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Permalink Reply by Martialartist73 on May 25, 2019 at 5:00am

Will add that it is live ink appears to be felt tip pen.

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Permalink Reply by Ivo on May 25, 2019 at 5:15am

In my Opinion not genuine.
It looks to me slowly signed and not the same handwriting.
Look at the comparison to a real Bruce Lee Autograph.

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Permalink Reply by J.Seah on May 25, 2019 at 6:55am

Nice try but not close. I have to agree with Ivo.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on May 25, 2019 at 8:50am

Poor slow attempt with the usual flaws and apparent gibberish characters. No..."flow" , this water is "crashing" ;)

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Permalink Reply by Woody2Shoes on May 26, 2019 at 8:17pm

A horror. Not even close. So far off that Kato the Master took one glance at it, chuckled, and then thought to himself, "they don't need me for this, it's so bad that they'll figure it out for themselves", and he was right!

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on May 26, 2019 at 9:29pm

I agree with the others, Martialartist, I don't think it's real. The last time postcards were 2-cents was 1952; long before Lee played Kato in The Green Hornet. I just looked up when Bruce Lee was born: 1940. 

Looking for clues like those will help you eliminate some of the obvious forgeries. But even if everything looks right, you should always have someone who knows their stuff look at it before you buy.

Sorry we gave you such bad news today.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on May 26, 2019 at 9:42pm

Excellent Steve! Just the type of research I love to see employed :)

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Permalink Reply by Jay on May 26, 2019 at 10:28pm

Found the Bruce lee at auction current bid $31...

http://www.myccsa.com/Lot/324/bruce-lee-hand-signedinscribed-vintag...

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on May 26, 2019 at 10:57pm

Good job, Jay!

They should have mentioned in the write-up that he autographed it when he was 12. That could make the difference between $31 and $32.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on May 26, 2019 at 10:58pm

I suspended Martialartist73 as a precaution: just in case he wasn't being completely truthful that he bought it from an autograph collector.

Better safe than sorry.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on May 27, 2019 at 1:34pm

It turns out that the Bruce Lee at Coach's Corner is not the same one, even though it is also on a 2-cent postcard and looks virtually identical.

MartialArtist showed me the difference and I have reinstated him, which my apologies.

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Permalink Reply by Jay on May 27, 2019 at 1:37pm

Weird they look the same to me. Prolly signed by the same forger.

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