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Permalink Reply by rob kunne on March 19, 2020 at 8:05am

the card should make you think it could be the real deal but the autograph is signed wild and sloppy and that's not the way donald trump would sign. 

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Permalink Reply by A.B. on March 19, 2020 at 9:43am

I know nothing about Trump autographs, but someone on RACC has posted the following as an exemplar which compares quite well with the business card in question.

And I have found this slabbed one from heritage. 
Not sure what to make of this...

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on March 19, 2020 at 10:16am

I highly doubt that Trump signed that first link (not photo) that you posted.   The second one is debatable but I believe it is secretarial.  

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Permalink Reply by rob kunne on March 19, 2020 at 10:54am

the cards are the same but the autographs are way different.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on March 19, 2020 at 12:49pm

I believe the card in the initial post **may** be legit. Sloppy, but has a number of positive traits. 

I agree with Terrier's observations on the links posted. The first is almost certainly secretary. The second is likely secretary IMO.

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Permalink Reply by rob kunne on March 19, 2020 at 1:07pm

the second comes with a full letter from beckett? 

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on March 19, 2020 at 2:05pm

to address your comment about the full letter from Beckett.  It is just an opinion.  It happens to be one that I question.

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on March 19, 2020 at 2:04pm

Steve, my initial thought was the same as yours. The one in the OP could be just a rushed authentic version, as I also see some positives.  But I do not recall ever seeing one like it, thus my hesitation on it.

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Permalink Reply by A.B. on March 24, 2020 at 9:37am

Thanks, terrier

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Permalink Reply by A.B. on March 24, 2020 at 9:37am

Thanks, Steve

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Permalink Reply by Woody2Shoes on March 28, 2020 at 7:26pm

Late to the party, but chiming in with my 2 cents. Even on the more hastily signed signatures, there's a consistent up and down logic to it. Even though it's basically spikes, a seismograph signature, mostly comprised of up and down arrows  ^ and v in a continuous "wave", you can sense the "onal" and 'rum" as taking up a certain amount of space and a certain amount of spikes to form those letters. This one lacks that logic completely. I just can't get a good sense of his name as is typically conveyed by the spikes on this top OP business card example. Like on Jimmie Foxx forgeries when they don't get the multiple sine waves of the 'm's right, too many or too few. IMO, the image that starts the thread is a forgery. 

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