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Permalink Reply by Christian on September 8, 2017 at 7:08am

wow thanks! one can really sense the uneasyness of those letters. Yeah I can imagine that this was the writing of him. It is really interesting to see hmm..makes me think!Wow so that means that all those signatures I saw on Ebay are Fake and also others that I saw on other sites for example ioffer..but Mr. Innuendo also warned me that this site is also dubious a bit.:)..i sure woud like to posses one day a Ray Charles signature..but wow those must be very expensive..cause i searched on many websites and I coud not find or I did not see one as this one..hmm makes one think really heh

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Permalink Reply by Phil Spilsbury on September 9, 2017 at 5:49am

Certainly the one at the top is a complete fake and 99.9% on ebay are fake also. Take into account several other things like what is supporting the item whilst Ray signs (if it can even be described as an autograph) plus how rushed is he. It would be hard enough for his autograph to be in anyway consistent from one autograph to the next anyway but other factors would determine how clear it would be. 

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Permalink Reply by michelle on September 11, 2017 at 4:40am

how did you meet Paul out of interest?

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Permalink Reply by Phil Spilsbury on September 11, 2017 at 5:57am

He started an online retro clothing business with my wife a few years ago. Over the time we became friends also and found out we had a common interest in similar music and of course he had sone great stories of meeting many of the performers I like. He also was went to school in Aston with two of my fav all time Rock idols and was in the same class as one of the greatest Rock guitarists of all time. So we had a lot in common. When he decided to catalog and sell some of his collection from that period it was a perfect project for me as I know lots about the live music scene in this city through the decades

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on September 11, 2017 at 6:01am

Why does it look like a stamp?

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on September 9, 2017 at 8:27am

The signed photo below the signed program is in a book by Ray Charles's European tour manager in the 1960s. It was signed for him by Ray.

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Permalink Reply by Phil Spilsbury on September 9, 2017 at 11:11am

What date do you believe he signed these? 

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on September 9, 2017 at 12:02pm

The program, 1962 for sure. The photo, mid-late in the 60s prob but I'd have to check the book to be sure. One of our members posted it.

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Permalink Reply by Phil Spilsbury on September 9, 2017 at 12:15pm

Okay so no exact detail. Do we know if he had plenty of time to take them or was rushed. IF they are genuine they look rather rushed to me or perhaps he didn't have a proper surface underneath to support the items whilst doing the autograph. Do you know any detail about how these where taken or is your thoughts on them just based on face value/look only from the post on here?

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Permalink Reply by Bob Stumpel on September 11, 2017 at 6:42am

Hi Steve, can you provide me with author's name and title? Thanks.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on September 11, 2017 at 9:28am

Hi Bob,

Bjarne's the one who brought the book to our attention. Reply to this comment and ask him:

http://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/ray-charles-signatur...

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Permalink Reply by Phil Spilsbury on September 9, 2017 at 11:10am

Why do you consider these real? What surface was he signing these on? what was under the items when he signed. Were they done in a big crowd or quietly? indoors at a venue or outdoors? 

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