John Lennon Signature Study 1970-1980

There was a recent discussion of a Lennon signature claimed to be from his appearance at radio station WFIL's Helping Hands Marathon in May, 1975. This prompted a suggestion that we should have a signature study of Lennon's sometimes difficult to authenticate post-Beatles signature. Some examples from this period are highly abbreviated.

I'd like to start by focusing on that May 1975 signing appearance with exemplars that are believed to be from that 3-day period. What would be particularly helpful would be examples from catalogs that go back a ways.

Here are a couple of WFIL signatures from Meet the Beatles For Real, one of which includes a doodle.

Here's a group of check signatures from 1970, sorted by date - April 8, June 3 (2), July 7, October 14, November 12 (3).

A few more from 1970:

Here are all of the examples I've seen that are known to be from 1973:

The abbreviated 1980 signature on copies of the Double Fantasy LP:

Tags: 1970s, Beatles, John, Lennon, WFIL

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Permalink Reply by wascher on August 3, 2017 at 4:24pm

Thanks for doing this Ballroom!

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Permalink Reply by Macca Fan on August 3, 2017 at 5:26pm

Thanks so much Ballroom, very kind of you , I would like to add this Lennon from the WFIL event , I actually owned this at one time, I do miss it

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on August 3, 2017 at 5:52pm

That's an interesting signature. Here's another that looks similar.

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Permalink Reply by Macca Fan on August 3, 2017 at 5:57pm

Agreed very similar, i actually went to the event as a teenager and got a index card signed in red and sold it about 2 years ago to upgrade to another Lennon , thanks for sharing

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Permalink Reply by Paul on August 4, 2017 at 5:16pm

Did any of the, Beatles experts aithenticate your imagine lp, Sgt pepper?

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Permalink Reply by Macca Fan on August 4, 2017 at 5:38pm

Yes Paul, It had Frank Caiazzo & Perry Cox COA's

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Permalink Reply by Paul on August 4, 2017 at 5:52pm

A forger was knocking up this style sometime ago, some of these were on ebay. Can we be confident that they're real, or has the forger thrown me off. The style is slightly different to the others. Forgive me for asking.

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Permalink Reply by Macca Fan on August 4, 2017 at 6:00pm

Point well taken Paul, I bought my Imagine in very early 2015, I believe the forged ones came out late 2015 or possibly early 2016 , but they were dam good , glad they were discovered and hopefully stopped, have not seen them pop up in some time , if I remember they were in red ink
I can say that I bought this from a respected Beatles autograph
dealer, not sure if he is a member , but he is a gentleman

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Permalink Reply by Paul on August 4, 2017 at 6:19pm

They were in red pen!
The Lennon i own from the mid 70s is the rigid style.

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on August 4, 2017 at 6:26pm

Here are a couple to consider in relation to the signed Imagine and flyer. Both are said to be from the WFIL signing and appear to be on the same paper stock.