Go back to 1960 and the machine could only produce a…"
Sep 7, 2023
murnau1888 replied to murnau1888's discussion Michael Collins (Apollo 11) - possibile Autopen
"Thank you very much! You mean the one at the end of "Michael"?"
Sep 7, 2023
Eric Keith Longo replied to murnau1888's discussion Michael Collins (Apollo 11) - possibile Autopen
"The jagged curve on the end of the "l" stroke is the giveaway even w/o a matching template."
Sep 6, 2023
Martin Peters replied to murnau1888's discussion Michael Collins (Apollo 11) - possibile Autopen
"This appears to be a Pattern 2 autopen."
Sep 6, 2023
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Michael Collins (Apollo 11) - possibile Autopen

Hi there!I recently bought this Michael Collins piece at a flea market in Germany. The owner was working as a photographer in Cape Canaverall and traded it with the NASA press guys for some photo equipment. It does seem to fit the classic Autopen versions, but has some slight variations.The line of the last "s" is longer - it generally appears to be a bigger signature than what's usually found on such pieces.It is slightly smeared and Collins was left-handed. This doesn't exclude Autopen, but…See More
Sep 5, 2023
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