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Permalink Reply by Tim Male on July 20, 2019 at 12:08pm

Sorry it's a pretty poor forgery in my opinion 

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Permalink Reply by Zach Taylor on July 20, 2019 at 12:19pm

Thanks - What leads you to this opinion?

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Permalink Reply by Tim Male on July 20, 2019 at 12:44pm

Hi. Many things tbh. In these later sigs the "B" should look more like an "R". It's just how he signed. You'd expect to see a resemblance of an "O" but here there's a squiggly line instead. I don't like the numerals either and there's no apostrophe. 

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Permalink Reply by Zach Taylor on July 20, 2019 at 1:06pm

Thanks, and nice observations. One note is the "apostrophe" you're looking for is actually there -- it's just very subtle and hard to see against his black jacket.

Also that loop or "O" we're looking for I think is there, but just much much tighter than any other I've seen. If you look close, it's not a squiggle, but a loop. I agree though, much tighter than the classic figure-8 look I'm used to seeing.

Here's a closer look:

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Permalink Reply by Tim Male on July 20, 2019 at 1:36pm

Ah yes apologies I see the apostrophe now. Maybe I'm being too strict calling it a poor forgery. It's at best very atypical though. There is an "O" but I've never seen 1 like that. The "B" is just so strange overall as well. I wouldn't feel comfortable. See what others say. If you've already bought it investing in Epperson's quick opinion may be worth it too

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Permalink Reply by Zach Taylor on July 20, 2019 at 1:57pm

On it - just sent it to Roger to see what he thinks. Thanks.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on July 20, 2019 at 2:09pm

Forgery. And those are not his numerals.

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Permalink Reply by Zach Taylor on July 20, 2019 at 2:55pm

Thanks for the reply Eric! Admittedly, I speak on almost no authority - but I'm not put off by the numerals.

I found several "9"s on Andy's site at DavidBowieAutograph.com where he claims to show only authentic signatures. His 9's are all over the place (one photo below has three 9's on the same exact autograph that all look different) and several of these are comparable in style and flow, all from the mid to late 90s. Here's the examples, with mine at the top:

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Permalink Reply by TheThinWhiteDuke on July 20, 2019 at 2:15pm

not real IMO

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on July 20, 2019 at 4:55pm

Yeah, but it ain't real.

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Permalink Reply by Zach Taylor on July 20, 2019 at 5:03pm

Oh, well, then that seals it.

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Permalink Reply by MarkG on July 21, 2019 at 2:25am

 Eric really knows his Bowie stuff and I totally agree with everyone here, it's not a real Bowie at all.This example is not close (too many red flags to go into) but I hope you are able to get a full refund. 

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