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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on August 26, 2017 at 7:32pm

Hi Matt,

Only his last name is posted. Could you please post the entire autograph?

Thanks

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Permalink Reply by Matt Strippelman on August 26, 2017 at 8:25pm

Hopefully this works

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Permalink Reply by Matt Strippelman on August 26, 2017 at 8:26pm

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Permalink Reply by Matt Strippelman on August 26, 2017 at 8:28pm

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on August 26, 2017 at 9:04pm

Matt, that photo is exactly what we need. Thanks

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on August 26, 2017 at 8:59pm

There are members better at Sinatra than me, so we need to hear what they have to say. But I think that yours was signed through the mail by an assistant of Sinatra's. We call those secretarials.

The most telling sign for me is the size of the upper case letters compared to the lower case ones. Frank's upper case letters were tall, but his lower case letters were typically very small, except for lower case letters like B's and L's.

Here's a study that the Universal Autograph Collector's Club did on Sinatra years ago. It shows you how Sinatra typically signed; how his secretaries often signed for him, and common forgeries:

http://uacc.org/sinatra_study.php

Let's see what members have to say who know Sinatra better than I do. They may have a different opinion.

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Permalink Reply by Matt Strippelman on August 26, 2017 at 9:05pm

Thank you Steve for you reply guess we will see what other members say thanks again ..matt

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