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Permalink Reply by Peter Mayer on May 16, 2020 at 2:41am

Neither of these is legit.  Both are from the Heroes and Legends Auctions that recently have had numerous Bruce Lee autographs that look to be copied and traced partial signatures and then matched together.  The end result is that the flow and slant doesn’t match among his first, last name, and Chinese dragon symbol.  Numerous similar autographs have sold recently for 1500$ and less, which says a lot.  Genuine autographs are much more expensive, and sellers would have a much higher reserve price rather than sell in that price range.

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Permalink Reply by Franklin Teng on May 16, 2020 at 3:15am

Thank you so much for your help Peter. What else can you tell me about the Bruce Lee autographs that they sell?

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Permalink Reply by J.Seah on May 16, 2020 at 4:06am

I second that Peter M. 

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Permalink Reply by Franklin Teng on May 16, 2020 at 11:16am

Thank you Mr.Seah.

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Permalink Reply by Peter Mayer on May 16, 2020 at 5:00am

What else?  I can tell you that I haven’t seen a genuine example sold from them yet.  Usually the B and L look off as a complete signature as in these 2 examples, and it seems like the forger is using well known examples of first and last names from different signatures, and maybe even different B and L letter examples. The Lee used in the top signature is rather cramped and mimics a couple I’ve seen from the autographed Kato photos.  The lower Lee signature looks similar to examples I’ve seen with contract signings.  It also appears that they consistently use autograph cuts that are difficult to trace or backtrack, and of course there isn’t any provenance.

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Permalink Reply by J.Seah on May 16, 2020 at 5:23am

The price that they are offering for a Bruce Lee autograph is the first clue to run away from it. You are not going to get an authentic Bruce Lee autograph for cheap. That goes with any others big celebrities who passed away early. 

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Permalink Reply by Franklin Teng on May 16, 2020 at 11:16am

I really appreciate your time and expertise with this. I will contact the seller and obtain a refund.

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Permalink Reply by Peter Mayer on June 20, 2020 at 8:44pm

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Here are photos of the two autographs in this discussion since they were apparently taken down.

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Permalink Reply by Rakesh on May 25, 2021 at 6:40am

Good day I have been following the chat which is great as I would never have picked up the fakes. On that note would you say the following is genuine? I have purchased it on auction.

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