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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on April 23, 2017 at 8:39pm

I don't think that's Elvis. Let's see what others say.

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Permalink Reply by JAKE JONES on April 23, 2017 at 9:08pm

Thanks Steve, i was leaning toward being authentic, but i would appreciate other opinions.

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Permalink Reply by Robert Chase on April 23, 2017 at 9:27pm

In my opinion, this example is real

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on April 23, 2017 at 10:16pm

The salutation concerns me the most.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on April 23, 2017 at 10:51pm

It caught my eye as well at a glance.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on April 23, 2017 at 11:17pm

Not saying anything about this piece at all, but it would be interesting to see a list, compiled by folks like Steve and Pete etc., of features/tricks commonly(?) seen in cut/loose forged sigs in general. In some situations the vague can bring a certain clarity.

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Permalink Reply by Don Webster on April 24, 2017 at 7:08am

FWIW I have no hesitation in stating that this is not genuine...

Jake...is it for sale currently?? And if so where??

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Permalink Reply by Robert Chase on April 24, 2017 at 7:59am

Steve, I know what your saying about the salutation. I put the breaks on when looking at it but in my opinion saw enough there to say real.

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Permalink Reply by Robert Chase on April 24, 2017 at 8:00am

Eric, excellent suggestion.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on April 24, 2017 at 9:46am

Elvis's writing is rarely this smooth. He tended to write a bit awkwardly, unpolished.

• You rarely find fat tall letters. The shape of the Ls especially concern me.
• I don't recall ever seeing Ts looped vertically, and almost never tall like that.
• His Hs are smaller, and if they have any vertical loop at all, it's very minor.
• His small letters are usually much closer in height. The small letters in this salutation tend to be larger at first and get smaller as the word goes on.
• The degree of slant, especially in his signature is rather extreme.
• The P is unusually large.

Of course, I could be wrong Jake. Get a quick opinion from Epperson if you feel comfortable with it and don't want to miss out in case Don and I are wrong.

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Permalink Reply by Don Webster on April 24, 2017 at 10:02am

 

You're not wrong Steve...

This garbage was part of a huge sale of bogus Elvis on eBay 7 or 8 years ago by a California seller and UACC member with the handle of christinareading...

I've discussed "her" selling spree on eBay here in a past thread...I'm betting she sold upwards of 50 fake Elvis.

This is one of them...

 

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Permalink Reply by Robert Chase on April 24, 2017 at 11:04am

So who owns it now?

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