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Got this from a good friend and I need expert help on the authenticity. Please help!

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I'm no expert although I believe this is genuine.

I'm with Joe. That looks great to me.

This is 100% authentic and one of the signed leaflets he used to give out and send to people.

Jason,

The best site anywhere on authenticating Muhammad Ali autographs is www.aliautos.net. If you compare yours to exemplars there, I think you'll have complete confidence in the one you bought from your friend.

What a fantastic site Steve. Somehow I never found it when Googling Ali's autograph. 

I posted my Ali some time ago and got zero responses. I am pretty hopeful that mine is real too. Here is a link to what I posted. If anyone has any feedback I'd love to hear it:

https://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/muhammad-ali-1984-a...

I didn't see your August post before, sorry. I just gave my opinion. Hopefully others will too.

Thanks Steve, obviously I'd rather have had a different opinion but I can see where you are coming from. I'm not giving up hope just yet based on a few things from the site you pointed me to:

1. The variations in the "genuine" examples shown.

2. Certain aspects of the autograph and inscription that look pretty similar to the "genuine" examples shown (e.g. the date). If this is secretarial the secretary paid quite a lot of attention to small details. 

3. The fact that this was signed quite late on in Ali's career and while he was travelling. I'm not sure he would have needed to have a "signer" or would have used one for a personally dedicated piece to someone working with/in the tour party itself.

4. None of the "secretarial" examples really looks the same and no mention is made of someone who signed for Ali on tours. 

5. The general feel of the piece and the somewhat shaky handwriting that might be expected of someone with Parkinson's.

I realise that the above list sounds like it comes from someone who wants to delude himself about authenticity, even if the piece didn't cost a lot.

Maybe my next step should be to send an image to the aliautos site manager and see what he thinks.

Thanks again Steve.

Thanks guys!

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