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Permalink Reply by B. Anderson on September 10, 2018 at 9:02am

See attached photos.

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Permalink Reply by B. Anderson on September 11, 2018 at 7:36am

bump

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Permalink Reply by B. Anderson on September 11, 2018 at 7:36am

Any thoughts? I wonder as the seller has a lot of other signed items. I wonder if I should initiate a return.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on September 11, 2018 at 7:51am

Bette Davis Exemplars

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on September 11, 2018 at 8:01am

Same seller - does this look more like the lobby card than the known exemplars? I'd pass...return etc.

Bette Davis (again)

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on September 11, 2018 at 8:09am

They both have the same atypical traits. There is more than enough Davis out there get a better example. The form of her last name is a bit suspect (the "vi"). Odd. The pointy "D" etc.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on September 11, 2018 at 8:20am

Ask JoeW to look over thses - something doesn't sit right with me.

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Permalink Reply by Joe W. on September 11, 2018 at 8:35am

I looked at this earlier although did not comment on it as it was already sold. I agree with Eric. There are some characteristics in this signature that do not match up with known exemplars. Questionable at best.

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Permalink Reply by B. Anderson on September 11, 2018 at 10:30pm

I thought it might have been consistent with examplars, as I had looked at that site previously, but evidently I am not very skilled at doing that yet. I have other Davis, but I just really wanted lobby cards in particular and that film specifically, so am very disappointed. Signed What Ever Happened to Baby Jane seems to be difficult to find.

I have requested a return as the consensus does not look good, and as much as I like it and want this one, I really do not want something in my collection that is not authentic.

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Permalink Reply by Abcd on September 12, 2018 at 8:43am

Oops!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Joe W. on September 12, 2018 at 2:29pm

The main thing B. Anderson is to satisfied with your item. It's your collection. Could it be signed by Bette Davis? Yes. All I noted is that the signature appears odd compared to many others I have seen. Signatures vary. I don't know the seller nor have looked at his items.

Everyone has a difference tolerance level. I know there are celebrities that I look for in only a particular era and their signatures are not acceptable to me even if authentic in any other time frame of their life. Harrison Ford is an example. I am only interested in his early career signatures. Later signatures are more plentiful and less expensive, but not for me. And, I do not follow his later signatures nor studied them. 

This could be the case for me and this Bette Davis. Still, a little odd from what I look for.

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Permalink Reply by Abcd on September 12, 2018 at 6:44am

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